The Apocryphal Gospels, 9780241340554
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Explore hidden gospels: alternative Jesus stories that challenge the known.

The Apocryphal Gospels

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    480 pages

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    1 July 2021

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Summary

Unveiling the Hidden Gospels: Lost Tales of Early Christianity

A new translation of the oldest non-canonical Christian gospels, including the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Mary, and the Gospel of Judas.

In the early years of Christianity, several groups produced ‘hidden’ or ‘apocryphal’ gospels, alternative versions of the story of Christ. Sometimes these texts complemented the four canonical gospels, sometimes they subverted them, and often they were completely different.…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241340554
ISBN-10:0241340551
Author:Simon Gathercole
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:480
Release Date:1 July 2021
Weight:332g
Dimensions:26mm x 197mm x 127mm
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Critics Review

A deeply impressive scholarly achievement, with first-class translations of many notoriously complex texts

A deeply impressive scholarly achievement, with first-class translations of many notoriously complex texts

– Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of CanterburyThis hugely useful volume is the best sort of scholarship … We are deeply in his debt – Diarmaid McCulloch, author of A History of ChristianityThis will become the standard version both for the general reader and for scholars – John Barton, author of A History of the Bible

About The Author

Simon Gathercole

Simon Gathercole received a double First in Classics and Theology at Cambridge, and studied further at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York and the Universities of Tübingen and Durham. He has written several books on the New Testament and apocryphal Christian literature, and is editor of the journal New Testament Studies. He is Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity in the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.

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