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Recovering Jewish-Christian sects and gospels /
This book provides a new approach to patristic sources on the earliest Jewish Christians. It shows the artificial nature of the church fathers' discourse and challenges the widely accepted theory of three Jewish-Christian gospels, bringing the Gospel of the Hebrews closer to its synoptic cousin...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2012.
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| Series: | Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ;
v. 110. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Preface; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Early Jewish Christians and Their Gospels; 1.2. The Contents of the Volume; 1.3. How to Define Jewish Christianity: Indicators of Jewish-Christian Profiles; 1.4. Gospel Harmonies and Harmonizing Gospels; 2. Patristic Testimonies Reconsidered; 2.1. The Profiles of the Ebionites; 2.1.1. Irenaeus' Ebionites; 2.1.2. Origen's Ebionites; 2.1.3. Eusebius' Ebionites; 2.1.4. Epiphanius' Ebionites; 2.1.5. From Irenaeus' Ebionites to Epiphanius' Ebionites?; 2.2. The Nazarenes; 2.2.1. Introduction; 2.2.2. Who Were Called Nazarenes?
- 2.2.3. The Profile of Epiphanius' Nazarenes2.2.4. The Profile of Jerome's Nazarenes; 2.2.5. Conclusion: Who Were the Nazarenes?; 3. Jewish-Christian Gospels Recovered; 3.1. Farewell to the Three Gospel Hypothesis (the 3GH); 3.2. Jerome's Life and Quotations from Jewish-Christian Gospels; 3.2.1. The Setting of the Quotations in Jerome's Biography; 3.2.2. An Illustrious Translator; 3.2.3. A Greek Translation?; 3.2.4. Jerome and the Nazarenes' Gospel Traditions; 3.3. A New Reconstruction of the Gospel Used by the Nazarenes; 3.4. Reconstructing the Gospel of the Hebrews
- 3.4.1. Eusebius' Testimony: The Gospel of the Hebrews on the Fringes of Canon3.4.2. A Reconstruction of the Gospel of the Hebrews; 3.4.3. Q and the Gospel of the Hebrews; 4. Passion Traditions Reinterpreted; 4.1. The Last Supper in the Gospel of the Ebionites and Luke (Codex Bezae); 4.1.1. Introduction; 4.1.2. Arguments for and against the Shorter Reading; 4.1.3. Reconstructing the Passion Narrative in the Gospel of the Ebionites; 4.1.4. The Gospel of the Ebionites and Luke (D, Old Latin and Old Syriac); 4.1.5. The Dating of the Shorter Reading and the Gospel of the Ebionites
- 4.1.6. Eucharistic Tradition Preceding Luke?4.1.7. Ebionites-An Offshoot of the Hellenists?; 4.2. Passion Fragments in Jerome's Commentary on Matthew; 4.3. Jesus' Appearance to James the Just; 4.4. Conclusion: Passion Traditions in Jewish-Christian Gospels; 5. Jewish-Christian Gospels and Syriac Gospel Traditions; 5.1. Three Rich Men in the Gospel of the Hebrews and the Diatessaron; 5.1.1. Introduction; 5.1.2. The Rich Man in Origen's Commentary on Matthew; 5.1.3. Comparison with Parallel Passages; 5.1.4. Comparison with Variant Readings and Diatessaronic Witnesses
- 5.1.5. The Influence of the Diatessaronic Context5.1.6. Summary and Conclusions of the Text- and Source Critical Analysis; 5.1.7. Mapping Jewish-Christian Profiles; 5.1.8. The Jewish-Christian Profile of Origen's Story; 5.1.9. Conclusion: Where Did the Men Come From?; 5.2. The Gospel of Thomas and Jewish-Christian Gospel Fragments; 5.2.1. Introduction: Thomas and Jewish Christians; 5.2.2. The Provenance of the Gospel of the Hebrews and the Gospel of Thomas; 5.2.3. Let Him Who Seeks Continue Seeking; 5.2.4. Your Brothers and Mother Are Standing Outside; 5.2.5. Wise As Serpents