| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 180 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 258
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Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 258.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-173) and index. |
| Contents |
Early Christian imagination and the gospels / Sean Freyne -- The four gospels and the one gospel of Jesus Christ / Martin Hengel -- Literacy, liturgy, and the shaping of the New Testament canon / Harry Gamble -- Early Christian preferences for the codex / Graham Stanton -- The Diatessaron and the fourfold gospel / William L. Peterson -- The Nag Hammadi gospels and the fourfold gospel / James Robinson -- The Latin gospels, with special reference to the Irish tradition / Martin McNamara -- The significance of the Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri in early church history / Barbara Aland -- Singular readings in the gospel text of P ⁴⁵ / J. Keith Elliott -- P⁴⁵ and the textual history of the gospel of Mark / Larry W. Hurtado -- The Chester Beatty biblical papyri : a find of the greatest importance / Charles Horton. |
| Summary |
Horton brings together the latest research on the origins of the gospels and their transmission, and provides the only guide to the Chester Beatty Codex P45. Provides an introduction to the gospel genre and examining literacy among early Christians and all that is known about the origins and transmission of the gospels. Also focuses on the significance of P45, its place as the earliest Christian gospel-book, its unique readings, the earliest extant version of the gospel of Mark, and how the manuscript was found piece by piece by an American collector. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bible. Gospels -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. Gospels -- History.
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Bible. Gospels -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
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Bible. Gospels -- History. |
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Bible. New Testament. Évangiles -- Critique, interprétation, etc. |
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Bible. New Testament. Évangiles -- Histoire. |
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Bible. Gospels. |
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Dublin / Chester Beatty Library. |
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Evangelien. |
| Indexed Term |
Earliest Christian Gospels |
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Gospels |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Aland, Barbara.
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Horton, Charles, 1958-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Earliest gospels. London ; New York : T & T Clark International, ©2004 0567083896 (DLC) 2004445019 (OCoLC)56592108 |
| ISBN |
9780567000972 (electronic bk.) |
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0567000974 (electronic bk.) |
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0567083896 |
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9780567083890 |
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0567082933 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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0567082903 |
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9780567082909 |
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