The New Testament and Other Early Christian writings: A reader

From: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society | Date: March 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

The New Testament and Other Early Christian Writings: A Reader. By Bart D. Ehrman. New York: Oxford University, 1998, iv + 412 pp., $23.50 paper.

Ehrman has collected into one volume all the extant writings generated by Christians during the first century of Christianity, approximately 30-130 cs. Included are canonical and noncanonical books, orthodox and heretical works, and complete and fragmentary texts. The book is comprised of five sections and arranged according to genre. Section one, "Early Christian Gospels," contains the four canonical Gospels; the gospel of Thomas, the gospel of ...

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