Gospel Fragments

by Kraus, Thomas J.; Kruger, Michael J.; Nicklas, Tobias

• ISBN13: 9780199208159
• ISBN10: 0199208158
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

As the value and importance of the non-canonical Jesus tradition continues to be recognized, there is an ever-increasing need for scholarly introductions to this tradition. This co-edited edition comprises the Greek critical editions, with full translations, of several key gospel fragmentsincluding P.Egerton 2, P. Oxy. 840, and P.Oxy. 1224. These fragments, preserved despite the widespread destruction of non-canonical manuscripts, are invaluable primary witnesses of ancient Christianity and the transmission of early Christian texts. Introductions to the fragments discuss dates,origins, interpretations, and the relationship of the texts to the canonical gospels. Detailed commentaries expand points of interest to facilitate further scholarly research on these texts in the future.

Author Biography

Tobias Nicklas is Chair of New Testament Studies at the University of Regensburg.

Table of Contents

Fragments of Apocryphal Gospel Manuscripts

Introduction

The 'Unknown Gospel' on Papyrus Egerton 2 (+ Papyrus Cologne 255)

The Fragments

Text and Commentary

Conclusions

Bibliography

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 840

Introduction

Text and Translation

Commentary

Bibliography

Other Gospel Fragments

2325 The so-called 'Fayum Fragment' or 'Fayum Gospel'

11710 'An Apocryphal Gospel Fragment'

10735 'The Supposed Fragment of a Gospel at Cairo'

51 'A Christian Fragment'

1224 'An 'Uncanonical Gospel'

Bibliography

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