La Biblia perdida; Un análisis de las escrituras hebreas y cristianas no oficiales: El Jesús desconocido · Visiones del Apocalipsis · Profetas y patriarcas

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• ISBN13: 9788480768740
• ISBN10: 8480768746
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2011-05-01
• Publisher: Blume

Summary

In the centuries around the beginning of the Common Era, both the Jewish faith and the early Christian church drew upon a wealth of spiritual stories and sacred writings that were nonetheless never included in the Hebrew Bible or the New Testament. With deft and profound scholarship, J. R. Porter gathers more than 100 such texts--including what were purported to be words written by Eve herself as well as stories of the strange miracles and violent outbursts of the boy Jesus--and assesses their context, character, and importance. Each fragment includes an introduction and commentary alongside a translation of the extract, as well as richly evocative illustrations that underline the power, insights, and literary merits of these writings. En los siglos alrededor del comienzo de la era comun, tanto la fe judia asi como la iglesia cristiana temprana recurrian a una abundancia de historias espirituales y escrituras sagradas que no obstante nunca fueron incluidas en la Biblia hebrea o el Nuevo Testamento. Con una erudicion profunda y habil, J. R. Porter reune mas de 100 tales textos--incluyendo los que se dicen ser palabras escritas por Eva misma y historias de los milagros extranos y arrebatos violentos del nino Jesus--y analiza su contexto, su caracter y su importancia. Cada fragmento incluye una introduccion y un comentario junto con una traduccion del extracto, asi como ilustraciones evocadoras que resaltan el poder, las perspicacias y los meritos literarios de estas escrituras.

Author Biography

J. R. Porter is a professor emeritus of theology at the University of Exeter and a former Fellow of Oriel College in Oxford. He also served as a member of the General Synod of the Church of England for 20 years.