Shadowy characters and fragmentary evidence : [manuscript] : the search for early Christian groups and movements /

Shadowy characters and fragmentary evidence : the search for early Christian groups and movements / [manuscript] : edited by Joseph Verheyden, Tobias Nicklas, and Elisabeth Hernitscheck. - Tubingen, Germany.:, Mohr Siebeck, ; ♭2017. - ix, 276 pages ; 24 cm. - Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 388 0512-1604 ; . - Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament ; 388. .

International conference proceedings, 2015 February. 7 English, 5 German contributions.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The community of Q / Elusive opponents in the Pastoral Epistles / Die Nikolaiten und die Gegnerfiktion in der Offenbarung des Johannes : eine Annh̃erung an einige hermeneutische Probleme der Apokalypselekt re / Fragmente christlicher Apokryphen und die Geschichte des fr hen Christentums / Im tr ben Wasser des "Davidsteichs" : P.Oxy. 840 und die Suche nach seiner Provenienz / Enth llung im Fragment : Notizen zu berlieferungsgestalt und Figureninventar der Offenbarung des Petrus / The Nazoraeans / The Basilidians / Revisiting those elusive Sethians / Jenseits der Kategorien : Elchasai und die Elchasaiten / Evaluating quotations in ancient Greek literature : the case of Heracleon's hypomn emata / (Re)constructing a Christian community through its poetry / Joseph Verheyden -- Christopher Tuckett -- Korinna Zamfir -- Michael Sommer -- Tobias Nicklas -- Elisabeth Hernitscheck -- Wolfgang Gr nstũdl -- Andrew Gregory -- Jean-Daniel Dubois -- Johanna Brankaer -- Tobias Nicklas -- Carl Johan Berglund -- Gianfranco Agosti. Introduction /

The present volume contains the proceedings of an international colloquium that dealt with heavily fragmented texts and hypothetical sources, and with the "shadowy" characters and movements featured in such texts. These two aspects are combined here and studied to see how they have been handled in the history of research, what they reveal about the community or the group expressing itself through (or hiding behind) them, and to ascertain the role these documents and figures or groups should be given in reconstructing an overall picture of developments in the theology and religious life of early Christianity. The essays contribute to the writing of a critical history of researching these types of documents and movements.


Contributions in English and German.

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Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Basilideans.
Sethians.
Apocryphal books (New Testament)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

BR162.3 / .S465 2015