Beyond canon : early Christianity and the Ethiopic textual tradition /
Beyond canon : early Christianity and the Ethiopic textual tradition /
edited by Meron T. Gebreananaye, Logan Williams, and Francis Watson.
- 183 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- The library of New Testament studies, 643 2513-8790 ; .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This book seeks to highlight the significance of a group of five texts excluded from the standard Christian Bible and preserved only in Ge'ez, the classical language of Ethiopia. These texts are crucial for modern scholars due to their significance for a wide range of early readers, as extant fragments of other early translations confirm in most cases; yet they are also noted for their eventual marginalization and abandonment as a more restrictive understanding of the biblical canon prevailed - everywhere except in Ethiopia, with its distinctive Christian tradition in which the concept of a "closed canon" is alien. In focusing upon 1 Enoch, Jubilees, the Ascension of Isaiah, the Epistula Apostolorum, and the Apocalypse of Peter, the contributors to this volume group them together as representatives of a time in early Christian history when sacred texts were not limited by a sharply defined canonical boundary. In doing so, this book also highlights the unique and under-appreciated contribution of Ethiopia to the study of early Christianity"--
9780567695857 9780567697653
2020032584
Bible--Canonical criticism.
Bible--Canon.
Bible. Ethiopic --Versions.
Apocryphal books--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
BS521.8 / .B49 2021
229.9046 Bey 2022
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This book seeks to highlight the significance of a group of five texts excluded from the standard Christian Bible and preserved only in Ge'ez, the classical language of Ethiopia. These texts are crucial for modern scholars due to their significance for a wide range of early readers, as extant fragments of other early translations confirm in most cases; yet they are also noted for their eventual marginalization and abandonment as a more restrictive understanding of the biblical canon prevailed - everywhere except in Ethiopia, with its distinctive Christian tradition in which the concept of a "closed canon" is alien. In focusing upon 1 Enoch, Jubilees, the Ascension of Isaiah, the Epistula Apostolorum, and the Apocalypse of Peter, the contributors to this volume group them together as representatives of a time in early Christian history when sacred texts were not limited by a sharply defined canonical boundary. In doing so, this book also highlights the unique and under-appreciated contribution of Ethiopia to the study of early Christianity"--
9780567695857 9780567697653
2020032584
Bible--Canonical criticism.
Bible--Canon.
Bible. Ethiopic --Versions.
Apocryphal books--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
BS521.8 / .B49 2021
229.9046 Bey 2022