{"product_id":"papias-of-hierapolis-for-beginners-leo-eusebius-9798233467769","title":"Papias of Hierapolis for Beginners","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Bishop's Voice from the Edge of the Apostolic Age\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Papias of Hierapolis (c. 60-130 AD) began preserving apostolic teachings, the eyewitnesses were dying. His five-volume work has vanished, but surviving fragments provide our earliest testimony about how the Gospels of Mark and Matthew were written.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePapias questioned those who had heard the apostles directly, traveling Asia Minor to record traditions found nowhere else. He was controversial-Irenaeus praised him as a hearer of John; Eusebius dismissed him as too literal. His vivid millennial prophecies scandalized later theologians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet Papias stood at the critical junction when Christianity transitioned from oral proclamation to written Scripture. His fragments reveal how second-century Christians understood their Gospels and preserved apostolic teaching.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat You'll Learn: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Mark recorded Peter's preaching and Matthew collected sayings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePapias's method for evaluating eyewitness testimony\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHis controversial prophecies and unique apostolic traditions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarly biblical canon formation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy later Church Fathers abandoned his testimony\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leo Eusebius\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798233467769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Leo Eusebius\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.24d","brand":"Leo Eusebius","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443157315839,"sku":"9798233467769","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e08f2f50-75ce-4238-ae67-fc5f31c30a19.jpg?v=1777202223","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/papias-of-hierapolis-for-beginners-leo-eusebius-9798233467769","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}