{"product_id":"reading-christian-apocrypha-tobias-nicklas-9781506481401","title":"Reading Christian Apocrypha: Tradition, Interpretation, Practice","description":"\u003cp\u003eChristian apocrypha has suffered neglect. Living just outside the Christian canon, apocryphal Christian works have been judged deficient, secret, and even heretical. In Reading Christian Apocrypha, Tobias Nicklas, Jens Schrer, and Janet Spittler lavish attention upon these extracanonical texts to demonstrate that, far from being superfluous or fringe, Christian apocrypha plays a crucial role in the history of Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApocryphal works function as important witnesses for the reception of Jesus, Paul, and other apostolic figures. Beyond the reception of canonical figures, however, they provide foundational stories that fill in the Christian landscape of memories, supplying local and regional Christian communities with narratives that tie their own environment, traditions, and practices to the activities of the apostles and apostolic figures. Reading Christian Apocrypha also explores how apocryphal works adopt and adapt Jewish and Greco-Roman views on the origin of the world, its history, and the world to come, creating new \"spaces of interpretation\" around biblical texts and traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe apocryphal writings reveal that Christianity, from the very beginning, developed a wide variety of theological perspectives within diverse linguistic traditions and geographical areas. Ultimately, Reading Christian Apocrypha demonstrates that the distinction between \"canonical\" and \"apocryphal\" tradition is far blurrier than often assumed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tobias Nicklas, Jens Schrer, Janet Spittler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 150648140X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781506481401\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fortress Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 450\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Tobias Nicklas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072475885823,"sku":"9781506481401","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ddc98815-3469-4dc5-bae0-b951b03112a1.jpg?v=1685442196","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reading-christian-apocrypha-tobias-nicklas-9781506481401","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}