Sacra Scriptura: How Non-Canonical Texts Functioned in Early Judaism and Early Christianity (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780567148872)

Many of the writings deemed 'apocryphal' and 'pseudepigraphical'were in circulation in the early centuries of Judaism and Christianity. Their influences and impacts on the development of early communities, and the development of Jewish and Christian thoughts, have not yet been sufficiently examined. While this judgment is especially true for the so-called Christian Apocrypha, it also applies for other writings that were not included in the Jewish and Christian Bibles and nor in other sacred collections of Scripture, like Rabbinics and Patristics.

Most of these ancient writings functioned, to some degree, as sacred texts or scripture-sacra scriptura-in the communities in which they were produced and in others to which they circulated.This volume focuses on how some of these forgotten voices were heard within numerous early religious communities, helping to remove the distressing silence in many areas of the ancient world.

Author: Lee Martin McDonald
ISBN-10: 0567148874
ISBN-13: 9780567148872
Publisher: T&T Clark
Language: English
Published: 02/13/2014
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.90d