Rediscovering the Apocryphal Continent

Download or read book Rediscovering the Apocryphal Continent written by Pierluigi Piovanelli and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Albeit often neglected or misrepresented, apocryphal texts are primary witnesses to the history of the Jesus movement, early Christianity, late antique society, and Jewish and Christian relations. The authors of the present volume wish to offer an overview of the variety and complexity of the apocryphal continent, putting these texts into a critical perspective that takes into account the most recent developments of research on ancient Judaism and Christianity"--