George T. Zervos

The Protevangelium of James (eBook, PDF)

Greek Text, English Translation, Critical Introduction: Volume 1

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

George T. Zervos presents the first in a two-volume critical investigation of one of the earliest and most important of the New Testament Apocrypha, the Protevangelium of James, also known as the Infancy Gospel of James. Zervos challenges the prevailing view that the ProtJas is a 2nd century unitary document; finding it instead to be the product of an ongoing redactional process in which a 1st century CE "heretical" text was progressively conformed to the "orthodox" Christian doctrine of the time.

Zervos tells the story of how an early apocryphal gospel provided the developing church with doctrinal material, which was incorporated into both the theology and the ecclesiastical liturgical cycle of the medieval Church, thus becoming a significant part of the standard catechism for generations of Christians. In this first volume Zervos provides a critical introduction to the text and discusses ProtJas' publication history, scholarly investigation, compositional problems and evidence of redaction, as well as a in-depth analysis of the narrative. For the first time the readings of the vast majority of the known Greek manuscripts appear together, with a transcription of the original text of the complete copy of the ProtJas found in Papyrus Bodmer V.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. August 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780567053169
• Artikelnr.: 57411264

Autorenporträt

George Themelis Zervos, Ph.D., Duke University 1986, is Associate Professor and Chairman of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He teaches courses in New Testament, Biblical Greek, Greek Biblical Papyrology, and Early Christianity.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction: The General Background The
Publication History of the Greek Text of the ProtJac The History of
Scholarly Investigation of the ProtJac The Compositional Problem of the
ProtJac The Present Study Evidence of Redaction of the ProtJac The Joseph
Council: ProtJac 8:03-9:12 The Veil Council: ProtJac 10:01-12:11 The
Original GenMar Annunciation Story Mary's Visit to Elizabeth The Trial of
Joseph and Mary: ProtJac 13:01-16:07 The Nativity Complex The Journey to
Bethlehem Topographical and Archaeological Factors The Midwife The Birth
Doubting Salome The Magi The Zachariah Apocryphon The Colophon Conclusions:
The "Authors" of the ProtJac The Redactor: The Protevangelium Jacobi The
Composer: The Composer-enhanced GenMar Joseph in the ProtJac The Author:
The Genesis Marias Appendices Appendix 1: Mary's Evolving Virginity in
Early Christianity Appendix 2: The Apologetic Purpose of the ProtJac
Appendix 3: The ProtJac and the New Testament Gospels Appendix 4: The
Kathisma Church The Original Cave of the Nativity Illustrations