Introduction to the New Testament Apocrypha (Understanding the Bible and Its World)
T & T Clark International
Edition: 1st Edition, 2003-09-01
EAN 9780826469793, ISBN10: 0826469795
Hardcover, 204 pages, 15.7 x 1.4 x 1.4 cm
This is is an analytical survey of those important but little-known Christian documents of the second and third centuries which are collectively referred to as the New Testament Apocrypha, and is intended to serve both as an introductory guide for interested clergy and laity, but also as a useful reference for those pursuing higher research. Questions of the manufacture of the codices, the transmission of the texts, the discovery of the lost and hidden books, and of the classification of the documents are considered, and the books are placed and critically examined in their geographical and social setting.
"Lapham provides a very readable account of the various New Testament apocryphal books" Allan M. Harman, Reformed Theological Review 66:1 --Allan M. Harman "Reformed Theological Journal "