{"product_id":"reading-christian-apocrypha-tradition-interpretation-practice-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 \u003cem\u003eReading Christian Apocrypha\u003c\/em\u003e, Tobias Nicklas 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. \u003cem\u003eReading Christian Apocrypha\u003c\/em\u003e 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, \u003cem\u003eReading Christian Apocrypha\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates that the distinction between \"canonical\" and \"apocryphal\" tradition is far blurrier than often assumed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicklas, Tobias:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTobias Nicklas\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor of New Testament studies and director of the Centre for Advanced Studies \"Beyond Canon\" at the University of Regensburg, Germany. He is research associate in the Department of New Testament at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, and adjunct ordinary professor at Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpittler, Janet E.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJanet E.Spittler \u003c\/strong\u003eis associate professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fortress Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51635417383186,"sku":"9781506481401","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_941f6c45-7a6a-4846-92c9-53897b8cbf08.jpg?v=1759234376","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/reading-christian-apocrypha-tradition-interpretation-practice-9781506481401","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}