Forgery and counterforgery : the use of literary deceit in early Christian polemics
Ehrman, Bart D.
Forgery and counterforgery : the use of literary deceit in early Christian polemics / Bart D. Ehrman - New York : Oxford University Press , c2014 - 628 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-574) and indexes
Examining over fifty examples of early Christian forgery and their polemical contexts, Ehrman uncovers the varied motives that prompted ancient Christian authors intentionally to deceive their readers. The sheer magnitude of early Christian forgery startles the modern readers. Ehrman demolishes the clain that forgery was an acceptable literary practice in Greco-Roman antiquity, as well as scholars' attemps to 'explain away' its prevalence in early Christianity.
9780199928033
2012009020
Christain literature, Early----History and criticism
Literary forgeries and mystifications
BR67 / .E37 2014
270.1 EHR
Forgery and counterforgery : the use of literary deceit in early Christian polemics / Bart D. Ehrman - New York : Oxford University Press , c2014 - 628 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-574) and indexes
Examining over fifty examples of early Christian forgery and their polemical contexts, Ehrman uncovers the varied motives that prompted ancient Christian authors intentionally to deceive their readers. The sheer magnitude of early Christian forgery startles the modern readers. Ehrman demolishes the clain that forgery was an acceptable literary practice in Greco-Roman antiquity, as well as scholars' attemps to 'explain away' its prevalence in early Christianity.
9780199928033
2012009020
Christain literature, Early----History and criticism
Literary forgeries and mystifications
BR67 / .E37 2014
270.1 EHR
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