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==Table of contents==
==Table of contents==
Preface
Major Christian apocrypha discussed, dates and contents
Introduction: Recouping our losses
Pt. I - Forgeries and discoveries
*1. The ancient discovery of a forgery: Serapion and the Gospel of Peter 
*2. The ancient forgery of a discovery: the Acts of Paul and Thecla 
*3. The discovery of an ancient forgery: the Coptic Gospel of Thomas 
*4. The forgery of an ancient discovery? Morton Smith and the secret Gospel of Mark 
Pt. II - Heresies and orthodoxies
*6. At polar ends of the spectrum: early Christian Ebionites and Marcionites 
*6. Christians "in the know": the worlds of early Christian gnosticism 
*7. On the road to Nicaea: the broad swath of proto-orthodox Christianity
Pt. III - Winners and losers
*8. Quest for orthodoxy
*9. Arsenal of the conflicts: polemic treatises and personal slurs 
*10. Additional weapons in the polemic arsenal: forgeries and falsifications 
*11. Invention of scripture: the formation of the proto-orthodox New Testament
*12. Winners, losers, and the question of tolerance


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 10:09, 27 November 2010

Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew (2003) is a book by Bart D. Ehrman.

Abstract

Editions and translations

Published in New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2003.

Table of contents

Preface

Major Christian apocrypha discussed, dates and contents

Introduction: Recouping our losses

Pt. I - Forgeries and discoveries

  • 1. The ancient discovery of a forgery: Serapion and the Gospel of Peter
  • 2. The ancient forgery of a discovery: the Acts of Paul and Thecla
  • 3. The discovery of an ancient forgery: the Coptic Gospel of Thomas
  • 4. The forgery of an ancient discovery? Morton Smith and the secret Gospel of Mark

Pt. II - Heresies and orthodoxies

  • 6. At polar ends of the spectrum: early Christian Ebionites and Marcionites
  • 6. Christians "in the know": the worlds of early Christian gnosticism
  • 7. On the road to Nicaea: the broad swath of proto-orthodox Christianity

Pt. III - Winners and losers

  • 8. Quest for orthodoxy
  • 9. Arsenal of the conflicts: polemic treatises and personal slurs
  • 10. Additional weapons in the polemic arsenal: forgeries and falsifications
  • 11. Invention of scripture: the formation of the proto-orthodox New Testament
  • 12. Winners, losers, and the question of tolerance

External links

  • [ Google Books]