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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]