Overview

Revealing the rich diversity of the early Christian movement, After the New Testament: 100-300 CE: A Reader in Early Christianity, Second Edition, brings together an extensive selection of texts from the second and third centuries, both orthodox and heterodox. Selections include the writings of the Apostolic Fathers, the writings of Nag Hammadi, early pseudepigrapha, martyrologies, anti-Jewish tractates, heresiologies, canon lists, church orders, liturgical texts, and theological treatises. Featuring large textual excerpts--entire documents wherever possible--concise introductions, and lucid, up-to-date translations, After the New Testament is ideal for courses in Early Christianity, Christian Origins, and Early Church History.

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Author:   Bart D. Ehrman (James A. Gray Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 19.10cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.994kg
ISBN:  

9780195398922

ISBN 10:   0195398920
Pages:   576
Publication Date:   12 February 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Preface: Acknowledgments: 1. General Introduction 2. The Spread of Christianity: Early Christians and their Converts 1. The Acts of John 2. The Acts of Thomas 3. Justin: Dialogue with Trypho 3. The Attack on Christianity: Persecution and Martyrdom in the Early Church 4. Pliny's Letter to Trajan 5. The Letter of Ignatius to the Romans 6. The Martyrdom of Polycarp 7. The Letter of the Churches of Vienne and Lyons 8. The Acts of the Scillitan Martyrs 9. The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas 4. The Defense of Christianity: Pagan Antagonists and Early Christian Apologists Pagan Assaults on Christianity: 10. Minucius Felix: Octavius 11. Celsus 12. Porphyry Christian Apologists: 13. Justin's First Apology 14. Athenagoras: Plea Regarding the Christians 15. The Letter to Diognetus 16. Tertullian: Apology 17. Origen: Against Celsus 5. Anti-Judaic Polemic: The Opposition to Jews in Early Christianity 18. The Epistle of Barnabas 19. Justin: Dialogue with Trypho 20. Melito of Sardis: On the Passover 21. Tertullian: Answer to the Jews 6. The Diversity of Early Christianity: Writings Later Deemed Heretical Jewish Christian Texts: 22. The Gospel to the Ebionites 23. The Letter of Peter to James and Its Reception 24. The Homilies of Clement Gnostic Christian Texts: Sethian Texts: 25. The Secret Book of John 26. The First Thought in Three Forms 27. The Revelation of Adam Valentinian Texts: 28. The Gospel of Truth 29. The Treatise on the Resurrection 30. The Gospel of Philip Thomasine Texts: 31. The Hymn of the Pearl 32. The Book of Thomas Other Gnostic Texts: 33. On the Origin of the World 34. The Wisdom of Jesus Christ 7. The Internal Conflicts of Christianity: Writings Against the Heretics Proto-Orthodox Heresiologists: 35. Irenaeus: Against the Heresies 36. Tertullian: Prescription of the Heretics 37. Tertullian: On the Flesh of Christ 38. Tertullian: Against Praxeas Gnostic Heresiologists: 39. The Coptic Apocalypse of Peter 40. The Second Treatise of the Great Seth 8. Apostolic Writings Outside the Canon: Early Christian Apocrypha Apocryphal Gospels: 41. The Proto-Gospel of James 42. The Infancy Gospel of Thomas 43. The Gospel of Thomas 44. The Gospel of Judas 45. The Gospel of Peter 46. The Gospel of Mary 47. The Epistle of the Apostles Apocryphal Acts: 48. Acts of Thomas 49. Acts of Peter 50. Acts of Paul 51. Acts of John Apocryphal Epistles: 52. The Letters of Abgar and Jesus 53. Paul's Third Letter to the Corinthians 54. Paul's Letter to the Laodiceans 55. The Correspondence Between Paul and Seneca Apocryphal Apocalypses: 56. The Apocalypse of Peter 57. The Apocalypse of Paul 58. The Ascension of Isaiah 9. The New Scriptures: Canonical Lists in Early Christianity 59. The Muratorian Canon 60. Irenaeus: Against the Heresies 61. Origen of Alexandria 62. Eusebius: Ecclesiastical History 10. Text and Meaning: The Interpretation of Scripture in Early Christianity 63. Ptolemy's Letter to Flora 64. Irenaeus: Against the Heresies 65. Tertullian: Prescription of the Heretics and Against Marcion 66. Origen: Commentary on John 67. Origen: On First Principles 11. The Proclamation of the Word: Homilies in Early Christianity 68. Second Clement 69. Origen: Homilies on Luke 70. Origen: Homilies on Genesis 12. The Structure of Early Christianity: The Development of Church Offices 71. First Clement 72. The Didache 73. The Letters of Ignatius to the Ephesians, Magnesians, and Smyrneans 74. Hippolytus: The Apostolic Tradition 75. The Didascalia 76. Cyprian: On the Unity of the Church 13. The Development of the Liturgy: Ritual Practices in Early Christianity 77. The Didache 78. Justin: The First Apology 79. Tertullian: Apology 80. Tertullian: On the Crown 81. Hippolytus: The Apostolic Tradition 82. The Didascalia 14. Women and Gender: Christianity in a Patriarchal World 83. The Acts of Thecla 84. The Acts of Peter 85. The Gospel of the Egyptians 86. Irenaeus: Against the Heresies 87. Clement of Alexandria: Miscellanies 88. Tertullian: On the Dress of Women 89. Women Montanist Prophets 15. Leading the Upright Life: The Role of Ethics in Early Christianity 90. The Didache 91. Clement of Alexandria: The Educator 92. Tertullian: To His Wife 16. The Emergence of Orthodoxy: Theological Writings of Proto-Orthodox Christians 93. Tertullian: Against Praxeas 94. Origen: On First Principles 95. Novatian: On the Trinity 96. Dionysius of Rome: Letter to Dionysius of Alexandria

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This book provides an excellent introduction to the general reader wishing to understand the development of early Christianity between the years AD 100-300, the years in which it was working out doctrines, liturgical practices and the boundaries of its canon of sacred texts in a pagan world, before the accession of Constantine and the subsequent Christianisation of the whole Roman empire in the fourth century. Written in a lucid style, uncluttered by footnotes (other than acknowledgements of translations/biblical references) and with clear explanation of all technical terms ... Ehrman is to be congratulated on presenting these texts in as accessible a way as possible to a wide audience. * Sam Baddeley, Classics for All * I find After the New Testament to be very helpful and accessible. It is currently the best textbook available, since it offers a broad and rich selection of primary sources from early Christianity. * Charlotte Radler, Loyola Marymount University * Anyone who teaches a class on early Christianity needs access to a collection of primary sources that have a brief introduction to each author, a clear and recent English translation, and excerpts short enough to be useful in an undergraduate survey class. This book fills that need, and I have been extremely grateful for its existence. * Christine Sheparson, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville * This is simply the best available sourcebook of its kind. * Susan Harvey, Brown University *

This is simply the best available sourcebook of its kind. --Susan Harvey, Brown University Anyone who teaches a class on early Christianity needs access to a collection of primary sources that have a brief introduction to each author, a clear and recent English translation, and excerpts short enough to be useful in an undergraduate survey class. This book fills that need, and I have been extremely grateful for its existence. --Christine Sheparson, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville I find After the New Testament to be very helpful and accessible. It is currently the best textbook available, since it offers a broad and rich selection of primary sources from early Christianity. --Charlotte Radler, Loyola Marymount University

Author Information

Bart D. Ehrman is James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has written or edited more than twenty-five books, including The Bible (2013), Forgery and Counterforgery (2013), The New Testament, Fifth Edition (2012), and The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture, Second Edition (2011), all published by Oxford University Press.

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