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Author: Stevan Davis
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Imprint: SkyLight Paths Publishing,US
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 21.60cm
ISBN: 9781594732584
ISBN 10: 1594732582
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 18 June 2009
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Accessible and insightful helps us appreciate the imaginative storytelling in these narratives as well as their piety and theological content and even their occasional humor. An ideal starting point for the study of these fascinating gospels. Robert J. Miller, author, Born Divine: The Births of Jesus and Other Sons of God Clear, accurate and fun to read.... I love this book! Weaves solid historical scholarship with a deep appreciation for folk traditions and fiction. Gives us a sense of the creativity involved in thinking about the infancy of Jesus and his mother, Mary. I will assign it for students next semester. Jane Schaberg, professor of religious and women's/gender studies, University of Detroit Mercy Filled with incidents that are magical, touching, humorous, even shocking, but always entertaining. Davies translations are appropriately idiomatic, and his comments are informative and insightful by comparing these stories not only to pagan, Christian and Jewish parallels but also to versions of some of the stories in the Qur an. Ronald F. Hock, professor of religion, University of Southern California
Accessible and insightful ... helps us appreciate the imaginative storytelling in these narratives as well as their piety and theological content--and even their occasional humor. An ideal starting point for the study of these fascinating gospels. --Robert J. Miller, author, Born Divine: The Births of Jesus and Other Sons of God Clear, accurate and fun to read.... I love this book! Weaves solid historical scholarship with a deep appreciation for folk traditions and fiction. Gives us a sense of the creativity involved in thinking about the infancy of Jesus and his mother, Mary. I will assign it for students next semester. --Jane Schaberg, professor of religious and women's/gender studies, University of Detroit Mercy Filled with incidents that are magical, touching, humorous, even shocking, but always entertaining. Davies' translations are appropriately idiomatic, and his comments are informative and insightful by comparing these stories not only to pagan, Christian and Jewish parallels but also to versions of some of the stories in the Qur'an. --Ronald F. Hock, professor of religion, University of Southern California Accessible and insightful helps us appreciate the imaginative storytelling in these narratives as well as their piety and theological content and even their occasional humor. An ideal starting point for the study of these fascinating gospels. Robert J. Miller, author, Born Divine: The Births of Jesus and Other Sons of God Clear, accurate and fun to read.... I love this book! Weaves solid historical scholarship with a deep appreciation for folk traditions and fiction. Gives us a sense of the creativity involved in thinking about the infancy of Jesus and his mother, Mary. I will assign it for students next semester. Jane Schaberg, professor of religious and women's/gender studies, University of Detroit Mercy Filled with incidents that are magical, touching, humorous, even shocking, but always entertaining. Davies translations are appropriately idiomatic, and his comments are informative and insightful by comparing these stories not only to pagan, Christian and Jewish parallels but also to versions of some of the stories in the Qur an. Ronald F. Hock, professor of religion, University of Southern California Accessible and insightful helps us appreciate the imaginative storytelling in these narratives as well as their piety and theological content and even their occasional humor. An ideal starting point for the study of these fascinating gospels. Robert J. Miller, author, Born Divine: The Births of Jesus and Other Sons of God Clear, accurate and fun to read.... I love this book! Weaves solid historical scholarship with a deep appreciation for folk traditions and fiction. Gives us a sense of the creativity involved in thinking about the infancy of Jesus and his mother, Mary. I will assign it for students next semester. Jane Schaberg, professor of religious and women's/gender studies, University of Detroit Mercy Filled with incidents that are magical, touching, humorous, even shocking, but always entertaining. Davies translations are appropriately idiomatic, and his comments are informative and insightful by comparing these stories not only to pagan, Christian and Jewish parallels but also to versions of some of the stories in the Qur an. Ronald F. Hock, professor of religion, University of Southern California
Accessible and insightful helps us appreciate the imaginative storytelling in these narratives as well as their piety and theological content and even their occasional humor. An ideal starting point for the study of these fascinating gospels. Robert J. Miller, author, Born Divine: The Births of Jesus and Other Sons of God Clear, accurate and fun to read.... I love this book! Weaves solid historical scholarship with a deep appreciation for folk traditions and fiction. Gives us a sense of the creativity involved in thinking about the infancy of Jesus and his mother, Mary. I will assign it for students next semester. Jane Schaberg, professor of religious and women's/gender studies, University of Detroit Mercy Filled with incidents that are magical, touching, humorous, even shocking, but always entertaining. Davies translations are appropriately idiomatic, and his comments are informative and insightful by comparing these stories not only to pagan, Christian and Jewish parallels but also to versions of some of the stories in the Qur an. Ronald F. Hock, professor of religion, University of Southern California
Author Information
Stevan Davies is professor of religious studies at Misericordia University and has studied the non-canonical gospels and acts for over thirty years. Among his books are The Gospel of Thomas: Annotated and Explained, The Secret Book of John: The Gnostic Gospel—Annotated and Explained (both SkyLight Paths) and The Revolt of the Widows: The Social World of the Apocryphal Acts. He has also published books about the canonical Christian scriptures including New Testament Fundamentals and Jesus the Healer: Possession, Trance and the Origins of Christianity. His website (http://users.misericordia.edu/davies/thomas/Thomas.html) is a leading Internet resource on the Gospel of Thomas. A. Edward Siecienski, PhD is assistant professor of philosophy at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey and also serves as Clement and Helen Pappas Professor of Byzantine Civilization and Religion at the college's Interdisciplinary Center for Hellenic Studies.
