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The book is an outcome of a three-year research project on children in antiquity and early Christianity, says Aasgaard (intellectual history, U. of Oslo, Norway), and much of the material has been presented at various conferences, but apparently not published before. Agreeing with scholars through the ages that the gospel has no reliable information about the actual childhood of Jesus, he argues that it should be studied and valued for other reasons. He shows how it reflects thinking and practice regarding childhood in the culture, and how the gospel writer used and changed aspects to convey theological and ideological messages. His topics include the oral and written tradition, daily life and social relations, Jesus from boy to man, strange sayings, and Christianity's first children's story. Book News Inc, Reference - Research Book News - October 2011

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Reidar Aasgaard is Project Leader in the Norwegian Bible Society and has earned a doctorate in New Testament/Early Christianity. He is the author of My Beloved Brothers and Sisters (2004) and has published a study edition of the New Testament as well as Norwegian translations of Augustine.

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