Apocryphal Gospels: An Introduction

by Hans-Josef Klauck

Publisher:

T&T Clark

, 2003

Overview

In this book Hans-Josef Klauck provides a comprehensive introduction to the apocryphal gospels - the biblical and related writings which do not form part of the accepted canon of Scripture. Klauck classifies the material in various helpful ways: Agrapha (isolated sayings if Jesus), Fragments, Jewish Christian Gospels, Two Gospels of the Egyptians, Infancy Gospels, Gospels about Jesus' Death and Resurrection, Gospels from Nag Hammadi, Conversations with the Risen Jesus, Dialogues of Jesus with No Location, Legends about the Death of Mary, Lost Gospels, the Toledot Jeshu (an anti-gospel) . Each section is accompanied by a carefully related bibliography. This highly readable introduction takes account of all the latest international scholarship on the apocrypha and will be an invaluable resource for all scholars and students in the field.

Product Details

• Title: Apocryphal Gospels: An Introduction
• Author: Hans-Josef Klauck
• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing
• Publication Date: 2003
• Pages: 288

About Hans-Josef Klauck

Naomi Shenstone Donnelley Professor of New Testament and Early, University of Chicago Divinity School.