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005			20180722221313.0
008			150721s2015 nyua b 001 0 eng
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100	1		_aJenkins, Philip, _d1952- _eauthor. _9193795
245	1	4	_aThe many faces of Christ : _bthe thousand-year story of the survival and influence of the lost gospels / _cPhilip Jenkins.
264		1	_aNew York : _bBasic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, _c[2015]
300			_aix, 326 pages ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 259-307) and index.
505	8		_aGospel truths : the myth of the lost gospels -- Christ's many faces : the survival of the old gospels in a wider Christian world -- The isles of the West : how Irish and British churches kept ancient Christian cultures alive -- Old gospels never die : ancient gospels that gave the medieval church its best-known images of Christ -- Two Marys : how alternative gospels continued to present the feminine face of God -- The new Old Testament : tales of patriarchs and prophets that became Christian gospels -- Out of the past : the heretical sects that preserved ancient alternative scriptures for a thousand years -- Beyond the horizon : Muslim and Jewish versions of the earliest Christian traditions -- After darkness, light : how the Reformation era drove the ancient gospels from the churches -- Scriptures unlimited? : the place of alternative scriptures in Christianity.
520			_a"The standard account of early Christianity tells us that the first centuries after Jesus' death witnessed an efflorescence of Christian sects, each with its own gospel. We are taught that these alternative scriptures, which represented intoxicating, daring, and often bizarre ideas, were suppressed in the fourth and fifth centuries, when the Church canonized the gospels we know today: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The rest were lost, destroyed, or hidden. In The Many Faces of Christ, the renowned religious historian Philip Jenkins thoroughly refutes our most basic assumptions about the Lost Gospels. He reveals that dozens of alternative gospels not only survived the canonization process but in many cases remained influential texts within the official Church. Whole new gospels continued to be written and accepted. For a thousand years, these strange stories about the life and death of Jesus were freely admitted onto church premises, approved for liturgical reading, read by ordinary laypeople for instruction and pleasure, and cited as authoritative by scholars and theologians. The Lost Gospels spread far and wide, crossing geographic and religious borders. The ancient Gospel of Nicodemus penetrated into Southern and Central Asia, while both Muslims and Jews wrote and propagated gospels of their own. In Europe, meanwhile, it was not until the Reformation and Counter-Reformation that the Lost Gospels were effectively driven from churches. But still, many survived, and some continue to shape Christian practice and belief in our own day. Offering a revelatory new perspective on the formation of the biblical canon, the nature of the early Church, and the evolution of Christianity, The Many Faces of Christ restores these Lost Gospels to their central place in Christian history. "-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"In The Many Faces of Christ religious historian Philip Jenkins refutes our most basic assumptions about the Lost Gospels and the history of Christianity. He reveals that hundreds of alternative gospels were never lost, but survived and in many cases remained influential texts, both outside and within the official Church. We are taught that these alternative scriptures--such as the Gospels of Thomas, Mary, or Judas--represented intoxicating, daring and often bizarre ideas that were wholly suppressed by the Church in the fourth and fifth centuries. In bringing order to the tumult, the Church canonized only four gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The rest, according to this standard account, were lost, destroyed, or hidden. But more than a thousand years after Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity and made his Roman Empire do the same, the Christian world retained a much broader range of scriptures than would be imaginable today"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aApocryphal Gospels. _9240575
650		0	_aChristianity _xOrigin. _921008
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