{"product_id":"reading-christian-apocrypha-tradition-interpretation-practice-9781506481401","title":"Reading Christian Apocrypha: Tradition, Interpretation, Practice","description":"\u003cp\u003eChristian apocrypha has suffered neglect. Living just outside the Christian canon, apocryphal Christian works have been judged deficient, secret, and even heretical. In \u003cem\u003eReading Christian Apocrypha\u003c\/em\u003e, Tobias Nicklas and Janet Spittler lavish attention upon these extracanonical texts to demonstrate that, far from being superfluous or fringe, Christian apocrypha plays a crucial role in the history of Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApocryphal works function as important witnesses for the reception of Jesus, Paul, and other apostolic figures. Beyond the reception of canonical figures, however, they provide foundational stories that fill in the Christian landscape of memories, supplying local and regional Christian communities with narratives that tie their own environment, traditions, and practices to the activities of the apostles and apostolic figures. \u003cem\u003eReading Christian Apocrypha\u003c\/em\u003e also explores how apocryphal works adopt and adapt Jewish and Greco-Roman views on the origin of the world, its history, and the world to come, creating new \"spaces of interpretation\" around biblical texts and traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe apocryphal writings reveal that Christianity, from the very beginning, developed a wide variety of theological perspectives within diverse linguistic traditions and geographical areas. Ultimately, \u003cem\u003eReading Christian Apocrypha\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates that the distinction between \"canonical\" and \"apocryphal\" tradition is far blurrier than often assumed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fortress Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781506481401\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.10w x 1.00d","brand":"Tobias Nicklas, Janet E. Spittler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51708010234037,"sku":"9781506481401","price":39.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4ec44af6-70a9-48f1-8f37-57f0395a033b.jpg?v=1757397044","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/reading-christian-apocrypha-tradition-interpretation-practice-9781506481401","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}