Shadowy Characters and Fragmentary Evidence: The Search for Early Christian Groups and Movements

by Joseph Verheyden

The present volume contains the proceedings of an international colloquium that dealt with heavily fragmented texts and hypothetical sources, and with the "shadowy" characters and movements featured in such texts. These two aspects are combined here and studied to see how they have been handled in the history of research, what they reveal about the community or the group expressing itself through (or hiding behind) them, and to ascertain the role...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3161540859
• ISBN13: 9783161540851
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"