{"product_id":"beyond-canon-early-christianity-and-the-ethiopic-textual-tradition-paperback","title":"Beyond Canon: Early Christianity and the Ethiopic Textual Tradition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMeron Gebreananaye\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eFrancis Watson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLogan Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book highlights the significance of a group of five texts excluded from the standard Christian Bible and preserved only in Ge'ez, the classical language of Ethiopia. These texts are crucial for modern scholars due to their significance for a wide range of early readers, as extant fragments of other early translations confirm in most cases. Yet they are also noted for their eventual marginalization and abandonment, as a more restrictive understanding of the biblical canon prevailed - everywhere except in Ethiopia, with its distinctive Christian tradition in which the concept of a \"closed canon\" is alien.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In focusing upon 1 Enoch, Jubilees, the Ascension of Isaiah, the Epistula Apostolorum, and the Apocalypse of Peter, the contributors to this volume group them together as representatives of a time in early Christian history when sacred texts were not limited by a sharply defined canonical boundary. In doing so, this book also highlights the unique and under-appreciated contribution of the Ethiopic Christian Tradition to the study of early Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeron Gebreananaye\u003c\/b\u003e is a doctoral research student at Durham University, UK. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancis Watson\u003c\/b\u003e is research chair in early Christian Literature at Durham University, UK. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLogan Williams \u003c\/b\u003eholds a doctorate in Theology \u0026amp; Religious Studies from Durham University, UK.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42098637471879,"sku":"9780567697653","price":77.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/41ab5c961acff782a71828456ec3571d.webp?v=1732365496","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/beyond-canon-early-christianity-and-the-ethiopic-textual-tradition-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}