Testimonies 2 Volume Set
Published on 22. December 2011
Book
309 pages
978-1-108-03971-0 (ISBN)
Description
In this two-volume work, J. Rendel Harris (1852-1941) fundamentally shaped Biblical scholarship in the twentieth century, arguing for the existence of a 'first known treatise on Christian theology', antedating the New Testament. A palaeographer, Harris examined recurring textual corruptions of Old Testament passages in early Christian writers and surmised an underlying collection, which he called the 'Testimony Book'. The book, Harris believed, collected Biblical testimonia - passages prophesying Christ - in order to prove the legitimacy of the new Christian faith. These arguments against Judaic theology marked, in Harris's opinion, the beginnings of the Christian written tradition. Volume 1 (1916) lays the groundwork for Harris's argument by examining the use of testimonia in early Christian writers like Cyprian and Gregory of Nyssa. Volume 2 (1920) seeks to demonstrate how the New Testament relied upon the 'Testimony Book', by examining Galatians, Hebrews and other letters and gospels.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
450 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-03971-0 (9781108039710)
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Content
Volume 1: Introduction; 1. The use of testimonies in the early Christian Church; 2. Further proofs of the antiquity of the Testimony Book; 3. An emendation to I Peter ii.8; 4. A further note on Testimonies in Barnabas; 5. Testimonies against the Mohammedans; 6. 'Spoken by Jeremy the Prophet'; 7. Irenaeus and the Book of Testimonies; 8. Lactantius and the Book of Testimonies; 9. Athanasius and the Book of Testimonies; 10. The altercation between Simon the Jew and Theophilus the Christian; 11. The Didascalia Jacobi; 12. Last traces of the Testimony Book; 13. A further proof of the Matthaean origin of the Book of Testimonies; 14. Professor Burkitt and the Testimonia; 15. An anonymous writer on the Oracles of Papias; Index. Volume 2: Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Testimonies in the Epistle to the Romans; 3. Testimonies in the Epistle to the Galations; 4. Testimonies in the Epistle to the Ephesians; 5. Testimonies in the Epistle to the Hebrews; 6. Jesus and the Exodus; 7. Testimonies in the Synoptic Gospels; 8. Testimonies in the Gospel of John; 9. Testimonies in the Acts of the Apostles; 10. Apocryphal Testimonies; 11. Papias and the Testimonies; 12. Did Jesus use Testimonies?; 13. Sacrifices, circumcision and the Sabbagh; Appendix I: 1. The authorship of the Athos MS.; 2. The Selden MS. and its contents; 3. The Selden MS. continued; Appendix II. Patristic evidence for Testimonies in Romans; Index.