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GOSPELS AND GOSPEL TRADITIONS IN THE SECOND CEN...

The second century CE has often been described as a kind of dark period with regard to our
knowledge of how the earliest Christian writings (the gospels and Paul's letters) were
transmitted and gradually came to be accepted as authoritative and then  later on  as
canonical. At the same time a number of other Christian texts  of various genres  saw the
light. Some of these seem to be familiar with the gospels  or perhaps rather with gospel
traditions identical or similar to those that found their way into the NT gospels. The volume
focuses on representative texts and authors of the time in order to see how they have struggled
to find a way to work with the NT gospels and or the traditions behind these  while at the same
time giving a place also to other extra-canonical traditions.It studies in a comparative way
the reception of identifiably canonical and of extra-canonical traditions in the second
century. It aims at discovering patterns or strategies of reception within the at first sight
often rather chaotic way some of these ancient authors have cited or used these traditions. And
it will look for explanations of why it took such a while before authors got used to cite
gospel texts (more or less) accurately.

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