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The Protevangelium of James in Papyrus Bodmer V: Titles, Genres, and Traditions in Transmission

Religions, 2023
The apocryphal account of the birth and childhood of Mary, mother of Jesus (and to a lesser degree Jesus himself) known most commonly as the Protevangelium of James is one of the most influential early Christian texts outside of the New Testament.
Kimberley A. Fowler
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Reseña: C. T. Djurslev, Alexander the Great in the early Christian tradition, 2019

Karanos, 2020
Reseña de Christian Thrue Djurslev, Alexander the Great in the early Christian tradition: Classical Reception and Patristic Literature, London, Bloomsbury, 2019, 240 pp [ISBN 9781788311649].
Ignacio Molina
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Christian Apocrypha

St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2023
The Christian Apocrypha refers to a collection of ancient texts associated with Christian traditions that are not included in the canonical New Testament.
Tobias Nicklas
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Graduate Education of Christian Universities in Modern China: A Case Study of Nanking University

Religions, 2021
From the late 19th century to the early 20th century, traditional Chinese society experienced a significant period of gradual development toward modernization.
Qi Liu, Xuemeng Cao, Chuanyi Wang
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Early Christianity in Transjordan

Tyndale Bulletin, 1994
Considerable archaeological field work is currently being conducted in the area of the Decapolis, including the author’s involvement in the excavations of Abila. This article reviews the few references to northern Transjordan in the New Testament and the
Bastiaan Van Elderen
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Clemency, A Neglected Aspect of Early Christian Philanthropy

Religions, 2018
In classical and early Christian usage the concept of philanthropia (philanthropy) rarely just meant “love for one’s fellow human beings” or generosity towards people whom one did not personally know.
Daniel F. Caner
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Ancient Worship Wars: An Investigation of Conflict in Church Music History

Musical Offerings, 2014
The purpose of this research is to prove that conflict in church music is nothing new. Even in the time of the early church fathers, dissenting views on what were acceptable and unacceptable practices in church music were present.
Michael J. Wood
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The Typology of Adam and Eve in the New Testament and Early Christian Literatureand Eve [PDF]

Studia Litterarum, 2018
Basing on the history of interpretation of the biblical story about Adam and Eve, the article discusses the question of the New Testament origins of the Christian typological exegesis, a specific method of interpreting the Old Testament which allowed us ...
Olga E. Nesterova
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Intimations of Revelation 19–21 in the Early North African Christian Communities

Open Theology, 2021
The purpose of this article is to provide a survey of the interpretation of Revelation 19–21 in the early North African Christian communities (II–III century).
Vercesi Martina
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Word Translating Image. In Search of Modern-Language Equivalents for Syriac and Coptic Terminology

Folia Orientalia
In general the iconographic details recorded in the hagiographic literature are pretty meagre. Authors focus on the miraculous properties of icons. The Coptic lives of the saints may be selected as representative for the Early Christian and Byzantine ...
Tomasz Polański
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