Eschatology and the Saviour: The 'Gospel of Mary' Among Early Christian Dialogue Gospels

ISBN-13: 9781108498937 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 306 str.

Sarah Parkhouse

Opis

This book offers an analysis of the genre 'dialogue gospels' and their relationship to themes in New Testament texts. It then focuses on the 'Gospel of Mary', evaluates this gospel in light of the genre, argues for a christocentic reading of its eschatology, and provides new translations.

Spis treści

Part I: 1. What is a dialogue Gospel? Defining a genre; 2. Why write a dialogue Gospel? Themes from the New Testament; Part II: 3. The narrative frame of the 'Gospel of Mary'; 4. The cosmos and its undoing: the cosmic eschatology of the 'Gospel of Mary'; 5. The journey of the soul: the individual; Conclusion; Appendix 1. The 'Gospel of Mary': Coptic and Greek MSS; Appendix 2. The 'Gospel of Mary': text and translations; Appendix 3. The Gospel of Mary: synopses of the Greek and Coptic MSS.