In a study that explores the close relationship between the social history of early Christianity and the textual tradition of the emerging New Testament, Ehrman traces how early struggles between "e;heresy"e; and "e;orthodoxy"e; affected the transmission of the documents. He argues that proto-orthodox scribes of the second and third centuries occasionally altered their sacred texts for polemical reasons--for example, to oppose adoptionists like the Ebionites, who claimed that Christ was a man but not God. Ehrman's incisive analysis makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the history of early Christianity.
- ISBN:
- 9780199763573
- 9780199763573
- Category:
- Translation & interpretation
- Format:
- Electronic book text
- Publication Date:
- 17-06-1993
- Pages:
- 328
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