| Peter: The Myth, the Man and the Writings Contributor(s): Lapham, Fred (Author) |
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ISBN: 0567044904 ISBN-13: 9780567044907 Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press OUR PRICE: $118.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2004 Annotation: This book critically examines all the early and important Petrine pseudepigrapha to identify a distinctive Petrine theology which, it is believed, was later swamped by the tide of western orthodoxy. Despite the diversity of the books and tractates, ranging from Jewish-Christian writings to avowedly Gnostic works, a remarkably consistent Petrine tradition does emerge; and Peter is shown essentially to be neither the impetuous, undiscerning, and even vacillating figure portrayed in the Gospels and Acts, nor the magisterial and pontifical figure of later Church tradition, but a visionary who was concerned above all to hold together both the moral and cognitive aspects of the Faith. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - New Testament - General |
| Dewey: 227.920 |
| LCCN: 2005279524 |
| Series: T & T Clark Academic Paperbacks |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.6" W x 8.54" (0.79 lbs) 290 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: This book critically examines all the early and important Petrine pseudepigrapha to identify a distinctive Petrine theology which, it is believed, was later swamped by the tide of western orthodoxy. Despite the diversity of the books and tractates, ranging from Jewish-Christian writings to avowedly Gnostic works, a remarkably consistent Petrine tradition does emerge; and Peter is shown essentially to be neither the impetuous, undiscerning, and even vacillating figure portrayed in the Gospels and Acts, nor the magisterial and pontifical figure of later Church tradition, but a visionary who was concerned above all to hold together both the moral and cognitive aspects of the Faith. |