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Forgery and Counter-forgery - The Use of Literary Deceit in Early Christian Polemics (Hardcover)
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Forgery and Counter-forgery - The Use of Literary Deceit in Early Christian Polemics (Hardcover)
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"Arguably the most distinctive feature of the early Christian
literature," writes Bart Ehrman, "is the degree to which it was
forged." The Homilies and Recognitions of Clement; Paul's letters
to and from Seneca; Gospels by Peter, Thomas, and Philip; Jesus'
correspondence with Abgar, letters by Peter and Paul in the New
Testament--all forgeries. To cite just a few examples.
Forgery and Counterforgery is the first comprehensive study of
early Christian pseudepigrapha ever produced in English. In it,
Ehrman argues that ancient critics--pagan, Jewish, and
Christian--understood false authorial claims to be a form of
literary deceit, and thus forgeries. Ehrman considers the extent of
the phenomenon, the "intention" and motivations of ancient Greek,
Roman, and Jewish forgers, and reactions to their work once
detected. He also assesses the criteria ancient critics applied to
expose forgeries and the techniques forgers used to avoid
detection. With the wider practices of the ancient world as
backdrop, Ehrman then focuses on early Christian polemics, as
various Christian authors forged documents in order to lend their
ideas a veneer of authority in literary battles waged with pagans,
Jews, and, most importantly, with one another in internecine
disputes over doctrine and practice. In some instances a forger
directed his work against views found in another forgery, creating
thereby a "counter-forgery." Ehrman's evaluation of polemical
forgeries starts with those of the New Testament (nearly half of
whose books make a false authorial claim) up through the
Pseudo-Ignatian epistles and the Apostolic Constitutions at the end
of the fourth century.
Shining light on an important but overlooked feature of the early
Christian world, Forgery and Counterforgery explores the possible
motivations of the deceivers who produced these writings, situating
their practice within ancient Christian discourses on lying and
deceit.
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