02425nam a22003614a 4500 ocm57124976 OCoLC 20200709055117.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 041201s2003 nyua sb 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 0195184149 (electronic bk.) 120914 (N$T) BS2840 .E4 2003eb 229/.9206 22 N$TA Ehrman, Bart D. Lost Christianities [electronic resource] : the battle for Scripture and the faiths we never knew / Bart D. Ehrman. New York : Oxford University Press, 2003. xv, 294 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-287) and index. Introduction, recouping our losses -- Forgeries and discoveries: Ancient discovery of a forgery, Serapion and the Gospel of Peter; Ancient forgery of a discovery, the Acts of Paul and Thecla; Discovery of an ancient forgery, the Coptic Gospel of Thomas; Forgery of an ancient discovery? Morton Smith and the secret Gospel of Mark -- Heresies and orthodoxies: At polar ends of the spectrum, early Christian Ebionites and Marcionites; Christians "in the know", the worlds of early Christian gnosticism; On the road to Nicaea, the broad swath of proto-orthodox Christianity -- Winners and losers: Quest for orthodoxy; Arsenal of the conflicts, polemic treatises and personal slurs; Additional weapons in the polemic arsenal, forgeries and falsifications; Invention of scripture, the formation of the proto-orthodox New Testament; Winners, losers, and the question of tolerance. Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2004. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries. Apocryphal books (New Testament) Criticism, interpretation, etc. Heresies, Christian History Early church, ca. 30-600. Church history Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. Electronic books. local NetLibrary, Inc. Original 0195141830 (DLC) 2003053097 (OCoLC)52335003 Bibliographic record display http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=120914 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information 02 N$T 48908 48908