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THE APOCRYPHAL NEW TESTAMENT: BEING THE APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS, ACTS, EPISTLES, AND APOCALYPSES WITH OTHER NARRATIVES AND FRAGMENTS NEWLY TRANSLATED BY MONTAGUE RHODES JAMES

small blue & gilt full cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. a few faint brown specks on top edge, other edges clean. old owner's name(?) blacked out inside front cover, otherwise contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. spine suntanned, corner clipped but price still visible, rubbed at spine top and bottom. nice copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no underlining, no notes or remainder markings etc~. clean text. later printing facsimile of the 1924 original. xxi+594p. bibliography. 2 appendices. 6 indices. religion. ancient literture. christianity. theology. ancient history. ~The first book to supply the English reader with a comprehensive view of the apocryphal literature connected with the New Testament. It contains fresh translations of all the important texts, and makes available the results of recent researches into their origin, history, and value. 'Upon Christian Literature and Art~in other words, upon the imagination of all Christendom~these books have had an immense influence. They have left a mark upon our beliefs, our poetry, our romance, our sculpture, and our painting, of which few realize the extent and depth'. Nº de ref. del artículo: 10152404

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