Storytelling, orality and embodiment in New Testament Apocrypha
More Noncanonical Scriptures, volume 2
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3943817 |
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| Authors | Mona Tokarek Lafosse (0000-0002-9696-5215, Emmanuel College of Victoria University, University of Toronto, Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 514-522 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4298 • E-ISSN: 2042-0587 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00084298231170011 |
| OpenAlex | W4366987376 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
In this review of the second volume of New Testament Apocrypha: More Noncanonical Scriptures, published by Eerdmans in 2020 and edited by Tony Burke, the author praises the clarity and rigour of the translations and their introductions in the volume. She highlights the value of these texts for modern readers as a glimpse of the range of stories and imaginative thought of early Christians, particularly considering what these texts might reveal through the lenses of orality and storytelling, on the one hand, and embodied experiences (physical spaces, objects, healing, ritual, etc.), on the other
Aesthetics · Apocrypha · Art · CLARITY · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Literature · Narrative · New Testament · Orality · Rigour · Sociology · Storytelling · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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