Theology

Clare K. Rothschild

Dynasty and the Christian Apocrypha

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Early Christianity (EC)

Volume 14 () / Issue 2, pp. 169-201 (33)
Published 04.07.2023

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olitical dimensions of Christian apocrypha, namely the minimization of individual traits and contrivance of hereditary resemblance among the apostles to imply genealogical relationships where there were none and thus feign a permanent, stable, and legitimate apostolic dynasty.
Authors/Editors

Clare K. Rothschild Born 1964; 1986 BA University of California, Berkeley; 1992 M.T.S. Harvard University; 2003 PhD University of Chicago; Professor of Scripture Studies at Lewis University.
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