The Giant Book of Dreams: Over 10,000 Symbols and Secrets Interpreted

Tim Newton

ISBN 10: 1845295447 / ISBN 13: 9781845295448

Verlag: Constable & Robinson Ltd, 2007

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Giant Book of Dreams: Over 10,000 Symbols and Secrets Interpreted
• Verlag: Constable & Robinson Ltd
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1845295447
• ISBN-13: 9781845295448
• Einband: hardcover
• Zustand: Very Good

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Inhaltsangabe

Today, we take the texts of the New Testament as if they are set in stone. But there was much discussion and disagreement among early Christians about what writings should be included, what rejected - often for reasons more political than religious. This groundbreaking book will set the record straight. Here are texts newly translated from their original Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Slavonic and Coptic and accompanied by clear, concise explanations of their origins and relevance. Together, they form a supplement to the New Testament that will set the record straight. The materials have survived in fragments and snippets, some only discovered in modern times (the "Gospel of Thomas" turned up in 1945), others via the writings of early Christians. Many will challenge - the gospel of the Hebrews introduces an alternative account of the resurrection; Clement of Alexandria writes of and quotes from a secret gospel of Mark - all will be of intense interest. No text of any consequence from the earlier period relating to the historical Jesus has been omitted. They provide one last, unexpected window onto his life and teachings.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Tim Wright was educated at Winchester College and Magdalene College, Cambridge. A classics scholar, Greek teacher and bibliophile, he recommended and sourced books for the artist Robert Lenkiewicz's extraordinary collection, which the British Library called 'one of the most important in the world'. He now lives on Dartmoor.