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| Author | Bart D. Ehrman |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Early Christian literature, pseudepigraphy, textual criticism |
| Genre | Nonfiction |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Publication date | November 2012 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print, e-book |
| Pages | 628 |
| ISBN | 978-0-19-992803-3 |
| OCLC | 825060076 |
| Preceded by | The Apocryphal Gospels: Texts and Translations (2011) |
| Followed by | Did Jesus Exist? (2012) |
Forgery and Counterforgery: The Use of Literary Deceit in Early Christian Polemics is a 2012 scholarly monograph by American New Testament historian Bart D. Ehrman. It was published by Oxford University Press.
Reception
[edit]Robert S. Boylan's 2013 review characterized it as an in depth scholarly examination, a valued contribution and historical-critical resource. Boylan notes that while the conclusion on the Book of James being pseudopigraphic is contested, Bart allows for a framework that would interest scholars in the New Perspective on Paul.[1]
The scholar David Brakke called Forgery and Counterforgery a "magisterial book [that] will stimulate new conversations about the early Christian practice of pseudonymous writing".[2] Tony Burke, a professor at York University, found the book to be "a weighty tome" that would have been "far more accessible without the degree of background detail provided on each of the texts in the study".[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Boylan, Robert (2013). "Book Review: Forgery and Counterforgery: The Use of Literary Deceit in Early Christian Polemics, by Bart D. Ehrman" (PDF). The Interpreter Foundation. Retrieved July 17, 2026.
- ↑ Brakke, David (July 2016). "Early Christian Lies and the Lying Liars Who Wrote Them: Bart Ehrman's Forgery and Counterforgery". The Journal of Religion. 96 (3): 378–390. doi:10.1177/0040571X13513131e. JSTOR 26543540.
- ↑ Burke, Tony (March–April 2014). "Bart D. Ehrman, Forgery and Counterforgery: The Use of Literary Deceit in Early Christian Polemics". Theology. 117 (2): 125–127. doi:10.1177/0040571X13513131e.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- National Humanities Center, book page
- Marginalia Review of Books: review by David Lincicum
