From a virgin womb : the Apocalypse of Adam and the virgin birth /

Scholarly researches on the virgin birth have often focussed rather narrowly on the theological and historical difficulties it tends to raise. The Nag Hammadi Apocalypse of Adam, however, provides for the first time a glimpse into the wider background of ideas and myths to which it belonged. Prophec...

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Main Author: Welburn, Andrew J.

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Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Series: Biblical Interpretation Series 91.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2008, ISBN: 9789004222717.

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505 0 0 |t Preliminary Materials /  |r A.J. Welburn --   |t Introduction. From The Virgin Birth To The Gospel Of Matthew /  |r A.J. Welburn --   |t Chapter One. Adam's Apocalypse: Cg V/5 As Testament And Jewish Revelation /  |r A.J. Welburn --   |t Chapter Two. Biblical Materials: Exile And Return /  |r A.J. Welburn --   |t Chapter Three. \'Syncretistic\' Materials /  |r A.J. Welburn --   |t Chapter Four. An Unnatural Birth (Mt. 1,18-21 And Cg V 78,6-17) /  |r A.J. Welburn --   |t Chapter Five. A Virgin Birth And A Persecuted Child (Mt. 1-2 And Cg V 78,18-26) /  |r A.J. Welburn --   |t Chapter Six. The Magi In Bethlehem And The Queen Of The South (Mt. 2,1-12 And Cg V 78,27 - 79,19) /  |r A.J. Welburn --   |t Conclusion. The Virgin Birth: Some Reflections On Its Meaning /  |r A.J. Welburn --   |t Appendix. The Zarathuštra-Legend And Cg V/5 77,26 - 78,26 /  |r A.J. Welburn --   |t List Of Abbreviations /  |r A.J. Welburn --   |t Bibliography /  |r A.J. Welburn --   |t Index Of Principal Names And Subjects /  |r A.J. Welburn --   |t Index Of Modern Authors /  |r A.J. Welburn --   |t Index Of Ancient Sources /  |r A.J. Welburn. 
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520 |a Scholarly researches on the virgin birth have often focussed rather narrowly on the theological and historical difficulties it tends to raise. The Nag Hammadi Apocalypse of Adam, however, provides for the first time a glimpse into the wider background of ideas and myths to which it belonged. Prophecies there concerning a universal 'Illuminator' mention his birth 'from a virgin womb'. Several of the stories, drawn from Iranian and other sources , also appear in apocalyptic and testamental literature contemporary with Christian origins. The book centrally analyses a body of extraordinarily detailed narrative parallels between a cluster of stories in the Apocalypse and the infancy narratives of Mt. 1-2, concluding that these stories serve to identify Jesus as the True Prophet who is the fulfilment of history - though not as Son of God. The question of Mt.'s special tradition and its relation to Lk. is also cast in a new light. 
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