{"product_id":"testimonies-volume-1-paperback-9781108039697","title":"Testimonies: Volume 1 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108039697","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTestimonies: Volume 1\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis controversial work of 1916–20 sought to prove the existence of the earliest collection of Christian writings.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJ. Rendel Harris (Author), Vacher Burch (Assisted by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108039697, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 December 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e150 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 0.9 cm, 0.2 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this two-volume work, J. Rendel Harris (1852–1941) fundamentally shaped Biblical scholarship in the twentieth century, arguing for the existence of a 'first known treatise on Christian theology', antedating the New Testament. A palaeographer, Harris examined recurring textual corruptions of Old Testament passages in early Christian writers and surmised an underlying collection, which he called the 'Testimony Book'. The book, Harris believed, collected Biblical testimonia - passages prophesying Christ - in order to prove the legitimacy of the new Christian faith. These arguments against Judaic theology marked, in Harris's opinion, the beginnings of the Christian written tradition. Volume 1 (1916) lays the groundwork for Harris's argument by examining the use of testimonia in early Christian writers like Cyprian and Gregory of Nyssa. 'The starting point of the modern study of the use of the Old Testament in the New', this is a work of enduring importance to religion scholars.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The use of testimonies in the early Christian Church\u003cbr\u003e 2. Further proofs of the antiquity of the Testimony Book\u003cbr\u003e 3. An emendation to I Peter ii.8\u003cbr\u003e 4. A further note on Testimonies in Barnabas\u003cbr\u003e 5. Testimonies against the Mohammedans\u003cbr\u003e 6. 'Spoken by Jeremy the Prophet'\u003cbr\u003e 7. Irenaeus and the Book of Testimonies\u003cbr\u003e 8. Lactantius and the Book of Testimonies\u003cbr\u003e 9. Athanasius and the Book of Testimonies\u003cbr\u003e 10. The altercation between Simon the Jew and Theophilus the Christian\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Didascalia Jacobi\u003cbr\u003e 12. Last traces of the Testimony Book\u003cbr\u003e 13. A further proof of the Matthaean origin of the Book of Testimonies\u003cbr\u003e 14. Professor Burkitt and the Testimonia\u003cbr\u003e 15. An anonymous writer on the Oracles of Papias\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Theology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Theology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Theology%20%5BHRLB%5D%22\"\u003eHRLB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006017949976,"sku":"9781108039697","price":19.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108039697i_6e0388a3-4c19-4d17-88f8-600acab913b2.jpg?v=1696746421","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/testimonies-volume-1-paperback-9781108039697","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}