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Author Welburn, Andrew J.

Title From a virgin womb : the Apocalypse of Adam and the virgin birth / by Andrew J. Welburn
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (227 pages)
Series Biblical interpretation series, 0928-0731 ; v. 91
Biblical interpretation series ; v. 91.
Contents Introduction. From the Virgin Birth to the Gospel of Matthew; PART ONE the apocalypse of adam; Chapter 1. Adam's Apocalypse: CG V/5 as Testament and Jewish Revelation; Chapter 2. Biblical Materials: Exile and Return; Chapter 3. "Syncretistic" Materials; PART TWO the infancy narratives and the virgin birth; Chapter 4. An Unnatural Birth (Mt. 1,18-21 and CG V 78,6-17); Chapter 5. A Virgin Birth and a Persecuted Child (Mt. 1-2 and CG V 78,18-26); Chapter 6. The Magi in Bethlehem and the Queen of the South (Mt. 2,1-12 and CG V 78,27 -- 79,19)
Summary Utilising parallels from the Apocalypse of Adam, this book re-examines Mt's infancy narratives in the light of the apocalyptic and mythological background to the virgin birth
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-217) and index
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SUBJECT Apocalypse of Adam. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93099748
Apocalypse of Adam fast
Apocalypsis Adam Nag Hammadi gnd
Bibel Altes Testament Apokryphen Apokalypse Adams gnd
Subject Virgin birth.
RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Christology.
Virgin birth
Jungfrauengeburt
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2007044306
ISBN 9789047423577
9047423577
1281937029
9781281937025
9786611937027
6611937021