Why did some early Christians consider Mary Magdalene to be an apostle while others did not? Some Christian texts, underlining her role as one of the very first witnesses to the resurrection, portray
This collection provides a rich, multilayered analysis of a long-neglected branch of early Christian apocryphal literature that examines the relationship between tradition and redaction, uses of langu
Colleagues and students of Bovon, a historian of religion who transferred in mid-career from Geneva to Boston, offer studies reflecting his main areas of research: Jesus traditions, Lukan traditions,
