Recovering Jewish-Christian Sects and Gospels (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae)

 chapter two that the salvation of the Gentiles was possible only if they were integrated into Judaism. Origen does not give a ...

patristic testimonies reconsidered  “Nazarenes” was instead a common name for Syriac Christians. Since this question will be d ...

 chapter two If Origen’s second group of the Ebionites are not camouflaged Naza- renes, how are we to interpret Origen’s disti ...

patristic testimonies reconsidered  tradition while he was writingContra Celsumbecause later on he refers to the Ebionites’ an ...

 chapter two (Onom. ed. Lagarde  [], p. ,–). Unfortunately, the exact location of this village remains open. It ...

patristic testimonies reconsidered  polis. He was the head of that monastery for about thirty years until he was elected the b ...

 chapter two refers to their Acts of the Apostles as being different from the canonical one. Epiphanius also states that the E ...

patristic testimonies reconsidered  . In Epiphanius’ view, they maintain contradictory views of Christ: Some of them say that ...

 chapter two of the high priest. In order to get the girl, he became a proselyte and had himself circumcised. However, because ...

patristic testimonies reconsidered  Epiphanius’ view) to have received their name when their ancestors had given their propert ...

 chapter two correct, as it seems, then the Ebionites’ abstinence concerned only food and wine. Nevertheless, their rejection ...

patristic testimonies reconsidered  Ebionites found Christ the expected prophet like Moses and therefore he even had the autho ...

 chapter two (Pan. ..–). One passage also indicates that Jesus chose the twelve apostles for the testimony of Israel (Pa ...

patristic testimonies reconsidered  not fit with Epiphanius’ characterization of theAscents.^21 For instance, Epiphanius attri ...

 chapter two especially resemble the views presented inRec. .–. Epiphanius quotes the list of the Patriarchs that the Ebi ...

patristic testimonies reconsidered  Atthesametime,despitetheirarrogancetowardsthePentateuchal stories, the Ebionites seem to h ...

 chapter two When one of them falls ill or is bitten by a snake, he gets into water and invokes the names in Elxai—heaven and ...

patristic testimonies reconsidered  and lustrations of the book as remedies for major sins, animal bites and sicknesses (Hippo ...

 chapter two use of the gospels may also indicate that the Elchasaites were using a gospel harmony comparable to theGospel of ...

patristic testimonies reconsidered  The profound character of the break with Jewish (Judaean) traditions represented by the Eb ...