After the New Testament 100-300 CE ─ A Reader in Early Christianity

Revealing the rich diversity of the early Christian movement, After the New Testament: 100-300 CE: A Reader in Early Christianity, Second Edition, brings together an extensive selection of texts from the second and third centuries, both "orthodox" and "heterodox." Selections include the writings of the Apostolic Fathers, the writings of Nag Hammadi, early pseudepigrapha, martyrologies, anti-Jewish tractates, heresiologies, canon lists, church orders, liturgical texts, and theological treatises. Featuring large textual excerpts--entire documents wherever possible--concise introductions, and lucid, up-to-date translations,After the New Testament is ideal for courses in Early Christianity, Christian Origins, and Early Church History.

Bart D. Ehrman is James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has written or edited more than twenty-five books, includingThe Bible (2013), Forgery and Counterforgery (2013), The New Testament, Fifth Edition (2012), andThe Orthodox Corruption of Scripture, Second Edition (2011), all published by Oxford University Press.