Background
Klauck, Hans-Josef was born on June 4, 1946 in Hermeskeil, Germany. Son of Franz-Rudolf and Anna-Maria (Maier) Klauck.
( In this book Hans-Josef Klauck provides a comprehensive...)
In this book Hans-Josef Klauck provides a comprehensive introduction to the apocryphal gospels - the biblical and related writings which do not form part of the accepted canon of Scripture.Klauck classifies the material in various helpful ways: Agrapha (isolated sayings if Jesus), Fragments, Jewish Christian Gospels, Two Gospels of the Egyptians, Infancy Gospels, Gospels about Jesus' Death and Resurrection, Gospels from Nag Hammadi, Conversations with the Risen Jesus, Dialogues of Jesus with No Location, Legends about the Death of Mary, Lost Gospels, the Toledot Jeshu (an anti-gospel) . Each section is accompanied by a carefully related bibliography. This highly readable introduction takes account of all the latest international scholarship on the apocrypha and will be an invaluable resource for all scholars and students in the field.
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historian theologian university professor
Klauck, Hans-Josef was born on June 4, 1946 in Hermeskeil, Germany. Son of Franz-Rudolf and Anna-Maria (Maier) Klauck.
Klauck studied in Münster and Bonn (Germany) and received his Doctorate of Theology degree from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany in 1977. He completed his Habilitation (Doctor habil) at the University of Munich, Germany in 1980.
Assistant professor University Munich, 1975-1981. Professor University Bonn, 1981-1982, University Wurzburg, Germany, 1982-1997, University Munich, since 1997, University Chicago, since 2001. Academy dean Theological Faculty, Wurzburg, 1995-1997.
( In this book Hans-Josef Klauck provides a comprehensive...)
Member Society New Testament Studies (president).