Vient de paraître "Apocryphal and Esoteric Sources in the Development of Christianity and Judaism: The Eastern Mediterranean, the Near East, and Beyond"

Igor Dorfmann-Lazarev, postface de Hartmut Leppin, Leide: Brill, XX+632 pp.

This volume explores the transmission of apocrypha in Ethiopia, Egypt, the Holy Land, Syria, Armenia, Asia Minor, the Balkans and Italy. Frequently rejected by Churches, apocryphal texts have undergone their own development, often becoming a medium of literary, artistic and ritual elaboration, even inspiring esoteric thinking. Kindred themes can likewise be encountered in Judaism. The book investigates the common roots of such traditions as well as the interactions of Judaism and Christianity with mystery cults and with the religions of Iran. Dissenting groups such as the Samaritans, the followers of John the Baptist and mediæval dualists are also considered. Local adaptations of Scriptural accounts reveal the interests of the narrators and artists and their intended audiences, people who often saw themselves as living not in a post-Biblical era but in direct continuity with the heroes of the Bible.

La table des matières et l'index sont en libre accès 
Recension, Ancient Esotericism.org, June 17, 2021.