the invention of christian tradition: “apocrypha,” imperial policy, and anti-jewish propaganda
;Paul C. Dilley
Fitoterapia2010Vol. 50pp. 586-615
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Abstract
The NT apocrypha and other late popular literature, often claiming to purvey rediscovered old documents describing anti-Jewish actions, aimed to influence public opinion and to oppose the state's policies that protected synagogues.