|
|
Article: The Apocryphal Gospels of Mary in Anglo-Saxon England.
- Article from:
- Church History
- Article date:
- December 1, 1999
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1999 American Society of Church History. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
The Apocryphal Gospels of Mary in Anglo-Saxon England. By Mary Clayton. Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England 26. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. xii + 355 pp. $69.95 cloth.
This book consists primarily of critical editions of three Old English texts, presented together with English translations and commentary. The first of these is the Old English version of the Gospel of pseudo-Matthew, while the others are both homilies for the feast of the Assumption, from manuscripts dated to around the eleventh to twelfth centuries. Although each of these texts has been edited previously, Clayton explains the need for her re-edition on the basis that two of ...