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Scholar’s New New Testament adds 10 texts

By DAVID O’REILLY THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

PHILADELPHIA — “In the beginning was the Word,” begins an ancient Middle Eastern text, “and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” In time its anonymous author would be assigned the name John, and his mystical story of the life and death of Jesus — whom he presents as having existed before all time — would join 26 other texts in a book that has shaped Western ...

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  • Headline: Scholar’s New New Testament adds 10 texts
  • Publication: Religion, Pages 15 on 03/23/2013
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