Understanding the New Testament by David Brakke

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He has served as the editor of the Journal of Early Christian Studies and president of the International Association for Coptic Studies.

He is the author of Athanasius and the Politics of Asceticism (Oxford UP 1995), Demons and the Making of the Monk: Spiritual Combat in Early Christianity (Harvard UP 2006), The Gnostics: Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity (Harvard UP 2010), and The Gospel of Judas: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (Yale UP 2022). He taught in the Department of Religious Studies at Indiana University from 1993 to 2012. He studies the history and literature of ancient Christianity from its origins through the fifth century.īrakke earned the M.Div. Engle Chair in the History of Christianity and Professor of History at the Ohio State University.

Understanding the New Testament by David Brakke