{"product_id":"loa-gospel-of-the-nazareans-large-print","title":"The Gospel of the Nazoreans — Large Print","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat can a lost gospel’s surviving fragments reveal about Jewish followers of Jesus?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Gospel of the Nazoreans survives not as a complete story, but as short quotations in Church writers, above all Saint Jerome. These fragments point to a gospel used by the Nazarenes, Jewish followers of Jesus in Syria who keep the Law of Moses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClose to the Gospel of Matthew, this text offers small but striking differences in familiar accounts. According to one fragment, the man with the withered hand is a mason who asks Jesus for healing so he need not beg for food. Other passages preserve variations of the Lord’s Prayer and accounts of Jesus’s trial and resurrection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA builder’s plea\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet the mason whose request for healing connects a familiar story with the need to work.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFamiliar words, different details\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore variations of the Lord’s Prayer and see how these fragments differ from familiar gospel accounts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJewish roots of faith\u003c\/strong\u003e – Encounter a community that follows Jesus while keeping Jewish law, customs, and traditions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJerome’s surviving quotations\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow the brief passages Jerome preserves from a gospel he says the community itself holds.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA text in pieces\u003c\/strong\u003e – Discover what scattered quotations reveal, while recognizing that the complete gospel no longer survives.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers curious about Christianity’s Jewish roots and how ancient texts are pieced together, rather than a complete narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and explore the fragments that preserve this community’s gospel traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Large Print Paperback","offer_id":58122778837340,"sku":"LOA-32-LPPB","price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Large Print eBook","offer_id":58181172855132,"sku":"LOA-32-LPEB","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/32_87a4f023-0707-4290-9e05-280220209b38.jpg?v=1782111182","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/de\/products\/loa-gospel-of-the-nazareans-large-print","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}