{"product_id":"loa-coptic-gospel-of-the-twelve","title":"Coptic Gospel of the Twelve","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat can a gospel in broken fragments reveal about the world of early Christian faith?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Coptic Gospel of the Twelve presents itself as the testimony of Jesus’s twelve apostles. Its surviving Coptic manuscripts are damaged and incomplete, but they place the apostles around their teacher, drawing on their voices and experiences rather than following a continuous story from birth to death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis anonymous writing opens a window onto Egyptian Christianity, where monks copy, share and debate texts beyond the main biblical canons. Its author remains unknown, and scholars disagree about its origins. Read it as a witness to early Christian imagination, not a lost key to hidden facts: its gaps are part of the encounter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe apostles at the centre\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore a text that places the Twelve and their shared experiences beside their teacher.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA gospel in pieces\u003c\/strong\u003e – Encounter surviving fragments, with room to notice both what remains and what is missing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe world of Coptic Christianity\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet the setting where monastic communities preserve and discuss writings attributed to the apostles.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBeyond the biblical canon\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider a writing outside the core texts that Christian communities gradually come to recognise.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuestions without settled answers\u003c\/strong\u003e – Approach uncertain origins with curiosity, without expecting a complete story or a settled text.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers curious about early Christianity, Coptic literature and writings that stand beside the New Testament.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now and meet this fragmentary witness to early Christian imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"eBook","offer_id":58111239323996,"sku":"LOA-262-EB","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":58111239356764,"sku":"LOA-262-AU","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":58111239389532,"sku":"LOA-262-PB","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":58111239422300,"sku":"LOA-262-HC","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/loa-forbidden-00262-en.png?v=1792190232","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/es\/products\/loa-coptic-gospel-of-the-twelve","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}