Ebionites

Ebionites (Hebrew -Aramaic Ebionim, the poor) was a self-designation of Jewish Christians who formed a separate group from the church. Thus, they differed from the so-called " Nazarenes ", the 66/67 AD in Jerusalem were just as they emigrated to the Transjordan.

About the antihäretische font medicine chest ( Panarion ) of Epiphanius of Salamis are still handed down parts of a text, which is called Ebionäerevangelium or Ebionitenevangelium, but was mistakenly called by Epiphanius Gospel of the Hebrews.

Literature and sources

  • Catherine Ceming, Jürgen Werlitz: The Forbidden Gospels: Apocryphal writings; Wiesbaden: Marix, 2004; ISBN 3-937715-51-7; Pp. 109-113.
  • Philipp Vielhauer: history of early Christian literature: Introduction to the New Testament, the Apocrypha and the Apostolic Fathers; Berlin, New York: de Gruyter, 1978; ISBN 3-11-007763-9; Pp. 653 et seq Google Book Search
  • G. Uhlhorn: Ebionites. In: Realencyklopädie for Protestant theology and church (RE). 3rd edition. Volume 5, Hinrichs, Leipzig 1898, pp. 125-128.
  • Adolf Jülich: Ebionites. In: Pauly Realencyclopädie of classical archeology (RE). Volume V, 2, Stuttgart 1905, Sp 1895 f
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