{"product_id":"flora-tells-a-story-9781554580446","title":"Flora Tells a Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn early Christianity, many people were inspired to write gospels, treatises, letters, and stories celebrating the new faith, but not all of these writings are found in the New Testament. One such story from an unknown author is the Coptic, gnostic \u003ci\u003eApocalypse of Paul\u003c\/i\u003e, a tale of the apostle Paul’s ascent to the heavens that was lost for millennia and rediscovered at Nag Hammadi in 1945. In \u003ci\u003eFlora Tells a Story\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael Kaler discusses the \u003ci\u003eApocalypse of Paul\u003c\/i\u003e and how it was shaped by its literary environment. \u003cbr\u003e  The book takes a behind the scenes look at early Christian literary production, analyzing the ways in which various literary traditions—such as apocalyptic writings, gnostic thought, and understandings of Paul—influenced the author of the \u003ci\u003eApocalypse of Paul\u003c\/i\u003e and helped to shape the text. It also includes a new annotated English translation of the \u003ci\u003eApocalypse of Paul\u003c\/i\u003e and a fictional account of how it might have come to be written. \u003cbr\u003e  This work is the most in-depth study of the \u003ci\u003eApocalypse of Paul\u003c\/i\u003e to date and the only full-length discussion of it in English. It provides a detailed but accessible account of the literary environment in which its author worked and integrates this little-known work into the broader stream of early Christian writings. This book will be of interest to specialists in Nag Hammadi and gnostic studies and early Christian literature, but will also appeal to the general reader interested in Christianity, mysticism, and gnosticism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Kaler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48291914612987,"sku":"9781554580446","price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781554580446.jpg?v=1772484773","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/flora-tells-a-story-9781554580446","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}