As promised a Taster of Marcion

Yes they will, if they enjoy reading antiquarian texts. The set you have (nicely preserved) seems to be the American bootleg set. Published without permission from the authors or original publishers

The section on Marcion is very prejudiced, as most writings in the Victorian era would have been. The Presbyterians being a very narrow minded lot published these texts in answer to what the authors perceived as a Romana Anglican bias in a similar publication by the Oxford University press.

The 10 volume set is outdated in opinion and fact as the Gospel of Marcion was not properly reconstructed until quite recently in the last century. In this antique publication,(1867 to 1885) that @Sherlock-Holmes seem to be recommending, the partial gospel of Marcion was written/reconstructed in 1823 and even then not reproduced in full in this set ( well certainly not in the edition I read some 30 years ago).

The latest reconstruction was in 2013 by Klinghardt and Nicolotti. Very comprehensive analysis of supporting texts, even better than the one I cut my teeth on by Kenji Tsutsui in the late 90’s of last century.

By all means read this set, as it does contain some valuable insights, however, it is a bit like trying to construct a modern electric express train from the blueprints of an engine built in 1865. If you are genuinely trying to understand the political and religious milieu of the late 1st century CE and onwards then it is useful as a relic of Victorian sectarian attitudes and modern religious prejudice.

Thanks for your input Sherlock.

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