The Apocryphal Acts of Paul and TheclaJan N. Bremmer Peeters Publishers, 1996 - 210 páginas This is the first modern book, which studies the most important aspects of this early Christian treatise, of which especially the Acts of Thecla and the Martyrdom of Paul were immensely popular in the Christian Church from Armenia to Anglo-Saxon England. The volume studies (1) the readership of the Acts, (2) important themes such as the resurrection, possible gnostic elements, the role of women (with a detailed study of the Acts of Thecla), Paul's encounter with the lion, his physiognomy, the events after Paul's martyrdom, the relationship with the canonical Acts and the text of the famous Codex Bezae, parallels with the Old and New Testament, and (3) the popularity of Thecla in later times. The wealth of episodes and details in these Acts makes the book of great interest to church historians, ancient historians, students of the New Testament, early Christianity, the ancient novel and of Women's Studies. |
Contenido
J N Bremmer Magic martyrdom and womens | 36 |
T Adamik The baptized lion in the | 60 |
G Luttikhuizen The apocryphal correspondence | 75 |
missionary | 92 |
P J Lalleman The resurrection in the | 126 |
P Herczeg New Testament parallels to the | 142 |
P J Lalleman and M Missetvan de Weg | 191 |
Términos y frases comunes
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