J. K. Elliott (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 1993
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780198261827
- eISBN:
- 9780191600562
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0198261829.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Biblical Studies
An English translation of the oldest and most important early Christian non‐canonical writings. It is based on the earlier collection edited in 1924 by Montague Rhodes James. The book is divided into ...
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An English translation of the oldest and most important early Christian non‐canonical writings. It is based on the earlier collection edited in 1924 by Montague Rhodes James. The book is divided into the conventional categories of gospels, acts, epistles, and revelatory texts. A long subsection deals with stories of Jesus’ infancy and childhood. Another section deals with fragmentary gospel texts on papyrus. The bulk of the book is given over to second‐century legends of individual apostles. Another section covers apocryphal acpocalypses. An appendix gives a selection of stories about the Virgin Mary's assumption and dormition. Each translated text is prefaced with an introduction and select bibliography. Full indexes of citations and themes are provided.Less
An English translation of the oldest and most important early Christian non‐canonical writings. It is based on the earlier collection edited in 1924 by Montague Rhodes James. The book is divided into the conventional categories of gospels, acts, epistles, and revelatory texts. A long subsection deals with stories of Jesus’ infancy and childhood. Another section deals with fragmentary gospel texts on papyrus. The bulk of the book is given over to second‐century legends of individual apostles. Another section covers apocryphal acpocalypses. An appendix gives a selection of stories about the Virgin Mary's assumption and dormition. Each translated text is prefaced with an introduction and select bibliography. Full indexes of citations and themes are provided.
Kim Haines-Eitzen
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195171297
- eISBN:
- 9780199918140
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195171297.003.0003
- Subject:
- Religion, Early Christian Studies
Scholars have long questioned whether the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles, which feature prominent female characters, could have been written by or for women. This chapter argues against such a claim ...
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Scholars have long questioned whether the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles, which feature prominent female characters, could have been written by or for women. This chapter argues against such a claim on the basis of the physical features of the textual remains—on papyri and parchment—of these books: the features of handwriting, quality of papyrus and parchment, and so forth show that the readers for these texts were not qualitatively different from reader of other texts in early Christianity.Less
Scholars have long questioned whether the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles, which feature prominent female characters, could have been written by or for women. This chapter argues against such a claim on the basis of the physical features of the textual remains—on papyri and parchment—of these books: the features of handwriting, quality of papyrus and parchment, and so forth show that the readers for these texts were not qualitatively different from reader of other texts in early Christianity.
Jeffrey A. Trumbower
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780195140996
- eISBN:
- 9780199834747
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195140990.003.0004
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology
Chapter three is an intensive study of one of the Apocryphal Acts of the apostles, namely, the second‐century Acts of Paul, which includes a long section about Thecla, a female companion of Paul from ...
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Chapter three is an intensive study of one of the Apocryphal Acts of the apostles, namely, the second‐century Acts of Paul, which includes a long section about Thecla, a female companion of Paul from Iconium in Asia Minor. Thecla is probably a fictional character, but her story can tell us much about Christian attitudes toward rescue for the dead. On the night before she is to become a martyr for her Christian faith, Thecla utters a prayer for the dead pagan Falconilla, the daughter of Thecla's newly acquired pagan friend Tryphaena. Falconilla had appeared to her mother in a dream to request a transfer to the “place of the righteous,” and Thecla accomplishes this with her prayer.Less
Chapter three is an intensive study of one of the Apocryphal Acts of the apostles, namely, the second‐century Acts of Paul, which includes a long section about Thecla, a female companion of Paul from Iconium in Asia Minor. Thecla is probably a fictional character, but her story can tell us much about Christian attitudes toward rescue for the dead. On the night before she is to become a martyr for her Christian faith, Thecla utters a prayer for the dead pagan Falconilla, the daughter of Thecla's newly acquired pagan friend Tryphaena. Falconilla had appeared to her mother in a dream to request a transfer to the “place of the righteous,” and Thecla accomplishes this with her prayer.
Felice Lifshitz
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- January 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780823256877
- eISBN:
- 9780823261420
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fordham/9780823256877.003.0003
- Subject:
- Religion, Early Christian Studies
This chapter gathers together the earliest evidence for book ownership and production in the Main Valley, demonstrating the association of these activities with women. The chapter also shows that we ...
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This chapter gathers together the earliest evidence for book ownership and production in the Main Valley, demonstrating the association of these activities with women. The chapter also shows that we possess (in Basel, Öffentliche Universitätsbibiliothek F III 15a) a copy of the library catalogue of the women’s community of Kitzingen, compiled around 800; this booklist had been attributed to the men’s house of Fulda. The chapter then describes in detail nine of the manuscripts on the Kitzingen booklist, some originally produced at Karlburg (the Guntza group), others originally produced at Kitzingen (the Abirhilt group). These nine books form the core of the study. They are Würzburg, Universitätsbibliothek M.p.th.f. 69 (Letters of Paul), Würzburg, UB M.p.th.f. 17 (Augustine’s Commentary on the Gradual Psalms), Würzburg, UB M.p.th.f.45 (Gregory I’s Homilies on the Gospels), Würzburg, UB M.p.th.f. 78 (Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles), Würzburg, UB M.p.th.q.28b part 1 (the booklet Deus per Angelum, a collection of texts primarily concerning the Virgin Mary and female martyrs), Würzburg, UB M.p.th.q.28b part 3 and Würzburg, UB M.p.th.q.28a (both copies of Isidore of Seville’s Synonyma), Würzburg, UB M.p.th.f.13 (the Liber Scintillarum), and Würzburg, UB M.p.th q.28b part 2 (a collection of homilies).Less
This chapter gathers together the earliest evidence for book ownership and production in the Main Valley, demonstrating the association of these activities with women. The chapter also shows that we possess (in Basel, Öffentliche Universitätsbibiliothek F III 15a) a copy of the library catalogue of the women’s community of Kitzingen, compiled around 800; this booklist had been attributed to the men’s house of Fulda. The chapter then describes in detail nine of the manuscripts on the Kitzingen booklist, some originally produced at Karlburg (the Guntza group), others originally produced at Kitzingen (the Abirhilt group). These nine books form the core of the study. They are Würzburg, Universitätsbibliothek M.p.th.f. 69 (Letters of Paul), Würzburg, UB M.p.th.f. 17 (Augustine’s Commentary on the Gradual Psalms), Würzburg, UB M.p.th.f.45 (Gregory I’s Homilies on the Gospels), Würzburg, UB M.p.th.f. 78 (Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles), Würzburg, UB M.p.th.q.28b part 1 (the booklet Deus per Angelum, a collection of texts primarily concerning the Virgin Mary and female martyrs), Würzburg, UB M.p.th.q.28b part 3 and Würzburg, UB M.p.th.q.28a (both copies of Isidore of Seville’s Synonyma), Würzburg, UB M.p.th.f.13 (the Liber Scintillarum), and Würzburg, UB M.p.th q.28b part 2 (a collection of homilies).
