Chreia Elaboration and the Un-healing of Peter's Daughter: Rhetorical Analysis as a Clue to Understanding the Development of a Petrine Tradition
In a Coptic fragment associated with the Acts of Peter, Peter heals and then disables his own daughter as a demonstration of God's power at work in him. The following article will compare Peter's speech with the ancient rhetorical form of the chreia. When placed alongside other traditi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
[2016]
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Journal of early Christian studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 24, Issue: 2, Pages: 145-171 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Acts of Peter
/ Peter Apostle
/ Daughter
/ Healing
/ Chreia
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KCD Hagiography; saints |
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| Summary: | In a Coptic fragment associated with the Acts of Peter, Peter heals and then disables his own daughter as a demonstration of God's power at work in him. The following article will compare Peter's speech with the ancient rhetorical form of the chreia. When placed alongside other traditions that describe the life of Peter, a consistent pattern of anti-healings emerges, in which a display of apostolic power harms another character in order to provide a lesson for those watching. Taken together, the rhetoric and themes of the pericope suggest that it was composed as a way of explaining a difficult saying that was attributed to Peter. |
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| ISSN: | 1086-3184 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of early Christian studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/earl.2016.0026 |