6 Ezra and "The apocalypse of Thomas": with a previously unedited "interpolated" text of Thomas
The earliest previously known quotations from 6 Ezra are in the De excidio Britanniae by the British writer Gildas, who was writing probably between 530 and 545. Hitherto unrecognized quotations occur, however, in the Longer (“Interpolated”) Version of The Apocalypse of Thomas, which dates from the...
| Subtitles: | Sixth Ezra and "The apocalypse of Thomas" |
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Brepols
[2015]
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| In: |
Apocrypha
Year: 2015, Volume: 26, Pages: 9-55 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ezra 4. 15-16
/ Thomasapokalypse
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages NBQ Eschatology |
| Further subjects: | B
Ezra Biblical person
B Textual criticism B Apocalypticism B Thomas Apostle |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (doi) |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | The earliest previously known quotations from 6 Ezra are in the De excidio Britanniae by the British writer Gildas, who was writing probably between 530 and 545. Hitherto unrecognized quotations occur, however, in the Longer (“Interpolated”) Version of The Apocalypse of Thomas, which dates from the second half of the fifth century. A series of “woe oracles” added in the Longer Version freely adapts a sequence of verses from 6 Ezra and bears witness to a stage of transmission of 6 Ezra prior to the traditional division into two recensions (the so-called “French” and “Spanish” recensions). One of the oracles that borrows wording from 6 Ezra - a warning that those who marry in the endtimes will beget children into captivity and famine - has sometimes been regarded as reflecting Priscillianist encratism, but is instead a traditional prophetic element. An appendix to this article provides a semi-diplomatic edition of a recently discovered Longer Version of Thomas in an eighth-century Kassel manuscript. |
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| Item Description: | Seite 39-55: Appendix: A peviously unedited longer version of "Thomas" (Universitätsbibliothek Kassel, Landesbibliothek und Murhardsche Bibliothek der Stadt Kassel, 4° Ms. theol. 10, fols. 135r-138v) |
| ISSN: | 1155-3316 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Apocrypha
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1484/J.APOCRA.5.109943 |