Pseudo-Cyril of Jerusalem on the life and the passion of Christ: a Coptic apocryphon
Front Matter -- The Manuscripts -- The Text: Sources, Apocryphal Elements, and Date -- On the Life and the Passion of Christ and the Other Coptic Homilies Attributed to Cyril of Jerusalem -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Indexes.
| Summary: | Front Matter -- The Manuscripts -- The Text: Sources, Apocryphal Elements, and Date -- On the Life and the Passion of Christ and the Other Coptic Homilies Attributed to Cyril of Jerusalem -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Indexes. Pseudo-Cyril of Jerusalem's Coptic homily On the Life and the Passion of Christ is in fact a collection of apocryphal stories. Roelof van den Broek offers a critical edition of this text, with introduction, translation and notes. The text provides information about the worldly crafts of the apostles and Jesus' external appearance; it also contains a peculiar chronology of Holy Week (implying that Jesus was arrested on Tuesday evening) and a long story about Pilate’s role in the trial of Jesus. The latter contains, int. al., letters by Pilate and Herod, discussions between Pilate and Jesus during a dinner they had together, and a description of the dreams of Pilate and his wife Procla and their explanation by Jesus |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. - Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 9004241973 |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004241978 |