Simon the Composite Sorcerer
Simon Magus is a key figure in the earliest apocryphal Acts of Peter. He is a sorcerer and confidant of the emperor who clashes with Peter and, in later apocryphal texts, with both Peter and Paul. However, this is not simply the villain of the Acts of the Apostles. In this article I will argue that...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2022
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New Testament studies
Año: 2022, Volumen: 68, Número: 4, Páginas: 407-417 |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Simon, Magus ca. 1. Jh.
/ Acta Petri
/ Bibel. Apostelgeschichte 8
/ Bibel. Apostelgeschichte 13
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| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | HC Nuevo Testamento KAB Cristianismo primitivo |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Apostle Paul
B Elymas B Apocryphal Acts B Simon Magus B Apostle Peter B Acts of the Apostles |
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| Sumario: | Simon Magus is a key figure in the earliest apocryphal Acts of Peter. He is a sorcerer and confidant of the emperor who clashes with Peter and, in later apocryphal texts, with both Peter and Paul. However, this is not simply the villain of the Acts of the Apostles. In this article I will argue that the apocryphal Simon is a composite figure drawn substantially, but not necessarily wholly, from the Simon of Acts 8 and the Elymas/Bar-Jesus figure who opposes Paul in Acts 13. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-8145 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688522000030 |