“Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles”: A Problematic Designation
In this article, the author argues that the history of research on the apocryphal acts of the apostles is still largely influenced by the biblical canon and by the habits of reading and interpretation that are a natural consequence of it. He first shows that the modern habit of designating a varied...
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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) |
| Publicado: |
2025
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| En: |
Novum Testamentum
Año: 2025, Volumen: 67, Número: 3, Páginas: 375-401 |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Bibel. Apostelgeschichte
/ Apokryphe Testamente
/ Canon
/ Byzantinisches Reich
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| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | HA Biblia HC Nuevo Testamento KAA Iglesia ; Historia KAB Cristianismo primitivo KAC Edad Media |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
canonicity
B Apocrypha B Acts of the Apostles B apocryphal acts of the Apostles |
| Acceso en línea: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Sumario: | In this article, the author argues that the history of research on the apocryphal acts of the apostles is still largely influenced by the biblical canon and by the habits of reading and interpretation that are a natural consequence of it. He first shows that the modern habit of designating a varied body of late ancient literature as “apocryphal acts,” opposed to canonical Acts, has obscured the many differences among these texts and overlooked their medieval designations. He then discusses how works categorized as “apocryphal acts” have been closely compared to Acts in biblical research, and shows that it does not correspond to the way these texts were perceived in antiquity and in Byzantium. Last, the author reviews the data showing that the canonical and apocryphal books were not rivals and that the books categorized as “apocryphal acts” were not understood in this way in Church tradition. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5365 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Novum Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685365-bja10102 |