Towards a Re-Edition of the Ethiopic Dossier of the Apocalypse of Peter: A Few Remarks on the Ethiopic Manuscript Witnesses
The second-century Apocalypse of Peter (ApPt) is transmitted in its entirety only in an Arabic-based Ethiopic translation within a pseudoclementine dossier composed of The second coming of Christ and the resurrection of the dead and the A speech on the glorious and arcane mystery of the judgment of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brepols
[2016]
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Apocrypha
Year: 2016, Volume: 27, Pages: 179-196 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Apocalypse of Peter
/ Old Ethiopian language
/ Handwriting
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KBL Near East and North Africa |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | The second-century Apocalypse of Peter (ApPt) is transmitted in its entirety only in an Arabic-based Ethiopic translation within a pseudoclementine dossier composed of The second coming of Christ and the resurrection of the dead and the A speech on the glorious and arcane mystery of the judgment of sinners and a dispute concerning this speech. The codicological analysis of the two manuscripts - BnF, éthiopien, d'Abbadie 51 (P), and Lake ?ānā, ?ānāsee 35 = Kebrān 35 (T) - transmitting the dossier shows that the Ethiopic ApPt dossier goes back to a larger collection. Moreover, there are clues that the blank of a few lines that interrupts, without any apparent omission or material loss, the text of ms P on fol. 141vb, is most probably due to team work. The colophon of ms T confirms the marked heterodox character of the Ethiopic dossier. After the important contributions by Dennis D. Buchholz and Paolo Marrassini, a new edition of the entire dossier is planned for the Corpus Christianorum Series Apocryphorum. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Apocrypha
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1484/J.APOCRA.5.112694 |