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...
| Published in: | New Testament studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2022
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New Testament studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Simon, Magus ca. 1. Jh.
/ Acts of Peter
/ Bible. Apostelgeschichte 8
/ Bible. Apostelgeschichte 13
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
| Further subjects: | B
Apostle Paul
B Elymas B Apocryphal Acts B Simon Magus B Apostle Peter B Acts of the Apostles |
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| Summary: | 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 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688522000030 |