scholarly journals ABANDONED BY THE APOSTLE: THECLA’S UNIQUENESS AMONG THE APOCRYPHAL ACTS OF THE APOSTLES

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elif Hilal KARAMAN
Keyword(s):  
Acts Of The Apostles ◽  
Apocryphal Acts

EIN UNERKANNTER QUAESTIONESKOMMENTAR (EXC.THEOD. 4F) UND DIE DEUTUNG DER VERKLÄRUNG CHRISTI IN FRÜHCHRISTLICHEN TEXTEN

2003 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 389-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clemens Scholten
Keyword(s):  
Acts Of The Apostles ◽  
Christian Schools ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Specific Interest ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Clement Of Alexandria ◽  
Apocryphal Acts ◽  
Biblical Texts

AbstractThere are traces of attempts at a methodical explanation of biblical texts before the appearance of full-scale commentaries on Holy Scripture. The use of exegetical technical forms arose in Christian schools from the necessity to understand the contents of the Bible as coherent. In Clement of Alexandria, exc. Theod. 4f, a hitherto overlooked fragment of an early Christian Quaestiones-commentary has been preserved. The specific interest in Christ's transfiguration concerns his identity with God and the comprehension of his disciples. The differences between heretical and orthodox exegesis do not depend on the choice of methods, as Marc the Magician and Clement demonstrate. The narrative of the transfiguration in the apocryphal Acts of the Apostles testifies to exegetical expertise. Origen considers his own scholarly exegesis as basically debatable.

Images of Empire, Imaging the Self: The Significance of the Imperial Statue Episode in theActs of Peter

2013 ◽  
Vol 106 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Callie Callon
Keyword(s):  
Acts Of The Apostles ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Imperial Cult ◽  
Apocryphal Acts

TheActs of Peter(hereafterActs Pet.) contains an account of the destruction of an imperial statue by an exorcised demon, a statue that is subsequently miraculously restored by its owner Marcellus with the help of prayer and the apostle Peter. Although scholars seldom examine this episode in significant detail, when they have addressed it, they have for the most part agreed that it is an indication of the anti-imperial stance of the text generally and an attack on the legitimacy of the imperial cult more specifically. This is perhaps not wholly surprising, given that the majority of the other apocryphal Acts of the apostles (hereafter AAA) do seem to exhibit this vein of hostility, and this corpus is often interpreted as something of a homogeneous whole.

Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles

2019 ◽  
pp. 386-404
Author(s):  
Jennifer Eyl
Keyword(s):  
Acts Of The Apostles ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Biological Sex ◽  
Apocryphal Acts ◽  
Moral Weakness ◽  
The Ideal ◽  
Ethical Character

The chapter examines the feminization of elite pagan men in Apocryphal Acts of Andrew. It argues that the ancient author constructs ascetic Christianity as the ideal realization of masculinity, whereby male and female converts control their passions and appetites. Simultaneously, elite pagan men are portrayed as appetitive, passionately emotional, and lacking self-control. Such ethical weakness was commonly thought to be characteristic of women. While attributing such ethical “femininity” to pagan men trades on ancient notions that women are prone to moral weakness, the author’s portrayal also dislodges ethical character from biological sex. Thus, men and women who take up Christianity in its ascetic forms are superior in ethics and gender, compared to those who reject ascetic Christianity.

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