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The Acts of Peter. From "The Apocryphal New Testament". M.R. James-Translation and Notes. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924. Written, probably by a resident in Asia Minor (he does not know much about Rome), not later than A. D. 200, in Greek. The author has read the Acts of John very carefully, and modelled his language upon them.
- Acts of Peter - Early Christian Writings
Information on the Acts of Peter. Robert F. Stoops writes...
- Acts of Peter - Early Christian Writings
The Acts of Peter is one of the earliest of the apocryphal Acts of the Apostles in Christianity, dating to the late 2nd century AD. The majority of the text has survived only in the Latin translation of the Codex Vercellensis, under the title Actus Petri cum Simone ("Act of Peter with Simon").
Information on the Acts of Peter. Robert F. Stoops writes (The Anchor Bible Dictionary, v. 5, p. 267): One of the earliest of the apocryphal acts of the apostles, the Acts of Peter reports a miracle contest between Simon Magus and the apostle Peter in Rome. It concludes with Peter's martyrdom.
28 lip 2021 · The Acts of Peter is one of the five ancient apocryphal Acts that relate the missionary activities of the apostles beyond the canonical account. The primary focus of this narrative is a wonder working contest between Peter and the magician Simon set in the city of Rome.
the Vercelli Acts of Peter. Peter Thompson. What motivated storytellers to recount the (alleged) adventures of Peter in Rome? What factors influenced the structure and details of their narratives?
27 lis 2023 · The Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles are a category within Christian apocryphal literature detailing the individual journeys of the surviving eleven apostles and Paul, alone or in small groupings, to various locales assigned to them for evangelizing by the risen Jesus.
Studies on Early Christian Apocrypha welcome contributions, be they pro-ceedings of conferences or monographs, on the early texts themselves, but also their reception in the literary and visual arts, hagiography included. 1. The Apocryphal Acts of John, J.N. Bremmer (ed.), Kampen 1996 2. The Apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla, J.N. Bremmer (ed.),
