New Testament Apocrypha, Vol. 2: Writings Relating to the Apostles Apocalypses and Related Subjects

783 Pages·2003·56.11 MB·English

by  Wilhelm Schneemelcher (ed.)

NEW TESTAMENT APOCRYPHA
II

NEW TESTAMENT
APOCRYPHA
Revised Edition
of the Collection initiated by
Edgar Hennecke
edited by
Wilhelm Schneemelcher
English translation edited by
R. McL. Wilson
II
WRITINGS RELATING TO THE APOSTLES
APOCALYPSES AND RELATED SUBJECTS
James Clarke & Co
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Abbreviations
B. WRITINGS RELATING TO THE APOSTLES
Introduction (Wilhelm Schneemelcher) 1
Xm. The Picture of the Apostle in early Christian Tradition
{Wolfgang A. Bienerl)
1. The concept of the Apostle in primitive Christianity 5
2. The Apostles as bearers of the tradition and mediators of revelation 14
3. 'Apostolic' as a norm of orthodoxy 25
XIV. Apostolic Pseudepigrapha
Introduction (Wilhelm Schneemelcher) 28
1. The Kerygma Petri (Wilhelm Schneemelcher) 34
2. The Episde to the Laodiceans (Wilhelm Schneemelcher) 42
3. The Correspondence between Seneca and Paul (Cornelia Romer) 46
4. The Pseudo-Titus Episde (Aurelio de Santos Otero) 53
XV. Second and Third-Century Acts of Apostles
Introduction (Wilhelm Schneemelcher and Knut Schaferdiek) 75
1. The Acts of Andrew (Jean-Marc Prieur and Wilhelm Schneemelcher) 101
2. The Acts of John (Knut Schaferdiek) 152
Appendix (Ruairi 6 hUiginn) 210
3. The Acts of Paul (Wilhelm Schneemelcher and Rodolphe Kasser) 213
4. The Acts of Peter (Wilhelm Schneemelcher) 271
5. The Acts of Thomas (Han J.W. Drijvers) 322
XVI. The Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles
(Hans-Martin Schenke) 412
XVn. Later Acts of Apostles
(Aurelio de Santos Otero) 426
XVm. The Pseudo-Clementines
(Johannes Irmscher and Georg Strecker)
Introduction (Georg Strecker) 483
1. Introductory Writings (Georg Strecker) 493
2. The Clement Romance (Johannes Irmscher) 504
3. Kerygmata Petrou (Georg Strecker) 531
C. APOCALYPSES AND RELATED SUBJECTS
Introduction (Philipp Vielhauer f and Georg Strecker) 542
XIX. Apocalyptic in Early Christianity
Introduction (Philipp Vielhauer t and Georg Strecker) 569
1. The Ascension of Isaiah (C. Detlef G. MuUer) 603
2. Apocalypse of Peter (C. Detlef G. MQller) 620
XX. Apocalyptic Prophecy in the Early Church
Introduction (Wilhelm Schneemelcher) 639
1. The Fifth and Sixth Books of Esra (Hugo Duensing t
and Aurelio de Santos Otero) 641
2. Christian Sibyllines (Ursula Treu) 652
3. The Book of Elchasai (Johannes Irmscher) 685
XXI. Later Apocalypses
Introduction (Wilhelm Schneemelcher) 691
1. The Coptic Gnostic Apocalypse of Paul (Wolf-Peter Funk) 695
2. The Coptic Gnostic Apocalypse of Peter (Andreas Werner) 700
3. Apocalypse of Paul (Hugo Duensing t and Aurelio de Santos Otero) 712
4. Apocalypse of Thomas (Aurelio de Santos Otero) 748
Index of Biblical Passages 753
Index of Names and Subjects 757
Foreword
The prescmVolumencomptetes the revised ecUtkMof the collect
ApokryphenindeutscherObersetzungJotmiMinl9(HbyEi^
the fint voliane of the coUectioo (NTApo* 1,19S7.* 1990; ET1991). this volume too
hadK>bedwrou^y revised and tatnight up to date widi die jreseot «ate <rf reMardi.
In dK pnx%^ Kime ^ds could be tak«i over from die previous editkm afto-reviskxi
and correction. The introductions have been largely written afresh. Those texts from
die Nag Hsnmadi Ubnry whk:h from dieir Uter^ charK^er bekxig in diif cdtoc^km
have been inchided. Fbr good coumd in diis inatier I diank RM. Sdieoke.
Particular store hia been aittched to die t»blk>graphks. They are intended u> put
^ reade^ m a pofition to fcdk>w t^ die protriom whidi qjedaUy intta^ him, beyond
die necesarily cooqsressed presentadoos in such a coUecdon. Hue die reader will
certainly be strwk by mmy a diffemice hi die assessn^ die textt. These
differencxs (e.g. on die <pie«i(»i how die i^xxayphal Acu are to be Ridged) have been
quite deUberately accepted. The editor neidier could nor wished to prescribe to the
coMributors any uniform UIM. In die presou Aate <d mearch di« skapiy was not
possible.
In diis voiume too I have had die advant^e oi help from mny skies. I would
itjcrtioo (Mly IL Kaisel, HJ. Klimlceit. W J). Ubelc. R. Kierittl^
A. de SmMM Otero has once again given much good advicx. K. Schiferdkk was for
dds vohmie also a tnie and reliable helper. G. Ahn assisted widi die edidng and proof-
cnrectkxi, and also prepued die index. To all dioK n^iMd, bitt ^bonte all to all die
comrttiuttn «dio (daoed diek-woric at my (fiqxisaU I woukl oqxKss my hearty di«^
FinaUy. a woidc^dianits isdue also to die publisher. HerrG. Sidjeck. and his assistams
(eq)ecsaUy Heir R. Pflug) for dieir valuable collaboradon.
BadHonnef,31 May 1989 Wilhelm Schneemelcher
FreiBce to the Engli^ Edition
Over die pest thiity years or so 'Hemieclu-SchneefiMlcha-' taa become a tiandaRi
tool for dtoie woridi^ in die field of die NT Apoaypha. Much has h^ipened,
however, in these dme de«ides. and die dnw was ripe for a revision md up-cbMing.
to bring it abreast of recent rewaidL The two Gennan vohimes have now been
complex revM and to U t^ipropriate diat die English eifidoa also should be up
date bring it mio line.
The policy adop^ in dds book is diat whicfa governed die ffa« vohmie. and indeed
right hack to die two vohmies (rf die previous English edition: to presem die wot (rf
oiff Germ« ccrfleagues Bi m English verskMi, chedced nd correct to it in
evoy way pouit^ an artfupiaty tooi for die EngUah-qpukkfaig mdo-. The tevtni
imnxhictkm sne ttrai^ tramUKkms fkom ^ German; die mu have beoi diedced
against die originals in Ladn. Greek or Copdc. to ensure diat diey are tmly English
iramlttiaas uid not merdy >w^^)ia at second or durd hsad.
The eMem of die revision varies: some partt we endrdy new, in wme cues by new
comribiMn, and thoe have beta trai^Med from saatch. In odier cases, pattcuhuly
where the okier texts are concerned, it has been possible to retain much from die earlier
editkxi, and here doe acimowled^meiK mu^ tie (Mid to my ctdUborttcn in that
eifflier vohime. Prefer Ernest Best and G. C. Sind. Dr Dimd mil. and die laie Dr
Geocge The wh(>ie htt however been very thoroughly checked and revM and
die iramlatkin editor muA now accept fidl r^xmsilHlky.
The production o( such a book as diis invc^ves die work o( many hands, not only
die editors and comributors and die translators but alK) die staff of die publishers, who
are not accorded die credit which diey deserve. I can name only two. widi whom
I have been in more direct contact: Miss Juie K. Hodgart, die copy edtor. snd Min
Sarah Briericy, die desk editor who saw diis volume dirough die press. To diem and
to ^dr cf^Ueagues the reader and die tnatslation editor are mudi inddsicd.
R. KfcL. WUson
AbbreviatkHis
For abbrevUtkmsctf the tittes (^journals (»^sa^ the UsttttfSc^werti^
ReaUnzyklopdetie. AbkHnungsvenekhnis, 1976) and RGO» (1957) have generally
been used. For die texts ftom Nag Hammadi teferaice may be made to die list of
abfaKviadons in TV Nag Hammadi Library in English (General EcUtor James M.
RotMnson), 1^, pp. xiii-xiv. A few aM»^iadons frecp^y used are adduced
below.
Aa /4cbi<vxuto/on«iap(xro^I,ed.Upsius.l891;ni^
Bonnet. 1898 and 1903 (reprint 1959)
AGG Apokryphe Apostelgexfuchten (> Apocryi^ Acts)
AnalBoll Analecta BoUandiana
ANRW AufstUg luid Niedergang der Rdmischen WeU
Apa Apocalypses Apocryphae. ed. C. Tiscbendorf. 1866
BHG BibUodwca hagiognphica graeca. > 1937
BHL BililkXheca hagiographica ladna. M949
BHG BibUotfieca hagiogrephica orientalis. 1910
CChrSL Corpus Chrisdanonmi. Series ladna, 1953fr.
COtfSG Corjxtt Ctoi^ianorum, Ser^ graeca, 197^.
CQffSA Corjius QirisdMwrum. SCTMS Apocryphorum. l%3ff.
CSCO Corpus acripionmi Chrisdanonim orientaUum
CSEL Cotpas scriplorum ecciedi^icorum Uttfaiorum
DACL Dictionnaire iTarchiologie chritUnne et de titurgie
Ea EvangelM apocrypha, ed. C. Tischendorf, M876
Ert)«ta Mtfio Eitetta. Gli Apocrifi del Nuovo Testamento. I-m. 1966-1981
FS Festschrift
GCS DiegriecfaischenchrisdichenSchriftstellerdererstendreiJahrhundene
Berlin
GKT Gfundlcurs Tlieok^ Stuttgart 1989ff.
GTA GCttinger Tbeologische Aibetten 197Sfr.
Graf G. Graf, Ceschichte der christlkhen arabischen Literatur. 1-5. 1944-
1953
Hvnack, Lit. gesch.
Adolf Hamack, Ceschichte der altchristlichen LUeratur bis Eusebius.
M958
James MA. James, The Apocryphal New Testament. 1924 (reprim 1955)
KIT Kleine Tcxte fOr Vorle«m^ und Obungen
Upsius. Apostelgesck
RJi.UpsM&,Diecpokr^>henApostelgexhichten undApo^Uegenden.
2 vols., 1883f.: supplemott 1890
McNamara Mardn McNamara, The Apocrypha in the Irish Church. Dublin 1975