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The Early Martyr Narratives DIVINATIONS: REREADING LATE ANCIENT RELIGION Series Editors: Daniel Boyarin, Virginia Burrus, Derek Krueger A complete list of books in the series is available from the publisher. The EARLY MARTYR NARRATIVES Neither Authentic Accounts nor Forgeries Éric Rebillard university of pennsylvania press philadelphia Copyright © 2021 University of Pennsylvania Press All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations used for purposes of review or scholarly citation, none of this book may be reproduced in any form by any means without written permission from the publisher. Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104- 4112 www.upenn.edu/pennpress Printed in the United States of America on acid- free paper 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Rebillard, Éric, author. Title: The early martyr narratives : neither authentic accounts nor forgeries / Éric Rebillard. Other titles: Divinations. Description: 1st edition. | Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2020] | Series: Divinations : rereading late ancient religion | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2020004966 | ISBN 978-0-8122-5260-6 (hardcover) Subjects: LCSH: Martyrologies—History and criticism. | Christian martyrs—Biography—Early works to 1800— History and criticism. | Christian literature, Early— Criticism, Textual. Classification: LCC BR1609 .R43 2020 | DDC 272/.1—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020004966 contents List of Abbreviations vii Note on Texts and Translations ix Introduction 1 Chapter 1. The Earliest Narratives and Their Reception 7 Chapter 2. Martyr Narratives and Court Recordings 21 Chapter 3. From Forgeries to Living Texts 37 Chapter 4. History, Fiction, Document, Testimony 59 Conclusion 85 Appendix A. Text and Translation of Aug. ep. 29* 91 Appendix B. Materials for a Synoptic Edition of the Acts of the Scilitan Martyrs 93 Notes 125 Bibliography 155 Index 179 Acknowledgments 189 Abbreviations AASS Acta Sanctorum quotquot toto orbe coluntur. Paris: Victor Palmé, 1863–1940. AAgap Acts of Agape, Irene, Chione, and Companions ACypr Acts of Cyprian APerp Acts of Perpetua and Felicity AScil Acts of the Scilitan Martyrs BHG Halkin, François. Bibliotheca hagiographica Graeca. Subsidia Hagiographica 8. 3rd ed. Brussels: Société des Bollandistes, 1957; Halkin, François. Novum Auctarium Bibliothecae hagiographicae Graecae. Subsidia Hagiographica 65. Brussels: Société des Bollandistes, 1984. BHL Bibliotheca hagiographica Latina antiquae et mediae aetatis. Subsidia Hagiographica 6. Brussels: Société des Bollandistes, 1898–1901; Bibliotheca hagiographica Latina antiquae et mediae aetatis. Novum Supplementum. Subsidia Hagiographica 70. Brussels: Société des Bollandistes, 1986. BHO Peeters, Paul. Bibliotheca hagiographica Orientalis. Subsidia Hagiographica 10. 3rd ed. Brussels: Société des Bollandistes, 1970. CPL Clavis patrum Latinorum. Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina. Turnhout: Brepols, 1995. MCarp Martyrdom of Carpus, Papylus, and Agathonice MPion Martyrdom of Pionius MPol Martyrdom of Polycarp PCrispin Acts of Crispina PDon Passion of Donatus PIR2 Prosopographia Imperii Romani Saec. I. II. III. Editio altera. Berlin: 1933–. PLuc Passion of Lucius, Montanus, and Their Companions viii Abbreviations PMar Passion of Marian and James PMax Passion of Maxima, Secunda, and Donatilla PPerp Passion of Perpetua, Felicity, and Their Companions PSaturnDat Passion of Saturninus, Dativus, and Their Companions (or Acts of the Abitinian Martyrs) VCypr Life of Cyprian In addition to the abbreviations listed above, I use the following lists of abbre- viations for ancient authors and texts: Greek texts List I. Authors and Works, Diccionario Griego- Español (http://dge.cchs.csic.es/ lst/2lst1.htm). Latin texts Index of Sources, Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (http://www.thesaurus.badw. de/en/tll- digital/index/). Old Testament and New Testament The SBL Handbook of Style (Peabody, MA, 1999). Papyri Checklist of Greek, Latin, Demotic, and Coptic Papyri, Ostraca, and Tablets (http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/ papyrus/texts/clist.html). Note on Texts and Translations Unless otherwise noted, Greek and Latin texts are respectively those of the digi- tal editions of the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (stephanus.tlg.uci.edu) and the Library of Latin Texts (clt.brepolis.net). Translations are mine unless otherwise noted.
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