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Author Thomas, Christine M

Title The Acts of Peter, Gospel literature, and the ancient novel : rewriting the past / Christine M. Thomas
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 186 pages)
Contents Abbreviations -- Note on the Text and Symbols -- 1. The Apocryphal Acts in a Literary World -- 2. Time and Revision: Literary Processes at Work in the Acts of Peter -- 3. Fixity and Fluidity in the Narrative Trajectory of the Acts of Peter -- 4. Narrative Fluidity as a Generic Characteristic -- 5. The Acts of Peter among the Novels and Histories -- Appendix One: Overview of the Ancient Editions of the Acts of Peter -- Appendix Two: Intertextual Relationships between the Actus Vercellenses and Other Early Christian Literature -- Appendix Three: Comparison of the Actus Vercellenses, the Greek Martyrdom Account, and the Linus Text -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Texts -- A -- C -- D -- E -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z
Summary Like the other Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles - stories of the exploits of the key figures of early Christianity - the Acts of Peter provides a window into the processes of oral and written composition that shaped early Christian narrative. Thomas looks at the sources and subsequent versions of the Acts and argues that 'transmissional fluidity' - the existence of the work in several versions or multiforms - is a characteristic the Acts share with many related works, from the Jewish novels of Esther and Daniel to the Greek romance about Alexander the Great and the Christian Gospels of Jesus. The fluidity of these narratives allowed them to accommodate the changing historical circumstances of their audiences
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-169) and indexes
Notes Print version record
SUBJECT Acts of Peter -- Language, style
Acts of Peter fast
Acta Petri gnd
Subject Classical fiction -- History and criticism
RELIGION -- Biblical Studies.
Language and languages -- Style
Classical fiction
Literaturgattung
Formgeschichte
Evangelhos (textos apĆ³crifos)
Cristianismo.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2002025821
ISBN 9780195344141
0195344146
1280530235
9781280530234