The Berlin-Strasbourg Apocryphon

Name: The Berlin-Strasbourg Apocryphon | A Coptic Apostolic Memoir
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A Coptic Apostolic Memoir

Alin Suciu(Autor*in)

Mohr Siebeck (Verlag)

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Erschienen im Januar 2017

XI, 241 Seiten

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The present volume offers a new edition, English translation, and interpretation of the Berlin-Strasbourg Apocryphon, previously known as the Gospel of the Savior. An apocryphal story about Jesus probably transpiring shortly before the Crucifixion, the Berlin-Strasbourg Apocryphon claims to recount the narrative as told by the apostles themselves. The text also includes a long hymn sung by Christ to the cross on which he will soon be crucified.The Berlin Strasbourg-Apocryphon is exclusively preserved in Coptic by two fragmentary manuscripts, Papyrus Berolinensis 22220 and Strasbourg Copte 5-7. Additionally, a Coptic manuscript discovered at Qasr el-Wizz in Christian Nubia contains a short version of the Hymn of the Cross.Until now, it has been almost unanimously accepted that the Berlin Strasbourg-Apocryphon is an ancient Christian gospel - probably datable to the second century CE - which was bypassed in the formation of the Christian canon. Approaching the text from the angle of Coptic literature, Alin Suciu rejects this early dating, showing instead that its composition must be located following the Council of Chalcedon (451 CE), whose theological deliberations gradually alienated Egypt from the Byzantine world. The author argues that the Berlin-Strasbourg Apocryphon is one of numerous "apostolic memoirs," a peculiar genre of Coptic literature, which consists of writings allegedly written by the apostles, often embedded in sermons attributed to famous church fathers.

The present volume offers a new edition, English translation, and interpretation of the Berlin-Strasbourg Apocryphon, previously known as the Gospel of the Savior. An apocryphal story about Jesus probably transpiring shortly before the Crucifixion, the Berlin-Strasbourg Apocryphon claims to recount the narrative as told by the apostles themselves. The text also includes a long hymn sung by Christ to the cross on which he will soon be crucified. The Berlin Strasbourg-Apocryphon is exclusively preserved in Coptic by two fragmentary manuscripts, Papyrus Berolinensis 22220 and Strasbourg Copte 5-7. Additionally, a Coptic manuscript discovered at Qasr el-Wizz in Christian Nubia contains a short version of the Hymn of the Cross. Until now, it has been almost unanimously accepted that the Berlin Strasbourg-Apocryphon is an ancient Christian gospel - probably datable to the second century CE - which was bypassed in the formation of the Christian canon. Approaching the text from the angle of Coptic literature, Alin Suciu rejects this early dating, showing instead that its composition must be located following the Council of Chalcedon (451 CE), whose theological deliberations gradually alienated Egypt from the Byzantine world. The author argues that the Berlin-Strasbourg Apocryphon is one of numerous "apostolic memoirs," a peculiar genre of Coptic literature, which consists of writings allegedly written by the apostles, often embedded in sermons attributed to famous church fathers.

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1 - Cover [Seite 1]
2 - Acknowledgments [Seite 6]
3 - Table of Contents [Seite 8]
4 - List of Abbreviations [Seite 12]
5 - Introduction [Seite 14]
6 - Chapter 1: History of Research on the Berlin-Strasbourg Apocryphon [Seite 25]
6.1 - A New Ancient Gospel? [Seite 25]
6.2 - Other Documents Emerge: The Strasbourg Fragments and the Qasr el-Wizz Codex [Seite 33]
6.3 - Reframing the Berlin-Strasbourg Apocryphon [Seite 34]
7 - Chapter 2: The Manuscripts [Seite 39]
7.1 - P. Berol. 22220 [Seite 39]
7.1.1 - Location and Acquisition [Seite 39]
7.1.2 - Origin of P. Berol. 22220 [Seite 42]
7.1.3 - Paleography and Dating [Seite 43]
7.1.4 - Scribal note [Seite 47]
7.1.5 - Codicology [Seite 48]
7.1.6 - Orthography [Seite 51]
7.2 - Strasbourg Copte 5-7 [Seite 52]
7.2.1 - Location and Acquisition [Seite 52]
7.2.2 - Papyrological Reconstruction [Seite 52]
7.2.3 - Language [Seite 53]
7.2.4 - Paleography and Dating [Seite 54]
7.3 - The Qasr el-Wizz Codex [Seite 55]
7.3.1 - Discovery and Location [Seite 55]
7.3.2 - Content of the Codex [Seite 56]
7.3.3 - Description and Dating of the Manuscript [Seite 58]
8 - Chapter 3: The Content of the Berlin-Strasbourg Apocryphon and the Relationship Between the Manuscripts [Seite 61]
8.1 - Outline of the Text [Seite 61]
8.2 - The Relationship between the Manuscripts [Seite 68]
8.2.1 - The Relationship between P. Berol. 22220 and Strasbourg Copte 5-7 [Seite 68]
8.2.2 - The Relationship between the Strasbourg Fragments and the Qasr el-Wizz Manuscript [Seite 69]
8.2.3 - The Relationship between P. Berol. 22220 and the Qasr el-Wizz Manuscript [Seite 71]
8.2.4 - The Qasr el-Wizz Version of the Hymn of the Cross [Seite 74]
8.2.5 - Placing P. Berol. 22220 Frag. 9 [Seite 78]
8.2.6 - Placing Strasbourg Copte 6 [Seite 79]
9 - Chapter 4: The Place of the Berlin-Strasbourg Apocryphon in Coptic Literature [Seite 83]
9.1 - "We, the Apostles." The Berlin-Strasbourg Apocryphon and Other Similar Coptic Stories Attributed to the Apostles [Seite 83]
9.2 - The Apostolic Memoirs Framed by a Patristic Sermon [Seite 88]
9.3 - The Apostolic Memoirs without a Homiletic Framework [Seite 108]
9.4 - "O My Holy Members," "O My Honored Members" : Apostles, Martyrs, and Monks [Seite 121]
9.5 - The Literary and Liturgical Function of the Coptic Memoirs of the Apostles [Seite 134]
9.6 - The Local Egyptian Character of the Apostolic Memoirs [Seite 138]
9.7 - Dating the Apostolic Memoirs [Seite 141]
9.8 - The Christology of the Berlin-Strasbourg Apocryphon : Christ as King and Son of the King. The Dating of the Work [Seite 145]
10 - Text and Translation [Seite 152]
10.1 - Abbreviations used in the critical apparatus [Seite 152]
10.2 - Edition of P. Berol. 22220 [Seite 154]
10.3 - Edition of Strasbourg Copte 5-7 [Seite 174]
10.4 - Edition of the Hymn of the Cross according to the Qasr el-Wizz Codex [Seite 178]
10.5 - Translation of P. Berol. 22220 [Seite 183]
10.6 - Translation of Strasbourg Copte 5-7 [Seite 191]
10.7 - Translation of the Hymn of the Cross according to the Qasr el-Wizz Codex [Seite 193]
11 - Bibliography [Seite 196]
12 - Index of Greek and Coptic Words in the Edition [Seite 220]
12.1 - I. Greek-Coptic Words [Seite 220]
12.2 - II. Names [Seite 223]
12.3 - III. Coptic Words [Seite 223]
12.4 - IV. Conjugation Forms [Seite 233]
12.5 - V. Pronominal PTN [Seite 235]
13 - Index of Sources [Seite 237]
13.1 - Biblical Texts [Seite 237]
13.2 - Ancient Texts [Seite 238]
13.3 - Manuscripts [Seite 243]
13.3.1 - Coptic [Seite 243]
13.3.2 - Arabic [Seite 244]
14 - Name Index [Seite 245]
15 - General Index [Seite 250]

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