Peter
The Myth, the Man, and the Writings
1st Edition
Published on 1. May 2003
280 pages
978-0-567-53020-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book critically examines all the early and important Petrine pseudepigrapha to identify a distinctive Petrine theology which, it is believed, was later swamped by the tide of western orthodoxy. Despite the diversity of the books and tractates, ranging from Jewish-Christian writings to avowedly Gnostic works, a remarkably consistent Petrine tradition does emerge; and Peter is shown essentially to be neither the impetuous, undiscerning, and even vacillating figure portrayed in the Gospels and Acts, nor the magisterial and pontifical figure of later Church tradition, but a visionary who was concerned above all to hold together both the moral and cognitive aspects of the Faith.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-567-53020-2 (9780567530202)
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Person
Canon Dr. Fred Lapham received his Ph.D. from the University of Wales, Lampeter where he occasionally lectures in the New Testament Apocrypha. He lives in Shropshire, UK.
Content
- Cover
- Editorial Board
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 THE GOSPEL OF PETER
- Chapter 2 THE ACTS OF PETER
- Chapter 3 THE ACTS OF PETER AND THE TWELVE APOSTLES
- Chapter 4 THE PSEUDO-CLEMENTINES
- Chapter 5 THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PETER
- Chapter 6 THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PETER
- Chapter 7 THE EPISTLE OF PETER TO PHILIP
- Chapter 8 THE APOCALYPSE OF PETER
- Chapter 9 THE COPTIC APOCALYPSE OF PETER
- Chapter 10 SOME CONCLUSIONS
- Bibliography
- Index of References
- Index of Authors
