Simon Magus in patristic, medieval, and early modern traditions / by Alberto Ferreiro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferreiro, Alberto.

Series:

Studies in the history of Christian traditions 1573-5664 ; v. 125.

Studies in the history of Christian traditions, 1573-5664 ; v. 125

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Simon, Magus, active 1st century.

Simon.

Physical Description:

xi, 371 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.

Summary:

The volume discusses the post-New Testament Simon Magus from the era of the Church Fathers beginning with Justin Martyr to the early modern era represented in a seventeenth-century Baroque relief in the Cathedral of Oviedo, Spain. Sources consulted are artistic, theological texts, historical chronicles, sermons, hagiographies, vernacular literatures, biblical commentaries, and heresiologies. Topics explored are: Traditions and Historiography; Types of Simon Magus in Anti-Gnostic sources; a comparison of the Acts of Peter and the Passion of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul; Jerome and Vincent of Lerins on Simon Magus; the Nicolaitan heresy; the Fall of Simon Magus in the Church Fathers; Simon Magus, Dogs, and Simon Peter; Simon Magus in Irish and English medieval legends; Simon Magus, Nicolas of Antioch, and Muhammad; Vincent Ferrer and the canonical and apocryphal Simon Magus; Simon Magus in the Cathedral of Leon, Spain; Simon Magus in the Cathedral of Oviedo, Spain; and a full bibliographical inventory (99 entries) of Simon Magus in artistic expression. The book is illustrated with 28 artistic reproductions. The volume contains author and subject indexes and a full bibliography of works consulted.

Contents:

Original Place of Publication of Articles ix

Chapter 1 Simon Magus: The Patristic-Medieval Traditions and Historiography 9

Chapter 2 Ten Years of Editions and Publications on New Testament Apocrypha 27

Chapter 3 Typological Portraits of Simon Magus in Anti-Gnostic Sources 35

Chapter 4 Simon Peter and Simon Magus in the Acts of Peter and the Passion of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul 55

Chapter 5 Jerome's Polemic against Priscillian in his Letter to Ctesiphon (133,4) 83

Chapter 6 Priscillian and Nicolaitism 111

Chapter 7 Simon Magus and Priscillian in the Commonitorium of Vincent of Lerins 123

Chapter 8 The Fall of Simon Magus in Early Christian Commentary 133

Chapter 9 Simon Magus, Dogs, and Simon Peter 147

Chapter 10 Simon Magus and Simon Peter in Medieval Irish and English Legends 201

Chapter 11 Simon Magus, Nicolas of Antioch, and Muhammad 221

Chapter 12 Vincent Ferrer's Beati Petri Apostoli: Canonical and Apocryphal Sources in Popular Vernacular Preaching 241

Chapter 13 Pope Clement I, Martin of Tours and Simon Magus in the Cathedral of Leon, Spain 261

Chapter 14 Simon Magus and Simon Peter in a Baroque Altar Relief in the Cathedral of Oviedo, Spain 287

Chapter 15 Artistic Representations of Simon Magus and Simon Peter in the Princeton Index of Christian Art: With Up-to-Date Inventory and Bibliography 307

Modern Author Index 359.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [337]-357) and index.

ISBN:

9004144951

OCLC:

60697190