Peter : the myth, the man and the writings : a study of early Petrine text and tradition / F. Lapham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lapham, F., author.

Series:

T & T Clark academic paperbacks.

T & T Clark academic paperbacks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Peter--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : T & T Clark International, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Cover; 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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [254]-261) and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780567263179

0567263177

OCLC:

893331145