Fakes, Forgeries, and Fictions: Writing Ancient and Modern Christian Apocrypha: Proceedings from the 2015 York Christian Apocrypha Symposium

472 Pages·2017·5.771 MB·English

by  Tony Burke

Fakes, Forgeries,

and
Fictions

Fakes, Forgeries,

and
Fictions
Writing Ancient and Modern Christian Apocrypha
Proceedings from the 2015 York University
Christian Apocrypha Symposium
Edited by
Tony BurkE
Foreword by
AndrEw GrEGory
Fakes, Forgeries, and Fictions
Writing ancient and Modern christian apocrypha
Proceedings from the 2015 York University christian apocrypha symposium
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title: Fakes, forgeries, and fictions : writing ancient and modern christian
apocrypha : proceedings from the 2015 York University christian apocrypha
symposium / edited by tony Burke ; foreword by andrew gregory.
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subjects: apocryphal books (new testament) | apocryphal gospels | Jesus
christ—Biography—History and criticism | church history—Primitive and
early church, ca. 30-600.
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Contents
List of Illustrations and Tables | xi
Foreword | xiii
—Andrew Gregory
Preface | xix
Abbreviations | xxi
Contributors | xxvii
1 introduction | 1
—Tony Burke
2 apocryphal Forgeries: The Logic of Literary deceit | 33
—Bart D. Ehrman
3 What Has Pseudepigraphy to do with Forgery? reflections on
the cases of the Acts of Paul, the Apocalypse of Paul, and the
Zohar | 50
—Pierluigi Piovanelli
4 Lessons from the Papyri: What apocryphal gospel Fragments
reveal about the textual development of early christianity | 61
—Stanley E. Porter
5 Under the influence (of the Magi): did Hallucinogens Play a
role in the inspired composition of the Pseudepigraphic Revela-
tion of the Magi? | 79
—Brent Landau
6 Behind the seven Veils, ii: assessing clement of alexandria’s
knowledge of the Mystic gospel of Mark | 95
—Scott G. Brown
7 Pseudo-Peter and Persecution: (counter-)evaluations of suffer-
ing in the Coptic Apocalypse of Peter (nHc Vii,3) and the Letter
of Peter to Philip (nHc Viii,2) | 129
—Pamela Mullins Reaves
8 Paul as Letter Writer and the success of Pseudepigraphy:
constructing an authorial Paul in the apocryphal corinthian
correspondence | 152
—Gregory Peter Fewster
9 “days of our Lives”: destructive Homemakers
in the Passion of Andrew | 177
—Anne Moore
10 Manichaean redaction of the Secret Book of John | 194
—Timothy Pettipiece
11 “cherries at command”: Preaching the Gospel of Pseudo-Mat-
thew in anglo-saxon england | 207
—Brandon W. Hawk
12 apocrypha and Forgeries: Lessons from the “Lost gospels” of the
nineteenth century | 231
—Tony Burke
13 The apocryphal tale of Jesus’ Journey to india: nicolas notovi-
tch and the Life of Saint Issa revisited | 265
—Bradley N. Rice
14 expanding the apocryphal corpus: some “novel”
suggestions | 285
—Eric M. Vanden Eykel
15 gender and the academy online: The authentic revelations of
the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife | 304
—Caroline T. Schroeder
16 slow scholarship: do Bloggers rush in Where Jesus’ Wife Would
Fear to tread? | 326
—James F. McGrath
17 Jesus’ Wife, the Media, and The Da Vinci Code | 341
—Mark Goodacre
18 responses to Mark goodacre, James Mcgrath, and caroline
schroeder on the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife | 349
—Janet E. Spittler
Bibliography | 375
Ancient Texts Index | 415
Subject Index | 433
Modern Authors Index | 437
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