Pseudo-Cyril of Jerusalem: On the Life and the Passion of Christ - A Coptic Apocryphon

229 Pages·2012·1.25 MB·English

by  Roelof van den Broek

Pseudo-Cyril of Jerusalem
OntheLifeandthePassionofChrist
Supplements
to
Vigiliae Christianae
Texts and Studies of
Early Christian Life and Language
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VOLUME118
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Pseudo-Cyril of Jerusalem
On the Life and the Passion of Christ
A Coptic Apocryphon
By
RoelofvandenBroek
LEIDEN•BOSTON
2013
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Pseudo-CyrilofJerusalemonthelifeandthepassionofChrist:aCopticapocryphon/byRoelof
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CONTENTS
Preface.................................................................. vii
Abbreviations........................................................... ix
I TheManuscripts ................................................... 1
1 ManuscriptM610ofthePierpontMorganLibrary............... 1
2 ManuscriptE16262oftheMuseumoftheUniversityof
Pennsylvania .................................................... 6
II TheText:Sources,ApocryphalElements,andDate ................ 9
1 The‘WritingsoftheApostles’ ................................... 9
2 TheListoftheApostles.......................................... 14
3 AnApocryphalWorkonPilate .................................. 33
4 TheChronologyofHolyWeek................................... 39
5 TheDivineChrist................................................ 50
6 TheExternalAppearanceofJesus ............................... 56
7 MosestheProphet-Killer ........................................ 65
8 Date ............................................................. 69
III OntheLifeandthePassionofChristandtheOtherHomilies
AttributedtoCyrilofJerusalem .................................... 71
1 EightCyrillianHomilies ......................................... 71
1 OntheLifeandthePassionofChrist........................... 73
2 OnthePassionandtheResurrection........................... 77
3 OntheResurrection ........................................... 79
4 OntheResurrectionandthePassion........................... 81
5 OnNewSunday ............................................... 87
6 OntheVirginMary............................................ 93
7 OntheHolyCross ............................................. 98
8 OnMaryMagdalene .......................................... 105
2 ACyrillianCycle?................................................ 111
vi contents
PSEUDO-CYRILOFJERUSALEM
ONTHELIFEANDTHEPASSIONOFCHRIST
SiglaandEditorialPrinciples ........................................... 123
Text,TranslationandNotes............................................. 124
Appendices............................................................. 183
1 TextsontheParentsandtheWorldlyProfessionsofthe
Apostles ......................................................... 183
2 ALetterofEpiphaniusofSalamisontheChronologyofHoly
Week............................................................. 186
Bibliography ............................................................ 191
IndexofGraeco-CopticWords.......................................... 201
IndexofSources ........................................................ 206
1 BiblicalTexts .................................................... 206
2 GreekandLatinTexts ........................................... 211
3 CopticTexts ..................................................... 212
4 Arabic,SyriacandEthiopicTexts................................ 213
IndexofNamesandSubjects ........................................... 214
PREFACE
Thisbookhasbeenlonginthemaking.Ibeganworkingonitintheseventies
ofthelastcentury,butasmyresearchandmycareertookanotherdirection
Ihadtoleavetheprojectunfifnishedforseveraldecades.In2010,Itookup
theworkagainandIamgladtohavebeenabletobringittocompletion.
It is my pleasant duty to express my gratitude to the authorities of the
PierpontMorganLibrary,NewYork,forhavinggrantedpermissiontopub-
lishtheLibrary’sCopticMs.M610,andtoDavidSilverman,Directorofthe
EgyptianSectionoftheMuseumoftheUniversityofPennsylvania,forper-
missiontopublishthematerialfromitsCopticMs.E16262,makinguseof
theexcellentdigitalimagescreatedbyRobertA.Kraft.
IalsogratefullyacknowledgethekindscholarlyhelpIreceivedfrommy
colleagues Tito Orlandi and Paola Buzi (Italy), Robert A. Kraft and Janet
Timbie (USA), Alin Suciu (Germany), and Tjitze Baarda, Christian Lange,
Klaas Worp and, in particular, Jacques van der Vliet (The Netherlands).
Finally,mythanksareduetoCisvanHeertum,whorevisedmyEnglishtext,
and to the editors of the Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, who kindly
acceptedthisbookforpublicationintheseries.
RoelofvandenBroek
Nijmegen,21June2012

ABBREVIATIONS
AB AnalectaBollandiana
CCA CorpusChristianorum—SeriesApocryphorum
CCL CorpusChristianorum—SeriesLatina
CPC ClavisPatrumCopticorum
CSCO CorpusScriptorumChristianorumOrientalium
CSEL CorpusScriptorumEcclesiasticorumLatinorum
EPRO Étudespréliminairesauxreligionsorientalesdansl’EmpireRomain
GCS DiegriechischenchristlichenSchriftstellerdererstenJahhunderte
NHMS NagHammadiandManichaeanStudies
PG PatrologiaGraeca
PO PatrologiaOrientalis
ROC Revuedel’OrientChrétien
SC SourcesChrétiennes
TU TexteundUntersuchungenzuraltkirchlichenLiteratur
WUNT WissenschaftlicheUntersuchungenzumNeuenTestament