Suciu The Berlin-Strasbourg Apocryphon

A Coptic Apostolic Memoir
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-16-155107-9
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 370, 252 Seiten

Reihe: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament

The present volume offers a new edition, English translation, and interpretation of the Berlin-Strasbourg Apocryphon, previously known as the Gospel of the Savior. An apocryphal story about Jesus probably transpiring shortly before the Crucifixion, the Berlin-Strasbourg Apocryphon claims to recount the narrative as told by the apostles themselves. The text also includes a long hymn sung by Christ to the cross on which he will soon be crucified. The Berlin Strasbourg-Apocryphon is exclusively preserved in Coptic by two fragmentary manuscripts, Papyrus Berolinensis 22220 and Strasbourg Copte 5-7. Additionally, a Coptic manuscript discovered at Qasr el-Wizz in Christian Nubia contains a short version of the Hymn of the Cross. Until now, it has been almost unanimously accepted that the Berlin Strasbourg-Apocryphon is an ancient Christian gospel - probably datable to the second century CE - which was bypassed in the formation of the Christian canon. Approaching the text from the angle of Coptic literature, Alin Suciu rejects this early dating, showing instead that its composition must be located following the Council of Chalcedon (451 CE), whose theological deliberations gradually alienated Egypt from the Byzantine world. The author argues that the Berlin-Strasbourg Apocryphon is one of numerous "apostolic memoirs," a peculiar genre of Coptic literature, which consists of writings allegedly written by the apostles, often embedded in sermons attributed to famous church fathers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Suciu, Alin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religion des alten Ägyptens

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Cover;1
2;Acknowledgments;6
3;Table of Contents;8
4;List of Abbreviations;12
5;Introduction;14
6;Chapter 1: History of Research on the Berlin-Strasbourg Apocryphon;25
6.1;A New Ancient Gospel?;25
6.2;Other Documents Emerge: The Strasbourg Fragments and the Qasr el-Wizz Codex;33
6.3;Reframing the Berlin-Strasbourg Apocryphon;34
7;Chapter 2: The Manuscripts;39
7.1;P. Berol. 22220;39
7.1.1;Location and Acquisition;39
7.1.2;Origin of P. Berol. 22220;42
7.1.3;Paleography and Dating;43
7.1.4;Scribal note;47
7.1.5;Codicology;48
7.1.6;Orthography;51
7.2;Strasbourg Copte 5–7;52
7.2.1;Location and Acquisition;52
7.2.2;Papyrological Reconstruction;52
7.2.3;Language;53
7.2.4;Paleography and Dating;54
7.3;The Qasr el-Wizz Codex;55
7.3.1;Discovery and Location;55
7.3.2;Content of the Codex;56
7.3.3;Description and Dating of the Manuscript;58
8;Chapter 3: The Content of the Berlin-Strasbourg Apocryphon and the Relationship Between the Manuscripts;61
8.1;Outline of the Text;61
8.2;The Relationship between the Manuscripts;68
8.2.1;The Relationship between P. Berol. 22220 and Strasbourg Copte 5–7;68
8.2.2;The Relationship between the Strasbourg Fragments and the Qasr el-Wizz Manuscript;69
8.2.3;The Relationship between P. Berol. 22220 and the Qasr el-Wizz Manuscript;71
8.2.4;The Qasr el-Wizz Version of the Hymn of the Cross;74
8.2.5;Placing P. Berol. 22220 Frag. 9;78
8.2.6;Placing Strasbourg Copte 6;79
9;Chapter 4: The Place of the Berlin-Strasbourg Apocryphon in Coptic Literature;83
9.1;“We, the Apostles.” The Berlin-Strasbourg Apocryphon and Other Similar Coptic Stories Attributed to the Apostles;83
9.2;The Apostolic Memoirs Framed by a Patristic Sermon;88
9.3;The Apostolic Memoirs without a Homiletic Framework;108
9.4;“O My Holy Members,” “O My Honored Members” : Apostles, Martyrs, and Monks;121
9.5;The Literary and Liturgical Function of the Coptic Memoirs of the Apostles;134
9.6;The Local Egyptian Character of the Apostolic Memoirs;138
9.7;Dating the Apostolic Memoirs;141
9.8;The Christology of the Berlin-Strasbourg Apocryphon : Christ as King and Son of the King. The Dating of the Work;145
10;Text and Translation;152
10.1;Abbreviations used in the critical apparatus;152
10.2;Edition of P. Berol. 22220;154
10.3;Edition of Strasbourg Copte 5–7;174
10.4;Edition of the Hymn of the Cross according to the Qasr el-Wizz Codex;178
10.5;Translation of P. Berol. 22220;183
10.6;Translation of Strasbourg Copte 5–7;191
10.7;Translation of the Hymn of the Cross according to the Qasr el-Wizz Codex;193
11;Bibliography;196
12;Index of Greek and Coptic Words in the Edition;220
12.1;I. Greek-Coptic Words;220
12.2;II. Names;223
12.3;III. Coptic Words;223
12.4;IV. Conjugation Forms;233
12.5;V. Pronominal PTN;235
13;Index of Sources;237
13.1;Biblical Texts;237
13.2;Ancient Texts;238
13.3;Manuscripts;243
13.3.1;Coptic;243
13.3.2;Arabic;244
14;Name Index;245
15;General Index;250

Über Autor(innen)

Suciu, Alin
Born 1978; 2013 PhD in Religious Studies from Université Laval, Québec; 2013-14 research fellow at the Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian Studies, Hamburg; since 2015 senior researcher at the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities.