The Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles
The Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles

Author: François Bovon

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13:

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"The scope of this collection, as it examines the transformation of the ancient world into Byzantine Christianity, demonstrates that the early Christian apocryphal literature is a vital source for historians of Christianity, for scholars of patristics and of the New Testament, and for those inquiring into such timeless issues as the structure of political authority, the role of women, religious experience, and the organization of social responsibility."--BOOK JACKET.

Glory of the Martyrs
Glory of the Martyrs

Author: Gregorius

Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 9780853232360

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The first translation into English of one of Gregory's eight books of miracle stories, which contains a series of anecdotes about the lives and cults of martyrs.

Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles
Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles

Author: William Wright

Publisher: Gorgias PressLlc

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9781593332471

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Originally published in 1871, William Wright's Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles was marked by the author's diligent care to transmit the best manuscript sources at his disposal. Here, Wright's two volumes of Syriac texts and English translations are presented in this Gorgias Press edition.

The Acts of Thomas
The Acts of Thomas

Author: Harold W. Attridge

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781598150216

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When modern European missionaries arrived in India in the eighteenth century, they were astonished to discover Christian communities that traced their origins back to Thomas. How and when did Christianity spread eastwards? The earliest answer can be found in the pages of The Acts of Thomas. The Acts of Thomas is one of five surviving apocryphal acts along with Andrew, John, Peter, and Paul that recount the adventures of the apostles as they carried the Christian message to the far reaches of their world. The well-known Hymn of the Pearl, widely regarded as an allegory of the soul on its journey, from God and back to God, is found in its pages. (http://www.amazon.com/Acts-Thomas-Early-Christian-Apocrypha/dp/1598150219)

Missionary Stories and the Formation of the Syriac Churches
Missionary Stories and the Formation of the Syriac Churches

Author: Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2015-06-19

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0520284968

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Missionary Stories and the Formation of the Syriac Churches analyzes the hagiographic traditions of seven missionary saints in the Syriac heritage during late antiquity: Thomas, Addai, Mari, John of Ephesus, Simeon of Beth Arsham, Jacob Baradaeus, and Ahudemmeh. Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent studies a body of legends about the missionariesÕ voyages in the Syrian Orient to illustrate their shared symbols and motifs. Revealing how these texts encapsulated the concerns of the communities that produced them, she draws attention to the role of hagiography as a malleable genre that was well-suited for the idealized presentation of the beginnings of Christian communities. Hagiographers, through their reworking of missionary themes, asserted autonomy, orthodoxy, and apostolicity for their individual civic and monastic communities, positioning themselves in relationship to the rulers of their empires and to competing forms of Christianity. Saint-Laurent argues that missionary hagiography is an important and neglected source for understanding the development of the East and West Syriac ecclesiastical bodies: the Syrian Orthodox Church and the Church of the East. Given that many of these Syriac-speaking churches remain today in the Middle East and India, with diaspora communities in Europe and North America, this work opens the door for further study of the role of saints and stories as symbolic links between ancient and modern traditions.