Coptic Apocalypse of Paul
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The Coptic Apocalypse of Paul is one of the texts of the New Testament apocrypha found in the Nag Hammadi library of Codex V.[citation needed] The text is not to be confused with the Apocalypse of Paul, which is unrelated.[1] Steven A. Armstrong dates the text to 150-170 CE on the basis of its content.[2] Kaler, Painchaud, and Bussieres date the text to the late second or early third centuries.[3] The text was part of a contested claim between Valentinian Gnostics and other groups about who was the true heir of Paul the Apostle.[4]
Editions[]
- A. Böhlig and P. Labib’s Koptisch-gnostische Apokalypsen aus Codex V von Nag Hammadi im Koptischen Museum zu Alt-Kairo (Halle: Sonderband der Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 1963), 15–21
- MacRae, George W.; Murdock, William R., "The Apocalypse of Paul", Coptic Gnostic Library Project, Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, Claremont Graduate School
- M. Kaler and J.-M. Rosenstiehl, L’Apocalypse de Paul (NH V,2), Bibliothèque copte de Nag Hammadi, section “Textes” (Quebec/Louvain/Paris: PUL/Peeters, 2005).
References[]
- ^ Mills & Bullard 1990, p. 664.
- ^ Armstrong 2019.
- ^ Kaler, Painchaud & Bussieres 2004, p. 190.
- ^ Kaler, Painchaud & Bussieres 2004.
Bibliography[]
- Armstrong, Steven A. (2019), "Gnostic Coptic Apocalypse of Paul: A Powerful Gnostic Witness" (PDF), Rose+Croix Journal, 13
- Kaler, Michael; Painchaud, Louis; Bussieres, Marie-Pierre (2004). "The Coptic Apocalypse of Paul, Irenaeus' Adversus Haereses 2.30.7, and the Second-Century Battle for Paul's Legacy". Journal of Early Christian Studies. Project Muse. 12 (2): 173–193. doi:10.1353/earl.2004.0024. hdl:20.500.11794/365. ISSN 1086-3184. S2CID 55606637.
- Mills, Watson E.; Bullard, Roger Aubrey (1990). Mercer Dictionary of the Bible. Mercer University Press. ISBN 9780865543737.
Further reading[]
- William Murdock, “The Apocalypse of Paul” (PhD diss., Claremont Graduate School, 1968).
- W.-P. Funk, “Koptisch-gnostische Apokalypse des Paulus,” in Neutestamentliche Apokryphen in deutscher Übersetzung, ed. W. Schneemelcher (Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr, 1989), 2:628–33
- R. Kasser, “Bibliothèque gnostique VII: L’Apocalypse de Paul,” RTP 19 (1969): 259–63)
- H.-M. Schenke, “Review of Labib-Böhlig,” Orientalische Literaturzeitung 61 (1966): col. 24
- H.-M. Schenke with the Berliner Arbeitskreis für koptisch-gnostische Schriften, “Die Bedeutung der Texte von Nag Hammadi für die moderne Gnosisforschung,” in Gnosis und Neues Testament, ed. K.-W. Tröger (Berlin: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 1973), 13–76. H.-J. Klauck’s “Die Himmelfahrt des Paulus (2 Kor 12:2–4) in der koptischen Paulusapokalypse aus Nag Hammadi (NHC V/2),” Studien zum Neuen Testament und seiner Umwelt 10 (1985): 151–90
- J. Steven-son, “Ascent Through the Heavens from Egypt to Ireland,” Cambridge Medieval Celtic Studies 5 (1983): 21–35
Categories:
- Christian apocalyptic writings
- Coptic literature
- Gnostic apocrypha
- 2nd-century Christian texts
- New Testament apocrypha stubs
- Manuscript stubs