Acta Andreae. Praefatio - Commentarius - J.-M. Prieur

praefatio - commentarius

KORTE INHOUD

?Prieur?s volumes on the Acts of Andrew are thorough, and very detailes, especially in their critical and textual analysis. Prieur?s first volume, Praefatio - Commentarius, describes the history of the text, the sources available to modern editors, and its likely construction. Other traditions concerning the life of Andrew are also considered. Part 2 of the first volume then discusses literary questions, such as author, sources, date, and includes a lengthy commentary on the contents of the speeches and prayers. About thirty pages of this section are devoted to Andrew?s famous prayer to the cross. Prieur also has a section dealing with the recurrent yet ambiguous sacrament found in the Apocrypha Acts, namely ?sealing?. This is helpful too. A final section to this volume discusses the theological teaching and presuppositions of the apocryphal. This is a useful synthesis. Also of importance is the impressive list of alleged links between these Acts and those of Paul, Peter, Thomas and John (pp,385-406): such a ...
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1989Uitgever: Brepols Publishers424 paginasTaal: FransISBN-10: 2503410510ISBN-13: 9782503410517

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