The Acts of Peter, Gospel Literature, and the Ancient Novel : Rewriting the Past
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
019512507X
ISBN-13
9780195125078
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
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Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 24th, 2003
Print length
200 Pages
Weight
505 grams
Dimensions
15.70 x 23.60 x 2.50 cms
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The Early ChurchBible readings, selections & meditations
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The Acts of Peter provides a window into the processes that shaped early Christian narrative. This book looks at the sources and subsequent versions of the Acts and argues that 'transmissional fluidity' - the existence of the work in several versions or multiforms - is a characteristic the Acts share with many related works.
Like the other Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles - stories of the exploits of the key figures of early Christianity - the Acts of Peter provides a window into the processes of oral and written composition that shaped early Christian narrative. Thomas looks at the sources and subsequent versions of the Acts and argues that ''transmissional fluidity'' - the existence of the work in several versions or multiforms - is a characteristic the Acts share with many related works, from the Jewish novels of Esther and Daniel to the Greek romance about Alexander the Great and the Christian Gospels of Jesus. The fluidity of these narratives allowed them to accommodate the changing historical circumstances of their audiences.
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