• The prehistory of the Latin Acts of Peter (BHL 6663) and the Latin Acts of Paul (BHL 6575). Some observations about the development of the Virtutes apostolorum

    Author(s):
    Evina Steinova (see profile)
    Date:
    2014
    Group(s):
    Christian Apocryphal Literature, Early Medieval, Medieval Studies, Textual Scholarship
    Subject(s):
    Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles, Latin language, Middle Ages, Christian literature, Early, Hagiography
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    St. Peter, St. Paul, late antique literature, Apocryphal acts, Christian Apocryphal Literature, Medieval Latin, Early medieval literature, Early Christian literature
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6BC4J
    Abstract:
    The extensive chains of excerpts from the Scriptures and other sources in two of the narratives prominent in the Virtutes apostolorum, the Acts of Peter (BHL 6663) and the Acts of Paul (BHL 6575) are studied in order to come to a clearer understanding of the origin of these Latin texts. The Virtutes apostolorum is an amalgam of textual material with a complex history, but a thorough examination of both text-internal elements and relations of intertextuality allows us to draw some conclusions about its development. BHL 6663 and 6575 stand out, both with respect to other narratives about Peter and Paul and within the series of the apostles covered by the Virtutes apostolorum, on account of the chains of excerpts with which these narratives open. Analysis of the sources of these excerpts seems to indicate that they were added to an older layer of material, itself a compilation, sometime after the fifth century, and most likely in Italy. Moreover, the parallelism between BHL 6663 and BHL 6575 seems to indicate that the two Acts were conjoined before they were inserted into the Virtutes apostolorum. At least two other narratives in the collection, BHL 4089 and BHL 4318, have a similar structure and might therefore be related to the Acts of Peter and of Paul.
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    Publisher:
    Brepols
    Pub. Date:
    2014
    Book Title:
    The Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles in Latin Christianity: Proceedings of the First International Summer School on Christian Apocryphal Literature (ISCAL), Strasbourg, 24-27 June 2012
    Author/Editor:
    Els Rose
    Page Range:
    69 - 84
    ISBN:
    978-2-503-55302-3
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    6 years ago
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives
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