Journal «Apocrypha. Revue International des Littératures apocryphes»

Bibliographical Review. Part 3: 1994–1995

Abstract

In the fifth and sixth issues of the journal «Apocrypha» there were published articles in French and English. Richard Baukham in a publication about the «Apocalypse of Peter» presents a hypothesis according to which this text is associated with the uprising of Bar Kokhba. François Bovon explores a supposed quotation from «Acts of Paul» by Origenes. The same apocrypha is considered in the work of Ann Brock, who explores its genre originality. A little-researched Syrian manuscript with apocrypha, including unknown ones, is presented to the public by Alain Desremaux. The article by Remy Gounelle is devoted to the reconstruction of the apocrypha «Narratio Iosephi»; in the following article, he also highlights the problem of using apocryphal sources in the «Golden Legend». Simon Mimouni tells the story of the genre «Life of Mary». Catherine Paupert continues to work on the classification of apocryphal subjects in the ikonography of the Savoy churches. From the point of view of apocryphal plots, Marek Staroveysky presents the study of the Byzantine tragedy «The Suffering Christ». Irena Bakus publishes and comments on the first Latin translation of the Protoevangelium of James. Christian-Bernard Amfo puts forward a hypothesis that «Gospel according to the Jews» served as a source for the Gospel of Luke. Rene-Georges Coquin explores the Coptic «Apocryph of Jeremiah» in Coptic-Arabic and Garshuni manuscripts. Robert Faerber conducts a comparative analysis of two Old English homilies on the Easter. The concept of midrash at the theoretical level is analyzed in the article by Martin McNamara. Bernard Outtier explores the motives of the Assumption in two homilies attributed to St. John Chrysostom. David Pao discusses the genre problems of apocryphal works on the example of «The Acts of the Apostle Andrew». In Madeleine Scopello’s article, the description of Mani’s life in the «Acts of Archelaus » is considered as a correlate of the polemic with Manichaeism. Isabella Ullern-Weité discusses the very concept of «apocrypha» with the involvement of philosophical hermeneutics. The last article of the sixth issue is a description by Witold Witakowski of the Ethiopian story about the miracles of Jesus Christ.