Journal «Apocrypha. Apocrypha. Revue International des Littératures apocryphes»

Abstract

The seventh issue of Apocrypha published articles in French, English, Italian and German. The researchers focus on the following apocryphal plots, monuments and groups of texts: «The Tradition of the Apostle Thomas» (Paul- Hubert Poirier), «The Secret Gospel of Mark» (Alain le Boulluec), Pseudo - Clementines (Bernard Pouderon), «The Apocalypsis of Ezra», «The Vision of Ezra» and «The Apocalypsis of Sedrach» (Flavio Nuvolone), «Tübingen Theoso-phy» (Pierre Franco Beatrice), «Homerocentra» (Andre- Louis Rey), the physical appearance of the Apostle Peter in the «Church History» of Nicephorus Callistus (Christopher Matthews), the tradition of Simon Magos (Alberto Ferreiro), «The Golden Legend» (Barbara Fleith), the tradition of st. apostle James the Elder (Marek Starowieyski), an early Italian translation of the monument «Ps. Marcellus brevior» (Eduardo Barbieri). In addition, evangelical quotations from authors of the second century (Annevies van den Hoek) and a number of monuments of fine art (Margaret Ras-sart-Debergh, Nicole Thierry, Giuseppe de Spirito, Pierre -Alain Mariaux) are studied. The issue also contains a significant discussion on the relationship between the apocrypha and the canon, presented by articles by Pierre Gisel, Mark Faessler, Walter Rebell and Catherine Paupert.