A Quotation from the Questions of Bartholomew in an early Medieval Latin Sermon
The Questions of Bartholomew, originally composed in Greek probably between the second and fourth centuries, describe how the titular apostle questions Christ, Mary, and the devil about various topics after Christ’s resurrection. Relatively few signs of the possible influence of this text have been...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brepols
2014
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Apocrypha
Year: 2014, Volume: 25, Pages: 133-149 |
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| Summary: | The Questions of Bartholomew, originally composed in Greek probably between the second and fourth centuries, describe how the titular apostle questions Christ, Mary, and the devil about various topics after Christ’s resurrection. Relatively few signs of the possible influence of this text have been discovered in later works, and its reception has consequently been difficult to study. The present article identifies a significant borrowing from the Questions in a seventh- or eighth-century Latin sermon now surviving in two ninth-century manuscripts. The sermon’s account of the fall of Satan and his angels draws heavily on the fourth chapter of the Questions. This discovery should encourage a renewed interest in finding possible borrowings from the apocryphon in the medieval West. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Apocrypha
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1484/J.APOCRA.5.103628 |