The Strange Significance of the Name Carpocrates in Early Christian Polemic

In this philological study we establish and reckon with the fact that the nameCarpocrates was exceedingly rare and strange in antiquity. The rarity, we argue, was due to the name being a variant spelling or (purposeful) misspelling of the Greco-Egyptian deity Harpokrates. We also show how bizarre an...

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Authors: Pope, Michael 1980- (Author) ; Adamson, Grant (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Scholar's Press 2023
In: Journal of Biblical literature
Year: 2023, Volume: 142, Issue: 4, Pages: 717-733
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Harpokrates, God / Karpokrates, von Alexandrien ca. 2. Jh. / Onomastics / Greek language
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
TB Antiquity
ZB Sociology
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