Journal «Apocrypha. Revue International des Littératures apocryphes». Bibliographical Review. Part 2: 1992–1993

Abstract

The review presents the issues of the annual «Apocrypha» for 1992 and 1993. Articles in the journal were published in French (most of them), German and English; the attention of researchers was mainly devoted to the apocrypha of Christian origin. Two publications have a theore ti cal significance — an article by Éric Junod on the concept of «Apocrypha of the New Testament» (in the third issue) and an article by Pierluigi Piovanelli on the process of the composition of the Ethiopian biblical canon (in the fourth issue). In addition, No. 3 highlights the problems associated with such early Christian monuments as the «Acts of the Apostle John», the «Sufferings of John», the «Virtues of John», the «Acts of the Apostle Peter», the «Pseudo-Clementines», the latin lists of the apostles. No. 4 deals mainly with apocalyptic literature. There are studies of 4 Ezra, the «Apocalypse of Paul», the «Apocalypse of Shenute», the «Apocalypse of the Virgin», the «Apocalypse of Thomas», the «Apocalypse of the seven heavens», «Kerygma Petri», «The Acts of the Apostle Paul», and another work on «Pseudo-Clementines».