Apocryphal ‘Acts of John’. Part I. Textual Problems, Translation from Greek and Commentaries
https://doi.org/10.31802/2658-4476-2020-1-5-65-96
Abstract
For the first time are publishing in Russian a full translation of the «Acts of John», one of the oldest Christian apocryphal works (2nd century). The following texts have been translated: fragments from the «Epistle about Virginity» of Pseudo-Titus, from POxyr. 850, from «Liber Flavus Fergusiorum» and the surviving Greek part of the Acts. Translations are provided with commentary and an indication of the most important discrepancies. It was prefaced a brief description of the text.
About the Author
A. Yu. Vinogradov
National Research University «Higher School of Economics»
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrey Yu. Vinogradov - PhD in Historical Sciences, Associate Professor
21/4, building 3 Staraya Basmannaya, Moscow 105066
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Vinogradov A.Yu. Apocryphal ‘Acts of John’. Part I. Textual Problems, Translation from Greek and Commentaries. Bible and Christian Antiquity. 2020;5(1):65-96. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31802/2658-4476-2020-1-5-65-96
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