02776nam 22005774a 450 991045090100332120200520144314.01-280-53023-50-19-534414-61-4237-8465-0(CKB)1000000000406179(EBL)272789(OCoLC)476012549(SSID)ssj0000096978(PQKBManifestationID)12026564(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000096978(PQKBWorkID)10113105(PQKB)10414449(MiAaPQ)EBC272789(Au-PeEL)EBL272789(CaPaEBR)ebr10266540(CaONFJC)MIL53023(OCoLC)466428014(EXLCZ)99100000000040617920020522d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Acts of Peter, Gospel literature, and the ancient novel[electronic resource] rewriting the past /Christine M. ThomasOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20031 online resource (201 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-512507-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-169) and indexes.Contents; Abbreviations; Note on the Text and Symbols; 1. The Apocryphal Acts in a Literary World; 2. Time and Revision: Literary Processes at Work in the Acts of Peter; 3. Fixity and Fluidity in the Narrative Trajectory of the Acts of Peter; 4. Narrative Fluidity as a Generic Characteristic; 5. The Acts of Peter among the Novels and Histories; Appendix One: Overview of the Ancient Editions of the Acts of Peter; Appendix Two: Intertextual Relationships between the Actus Vercellenses and Other Early Christian LiteratureAppendix Three: Comparison of the Actus Vercellenses, the Greek Martyrdom Account, and the Linus TextNotes; Bibliography; Index of Ancient Texts; Subject IndexThe Acts of Peter provides a window into the processes that shaped early Christian narrative. This book looks at the sources and subsequent versions of the Acts and argues that 'transmissional fluidity' - the existence of the work in several versions or multiforms - is a characteristic the Acts share with many related works.Classical fictionHistory and criticismElectronic books.Classical fictionHistory and criticism.229/.925Thomas Christine M486375MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450901003321The Acts of Peter, Gospel literature, and the ancient novel1970559UNINA