LEADER 02772nam 22005774a 450 001 9910784711903321 005 20230617040329.0 010 $a0-19-773810-9 010 $a1-280-53023-5 010 $a0-19-534414-6 010 $a1-4237-8465-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000406179 035 $a(EBL)272789 035 $a(OCoLC)476012549 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000096978 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12026564 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000096978 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10113105 035 $a(PQKB)10414449 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL272789 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10266540 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL53023 035 $a(OCoLC)466428014 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC272789 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000406179 100 $a20020522d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Acts of Peter, Gospel literature, and the ancient novel$b[electronic resource] $erewriting the past /$fChristine M. Thomas 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (201 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-512507-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 155-169) and indexes. 327 $aContents; 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 Literature 327 $aAppendix Three: Comparison of the Actus Vercellenses, the Greek Martyrdom Account, and the Linus TextNotes; Bibliography; Index of Ancient Texts; Subject Index 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aClassical fiction$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aClassical fiction$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a229/.925 700 $aThomas$b Christine M$0486375 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784711903321 996 $aThe Acts of Peter, Gospel literature, and the ancient novel$93858590 997 $aUNINA