Apocryphicity

A weblog devoted to the study of the Christian Apocrypha

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Apocryphicity (ă-pok-rif-is-iti) n. 1. a recently coined term for describing the qualities of apocryphal literature. 2. a recently created weblog (or blog) dedicated to discussion of Christian apocrypha.

Welcome to Apocryphicity. This blog has two aims. The first is to report on developments in the study of Christian Apocrypha (a.k.a. non-canonical Christian literature) in the form of media excerpts, reviews of scholarly literature, and the occasional mention of apocryphal texts and traditions in popular culture. The second is to provide a forum for those interested in the Christian Apocrypha (scholars and non-scholars) to exchange ideas and information.

Apocryphicity is maintained by Dr. Tony Chartrand-Burke who teaches Biblical Studies at the Atkinson School of Arts and Letters (a part of York University in Toronto, Canada). The opinions expressed here are his own.

Anyone interested in the topic of the Christian Apocrypha is welcome to read the posts and, if inspired, add comments. From time-to-time I offer courses on the Christian Apocrypha and Gnosticism; students of these courses are encouraged to participate also.

I would be very grateful if readers would send me links to recent developments online regarding Christian Apocrypha (ancient, medieval, or even modern) along with your own comments if you have any. These can be sent to my e-mail address (tburke@yorku.ca) or can be submitted simply as a comment to any of the blog postings.

Be sure to check out my homepage which features pages related to the CA (including links to other websites and an on-going bibliography project), as well as the web’s premier Infancy Gospel of Thomas page and material related to other research projects.


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Apocrypha Vol. 17

July 21st, 2008 by Tony

The latest volume of the annual journal Apocrypha was released just a few months ago. I picked up a copy at the l’AELAC conference. Here are the contents (previous years contents can be found on the l’AELAC web site HERE):

“Un fragment grec inédit des Actes de Pierre” by François Bovon and Bertrand Bouvier (9-54)

“Semiotik Intertextualität Apokryphität: Eine Annäherung an den Begriff ‘christlicher Apokryphen” by Tobias Nicklas (55-78)

Les Enseignements de Sylvanos et la parole tranchante. Jeux de mots et assonances plurilinguistiques” by Michèle Broze (79-86)

“Was the Gospel of Philip written in Syria?” by Bas van Os (87-94)

“Revisiting Preliminary Issues in the Acts of Thomas” by Susan E. Myers (95-112)

“Intersections: The Reception History of the Protoevangelium of James in Sources from the Christian East and the Qu’rān” by Cornelia B. Horn (113-150)

“‘Righteous people according to the Old Law’: Aelfric on Anne and Joachim” by Frederick M. Biggs (151-178)

The Gospel of Nicodemus in the Slavic Manuscript Tradition: Initial Observations” by Georgi Mincziew and Malgorzata Skowronek (179-202)

ÉTUDE CRITIQUE: “Michael J. Kruger, The Gospel of the Savior: An Analysis of P. Oxy 840 and its Place in the Gospel Traditions of Early Christianity” by Tobias Nicklas (203-210)

ÉTUDE CRITIQUE: “La philosophie du gnostique Basilide” by Lucia Saudelli (211-222)

ÉTUDE CRITIQUE: “Une collection de paroles de Jésus non comprises dans les évangiles canoniques” by Enrico Norelli (223-244)

ÉTUDE CRITIQUE: “The Old Slavic Apocrypha in Serbian Translation” by Georgi Mincziew (245-254)

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