Narratives of Jesus's Passion and Resurrection between the Second and the Seventh Centuries

Zusatztext

Non-canonical gospels and gospel traditions contribute in many ways to the reception and transmission of Jesus-related material and the memory of Jesus. This volume investigates the topic of Jesus's passion and resurrection with a broad scope, ranging from apocryphal gospels, such as the Gospel of Peter and the Gospel of Nicodemus, to apocryphal acts of the apostles, Manichean writings and Coptic apocrypha from the sixth and seventh century. Many of these texts, which are quite different in scope, may be described as "re-enactments" of Jesus stories, as they appear to be free retellings of the Jesus story adapted to the historical and religious situations in which they were performed. Thus, the texts reinterpret Jesus's passion and resurrection in creative and diverse ways, for example by dramatizing the story or by emphasizing the cross as part of the divine plan of salvation.

Autorenportrait

Tobias Nicklas (Herausgegeben von) Born 1967; 2000 doctorate and 2004 habilitation at the University of Regensburg; Professor of Exegesis and Hermeneutics of the New Testament at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Regensburg. Konrad Schwarz (Herausgegeben von) Born 1983; 2003-11 Studies of Protestant Theology in Berlin and Pietermaritzburg (South Africa); 2011-13 research associate, Universität Hamburg; research associate at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; 2018 Dr. theol.

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