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Apocryphal Gospel Titles in Coptic
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During the 2nd–5th centuries, the usual format of the canonical gospel title is “The Gospel According to [person]”. While becoming well-established in this period, the title is reused and transformed when naming the apocryphal gospels. In order to study the meaning of the emerging canonical and apocryphal gospel titles, the claims of these titles will be analysed to determine who each title presents as the gospel’s source (often a divine figure) and who is implied to be that gospel’s author (often a human person). By revisiting well-known apocryphal gospels, and expanding on their number, new insights are achieved regarding the role of titles, authors, and apocryphal gospels. Results concern, for instance, the long recension of the Apocryphon of John, whose title comes to display a prominent gospel title; the Gospel of Judas, of which the author may be the infamous Judas himself; and the Gospel of Truth, which may not be an apocryphal gospel at all.
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'Book' could sometimes effectively stand in for 'gospel' in the titling and identification of early Christian texts.
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From The Protevangelium of James in Papyrus Bodmer V: Titles, Genres, and Traditions in Transmission (2023) · cites this paper as Falkenberg 2022
The ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲛ formula is familiar from gospel titles, allowing for an adjectival rendering of ⲁⲡⲟⲕⲣⲩⲫⲟⲛ that suggests an implicit 'Gospel'.
“ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲛ formula familiar of gospel titles, allowing for an adjectival rendering of ⲁⲡⲟⲕⲣⲩⲫⲟⲛ that suggests an implicit”
From The Protevangelium of James in Papyrus Bodmer V: Titles, Genres, and Traditions in Transmission (2023) · cites this paper as Falkenberg 2022, pp.4-5
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- Authors
- Falkenberg, R.
- Affiliations
- Aarhus University (DK)
- Corresponding author
- Falkenberg, René
- Venue
- Religions
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2022-08-29
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 796
- ISSN
- 2077-1444 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4293660979
- Cited by
- 3
- References
- 26
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1
- FWCI
- 3.60
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- journal article
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- en
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- Religions (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Historical and Linguistic Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies
- Keywords
- apocryphal gospels, Coptic language, Gospels, Apocryphon of John, Gospel of Judas, Gospel of Truth, authorship, divine authorship, early Christian literature
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