{"product_id":"9789042945531-the-apostles-peter-paul-john-thomas-and-philip-with-their-companions-in-late-antiquity","title":"The Apostles Peter, Paul, John, Thomas and Philip with their Companions in Late Antiquity","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book is the first modern collection of studies on the reception of       the apostles and their companions in Late Antiquity, earlier Middle Ages       and the Orthodox Churches. The volume opens with an exploration of the       nature of the stories about the apostles in Late Antiquity, highlighting       some of the questions and problems these stories tried to answer.       Chapter 2 takes us to the Forum Romanum and the Apostle Peter, and the       latter’s antagonist Simon Magus appears again in the next chapter. The       next five chapters focus on Paul and Thecla. The first two look at the       relationship between the canonical Acts of the Apostles and the Acts of       Paul by concentrating on spatial aspects as well as sex and       intermarriage, respectively.  Three chapters concentrate on Thecla and       show that the Acts of Paul and Thecla and Thecla herself enjoyed a very       high reputation, were seen as authoritative—if not canonical in certain       circles—and a source of inspiration for later hagiographers. We see the       apostle John at work in the fairly unfamiliar Acts of John by Prochorus       and the Acts of Timothy, but also his connection with the church S.       Giovanni a Porta Latina in Rome. The section on Thomas takes up the       textual tradition of the Acts of Thomas with new manuscripts, and the       reception of the Acts in the hagiography and liturgy of the Orthodox       Churches. The last two chapters focus on Philip, whose Acts Acts shows       that in fourth-century Hierapolis local paganism was still a factor to       be taken into account and to be fought, but also that the treatise       promoted ideals of civility and self-control, which were not that far       removed from those in the Gospels. As has become usual, the volume ends       with a detailed index.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55169692107126,"sku":"9789042945531","price":107.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9789042945531-the-apostles-peter-paul-john-thomas-and-philip-with-their-companions-in-late-antiquity","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}