The Gospel of Peter is one of the most fascinating apocryphal texts of the 2nd century. The studies in the present volume are concerned with the question of the reconstruction of the text and philological questions associated with this, with the possible contexts of its genesis and with intertexts which may be of significance in interpreting it. The result is a number of insights into the theology of this text which are partly surprising and partly controversial.

Autorentext

Thomas J. Kraus, Neumarkt; Tobias Nicklas, Radboud Universität Nijmegen, Niederlande.

Inhalt

Paul Foster: The Discovery and Initial Reaction to the So-Called Gospel of Peter; Dieter Lührmann: Die Überlieferung des apokryph gewordenen Petrusevangeliums; Peter van Minnen: The Akhmim Gospel of Peter; Thomas J. Kraus: Die Sprache des Petrusevangeliums?; Stanley E. Porter: The Greek of the Gospel of Peter: Implications for Syntax and Discourse Study; Thomas Hieke: Das Petrusevangelium vom Alten Testament her gelesen; John Dominic Crossan: The Gospel of Peter and the Canonical Gospels; Alan Kirk: **Tradition and Memory in the Gospel of Peter; Judith Hartenstein: Das Petrusevangelium als Evangelium; Martin Meiser: Das Petrusevangelium und die spätere großkirchliche Literatur; Katharina Greschat: Justins Denkwürdigkeiten der Apostel' und das Petrusevangelium; Thomas R. Karmann: Die Paschahomilie des Melito von Sardes und das Petrusevangelium; F. Stanley Jones: The Gospel of Peter in Ps-Clementine Recognitions 1,27-71; Istvan Czachesz: The Gospel of Peter and the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles; Tobias Nicklas: Apokryphe Passionstraditionen im Vergleich: Petrusevangelium und Sibyllinische Orakel (Buch VIII); Joseph Verheyden: Some Reflections on Determining the Purpose of the Gospel of Peter; Matti Myllykoski: Die Kraft des Herrn. Erwägungen zur Christologie des Petrusevangeliums; Heike Omerzu: Die Pilatusgestalt im Petrusevangelium: Eine erzählanalytische Annäherung; Todd Penner/Caroline Vander Stichele: Bodies and Technology of Power: Reading the Gospel of Peter under Empire.