Polycarp and John

• Utgivningsdatum: 1999-05-31
• Mått: 152 x 229 x 11 mm
• Vikt: 287 g
• Format: Häftad
• Språk: Engelska
• Serie: Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity
• Antal sidor: 208
• Förlag: University of Notre Dame Press
• ISBN: 9780268038267

• Religion: allmänt
• Kristendom

Frederick W. Weidmann is the Senior Pastor at Hillcrest Congregational Church UCC in Pleasant Hill, CA. Prior to that he was Director of the Center for Church Life and Professor of Biblical Studies at Auburn Theological Seminary. He has authored many articles and books related to early Christianity.

"Frederick Weidmann offers the first critical edition, translation, and contemporary discussion of the Harris Fragments, Sahidic Coptic papyri recounting the martyrdom of Polycarp of Smyrna and its relationship to the death of the apostle John. His twofold aim is to make FrgPol available to the scholarly community and to show how it relates to early Christian traditions celebrating the relationship of Polycarp with John. This he achieves admirably, offering a lively discussion of a colorful strand of the Polycarp-John tradition." —Journal of Religion"Weidmann's book is a critical edition of these important unpublished fragments. The meticulous detail and clear and honest presentation in these chapters makes the book an outstanding example of what a critical edition should be. This excellence is continued in its middle section which provides a penetrating introduction to the narrative strategy of FrgPol, and a detailed verse by verse commentary. A model of careful scholarship." —Journal of Ecclesiastical History"The study is loaded with useful information—paleographic, textual, literary, and historical. The Fragments on Polycarp represent an unusually important `find' and Weidmann's book provides, overall, an extremely useful edition translation, and commentary on them. Students of early Christianity will long be in hs debt for its publication." —Journal of Biblical Literature"[T]his is a very fine piece of historical research. The presentation of the text is clear and accurate, and the translation is both careful and helpful. This intriguing study deserves the attention of anyone interested in Polycarp, the traditions about the apostle John, or early understandings of the concepts of apostolicity and martyrdom." —Journal of Early Christian Studies

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