Questions tagged [pseudepigrapha]
Falsely attributed works, texts whose claimed author is not the true author, or a work whose real author attributed it to a figure of the past.
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What verbal tests are used to identify pseudepigrapha?
This question is about how features like theological redundancy, rephrasing and emphasis on reported speech are used in literary analysis of pseudepigrapha.
For example: the letter of Saint Abgar (...
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Gospel of Thomas Log.13 - three words in Coptic or Greek or something else?
Referring to the (non-canonical/tertiary) Gospel of Thomas Log 13.6 (or 83.8):-
He spoke three words to him. (Brill, 1959).
https://www.gospel-thomas.net/keywords/Lnn_all.htm#L013
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How are scholars making use of forensic linguistics to determine fraudulent letters in the N.T. Canon?
In Wikipedia there is an article on Forensic linguistics that notes:
Forensic linguistics includes attempts to identify whether a person
produced a given text by comparing the style of the text with ...
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Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Works Questioning the Internal Unity of 2 Esdras 1-2
Among the King James Version Apocrypha, there is a certain book, called Second Esdras, which is found neither in the Masoretic Text, nor in the Greek Septuagint; its first two and last two chapters ...
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Does 4 Ezra (2 Esdras) teach the divinity of Ezra?
The following question has been initially posted by user44810 on Judaism.SE, where it was closed for lying outside the community's defined scope.
In an article by the University of St. Andrews about ...
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What is the likelihood that the Apocalypse of John is not inspired? [closed]
Could we just be keeping the Apocalypse of John out of the Traditions of Men?
What are the best arguments for and against this book being Inspired?
Some early Christians claimed it was written by the ...
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In Gen. 4, Seth is "appointed" as another seed "instead of Abel." What is the ancient interpretation of this appointment?
In Genesis 4:25, it states: "And Adam knew his wife again; and she bore a son, and called his name Seth: 'for God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him"
What is the ...
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Does John 21:24-25 indicate John didn't write this Gospel?
The below 2 verses in the Gospel of John seem to indicate that "John" was not the true author of this Gospel.
This intertextual proof seems to indicate that it was him because of the usage of ...
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What were the historical reasons why the Book of Enoch was excluded from most Christian canons?
According to Wikipedia:
By the 4th century, the Book of Enoch was mostly excluded from Christian canons, and it is now regarded as scripture by only the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and the Eritrean ...
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Is Jesus letter to king of Edessa authentic
A Letter Written by Jesus Christ Himself?
It is said that king of Edessa ask to be cured by Jesus. Jesus then answer it saying he'll send his disciple.
Is the letter authentic?
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Texts in second temple Judaism using "one like a son of man" as in Daniel 7 to refer to angel
In Norman Russell’s The Doctrine of Deification in the Greek Patristic Tradition, he says concerning Daniel 7:13:
"The 'one like a son of man' is an angel, probably Michael, entrusted
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What about the noncanonical books quoted in Jude?
The book of Jude contains many quotes and references to the Old Testament. However, there are two quotes which seem to be from elsewhere.
The first is attributed to The Assumption of Moses.
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