Title: Pseudo-Cyril of Jerusalem On the life and the Passion of Christ : a Coptic apocryphon /
Authors: Broek, R. van den; Pseudo-Cyrillus.; Pseudo-Cyrillus.
Publisher: Brill,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Pseudo-Cyrillus; Pseudo-Cyrillus Sermons.; Jesus Christ Passion Sermons.; Jesus Christ Biography Sermons.; Pseudo-Cyrill.; Coptic sermons.; Christian literature, Early Coptic authors History and criticism.
Abstract: "Pseudo-Cyril of Jerusalem's Coptic homily On the Life and the Passion of Christ is in fact a collection of apocryphal stories. Roelof van den Broek offers a critical edition of this text, with introduction, translation and notes. The text provides information about the worldly crafts of the apostles and Jesus' external appearance; it also contains a peculiar chronology of Holy Week (implying that Jesus was arrested on Tuesday evening) and a long story about Pilate’s role in the trial of Jesus. The latter contains, int. al., letters by Pilate and Herod, discussions between Pilate and Jesus during a dinner they had together, and a description of the dreams of Pilate and his wife Procla and their explanation by Jesus"--P. [4] of cover.
Contents: The manuscripts. Manuscript M610 of the Pierpont Morgan Library ; Manuscript E 16262 of the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania -- The text : sources, apocryphal elements, and date. The 'writings of the apostles' ; The list of the apostles ; An apocryphal work on Pilate ; The chronology of Holy Week ; The divine Christ ; The external appearance of Jesus ; Moses the prophet-killer ; Date -- On the life and the passion of Christ and the other homilies attributed to Cyril of Jerusalem. Eight Cyrillian homilies ; A Cyrillian cycle?