01668nam a2200313 a 4500 20260119070725.0 2022-08-13 10:19:13 0884140172 1 0 eng 229.925 A556-M72 Molinari, Andrea Lorenzo (1967-...) Author SBL Dissertation series Andrea Lorenzo Molinari vol. 174 The Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles (NHC 6.1): Allegory, ascent, and ministry in the wake of the Decian persecution U.S.A. Society of Biblical Literature 2000 264tr. Hardcover 22cm This dissertation will employ historical-critical methods and focus its energy on answering basic questions, concerning issues such as sources, genre(s), the shape of the underlying tradition, and compositional redaction. These investigations will be followed by a detailed analysis of a theoretical community that might have valued this text and a subsequent theory regarding its date and historical setting. More specifically, I will show that Acts Pet12 Apost. is primarily made up of a Christian-Gnostic allegory of the ascent of the soul which underwent a later adaptation. This adaptation shifts the center of gravity from otherworldly escapism to a mysticism grounded by the earth-based pastoral ministry. Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles -- Criticism, interpretation, etc https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/8/13/51sg6jKqvbL._SX320_BO1_204_203_200_.jpg Cover Image 8782 8782 0 0 0 0 TVCD TVCD 2026-01-20 0.00 0 TVCD-8782 0.00 BK