Narratives of Jesus's passion and resurrection between the second and the seventh centuries

This volume investigates the topic of Jesuss passion and resurrection with a broad scope, ranging from apocryphal gospels, such as the Gospel of Peter and the Gospel of Nicodemus, to Manichean texts and Coptic apocrypha from the sixth and seventh centuries. The ancient texts reinterpret Jesuss passion and resurrection in creative and diverse ways, for example by dramatizing the story or by emphasizing the cross as part of the divine plan of salvation Die Beiträge dieses Bandes untersuchen das Thema der Passion und Auferstehung Jesu mit einem breiteren Fokus, der von apokryphen Evangelien wie dem Petrusevangelium und dem Nikodemusevangelium bis zu apokryphen Apostelgeschichten, manichäischen Texten und koptischen Apokryphen aus dem sechsten und siebten Jahrhundert reicht. Passion und Auferstehung Jesu werden in diesen Texten auf kreative Weise neu interpretiert, indem sie die Geschichte dramatisch inszenieren oder das Kreuz als Teil des göttlichen Heilsplans betonen Non-canonical gospels and gospel traditions contribute in many ways to the reception and transmission of Jesus-related material and the memory of Jesus. This volume investigates the topic of Jesuss passion and resurrection with a broad scope, ranging from apocryphal gospels, such as the Gospel of Peter and the Gospel of Nicodemus, to apocryphal acts of the apostles, Manichean writings and Coptic apocrypha from the sixth and seventh century. Many of these texts, which are quite different in scope, may be described as »re-enactments« of Jesus stories, as they appear to be free retellings of the Jesus story adapted to the historical and religious situations in which they were performed