History and Literature of Early Christianity

Animals and the Image of God in the Bible and Beyond

“…We know that the Acts of Paul appeared in written form before the end of the 2 nd century, and that the author "used stories and traditions that were told many decades before they were finally written down." 69 We also know that the narrative of "Paul and the Lion" discussed below is of particular antiquity and is consistent with events mentioned in Paul's canonical letters. The value of such stories for the present study lies not primary in their undeniable historicity, but in how they were regarded and received by the early church and throughout the Middle Ages.…”

Syncrisis as literary motif in the story about the grown-up child Jesus in the temple (Luke 2:41–52 and the Thomas tradition)

“…The only mention of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas in another text of the Thomas tradition appears in the Acts of Thomas 79, without being any the wiser about the person of 'Thomas'. Helmut Koester ([1980Koester ([ ] 1982 says that just as the Nag Hammadi document, (The Book of Thomas the Contender) (Nag Hammadi Codex II, 7), the Acts of Thomas draws:…”

Von Apaša nach Hagios Theologos. Die Siedlungsgeschichte des Raumes Ephesos von prähistorischer bis in byzantinische Zeit unter dem Aspekt der maritimen und fluvialen Bedingungen

“…11 Nr. 6) errichtet 86 , um Johannes Theologos zu ehren, von dem man bereits damals wohl annahm, dass er sowohl der Lieblingsjünger Jesu als auch der Evangelist und der Verfasser der Apokalypse gewesen sei 87 . Im 8. oder 9.…”