Acts of John

Acta Iohannis

Standard abbreviation: Acts John

Other titles: none

Clavis numbers: ECCA 397; CANT 215

Category: Apocryphal Acts

Related literature: Acts of John by Prochorus, Acts of John in Rome, Encomium on John the Theologian by Pseudo-John Chrysostom

Status: in progress by Janet Spittler.

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1. SUMMARY

Named Historical Figures and Characters: Andrew (apostle), Andronicus, Aristippus, Aristobula, Aristodemus, Artemis, Callimachus, Callippus, Cleobius, Cleopatra, Daemonicus, Drusiana, Fortunatus, James (son of Zebedee), Jesus Christ, John (son of Zebedee), Lycomedes, Marcellus (of Ephesus), Peter (apostle), Satan, Tertullus, Verus, Xenophon.

Geographical Locations: Artemis (temple of), Ephesus, Gennesaret, Jerusalem, Miletus, Smyrna.

2. RESOURCES

2.1 Web Sites and Other Electronic Resources

“Acta Joannis.” Perseus. Digitized Greek text from Bonnet and English translation from M. R. James.

2.2 Art and Iconography

Blockbook Apocalypse (Glasgow, Glasgow University Library, Sp Coll Hunterian Ds.2.3 [ca. 1430s–1440s, Netherlands): summary of Revelation (with images) prefaced by several page of images from the life of John, likely derived from the Golden Legend but ultimately based on episodes from the Acts of John and related texts. For additional details: https://eleanor.lib.gla.ac.uk/record=b3083896.

Admont, Benediktinerstift, lat. 289, fol. 56^r (12th cent.): illumination of John leaving his betrothed for Christ (Acts of John 113). Full manuscript available at: https://manuscripta.at/hs_detail.php?ID=26150

Ampullae from Shrine of John (6th/7th cent.): a number of red ceramic oil flasks used by pilgrims to collect “manna” from the tomb of John in Ephesus. The practice is related to the tradition, hinted at in Acts of John 111–115 (and made more explicit in the Latin Acts of John), that John remains alive beneath the tomb. There is speculation also that one of the figures on the flasks is Prochorus, the disciple of John.

Cycle of John, Basilica of San Marco (11th/12th cent.): a series of frescoes depicting five scenes from Acts of John (Latin) (chs. 11, 17, 19–20), two of which have parallels in Acts John (the fall of the temple of Artemis [37–47] and the raising of Drusiana [80]).

Entombment of John, Old Latin Palace (Rome): eleventh-century frescoe depicting the metastasis of John.

3. BIBLIOGRAPHY

3.1 Manuscripts and Editions

3.1 Acts of John (CANT 215.I)

3.1.1 Greek (BHG 900–909)

3.1.1.1 Independent Episodes

C Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. hist. gr. 63, fols. 51^v–55^v (1369) ~ chs. 87–105; Pinakes; Junod and Kaestli pp. 26–29

Ismant el-Kharab, Papyrus Kellis 1 (olim P. Kellis 96) (4th cent.)

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ms. Gr. th. f. 13 (P) (P. Oxy. VI 850) (4th cent.)

Gardner, Ian, and Klass A Worp. “Leaves from a Manichaean Codex.” ZPE 117 (1997): 139–55.

Grenfell, B. P. and A. S. Hunt, eds. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri VI. London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1908 (Greek ed. and translation of P. Oxy. VI 850, pp. 6–12, pl. I).

James, M. R. Apocrypha Anecdota II. Texts and Studies 5.1. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1897 (editio princeps of ONB Cod. hist. gr. 63; introduction, pp. ix–xxviii; text and English translation, pp. 1–25).

Jenkins, Geoffrey. “Papyrus 1 from Kellis: A Greek Text with Affinities to the Acts of John.” Pages 197–229 and pls. 1 and 2 in The Apocryphal Acts of John. Edited by Jan. N. Bremmer. SAAA 1. Kampen: Kok Pharos, 1995.

Wayment, Thomas A. The Text of the New Testament Apocrypha (100–400 CE). New York and London: Bloomsbury, 2013 (Greek text of P. Oxy. VI 850 with images, pp. 10–12, 213–14).

3.1.1.2 Episodes from Acts of John by Prochorus

H Istanbul, Patriarchikē Bibliothēkē, Hagia Trias 102 (11th cent.) ~ a disordered palimpsest with 15th cent. overwriting; contains chs. 18–55, 58–86, 106–115; Junod and Kaestli, pp. 13–15; Pinakes

R Patmos, Monē tou Hagiou Iōannou tou Theologou, 188, fols. 176^r–241^v (14th cent.) ~ contains chs. 18–55, 58–86, 106–115 (fols. 217^v–235^v); Junod and Kaestli, pp. 15–16; text identical to Z; Pinakes

Z Mezzojuzo, Biblioteca dell’Istituto “A. Reres,” 2, fols. 20^r–66^v (14th cent.) ~ contains chs. 18–55, 58–86, 106–115 (fols. 52^r–66^v); Junod and Kaestli, pp. 16–17; text identical to R; Pinakes

K Mutilene, Monē tou Leimōnos, 82, fols. 1^r–128^v (1575) ~ contains chs. 18–55, 58–86, 106–115 (fols. 91^v–128^v); Junod and Kaestli, p. 17; a copy of R; Pinakes

O Ohrid, Naroden Muzej, 4, pp. 47–96 (10th cent.) ~ contains chs. 58–81 (pp. 87–96); 106–115 (pp. 53–57); Junod and Kaestli, p. 17

M Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, 363, fols. 53^v–98^r (12th/13th cent.) ~ contains chs. 58–80 (fols. 92^r–98^r); Junod and Kaestli, p. 18; Pinakes

Q Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 1468, fols. 46^v–83^r (11th cent.) ~ contains chs. 38–54 followed by the story of the partridge (Bonnet=chs. 56–57) and chs. 106–111; Junod and Kaestli, pp. 145–48

G Dublin, Trinity College, 185 (olim E. 3.35), fols. 39^v–44^v (11th cent.) ~ contains chs. 106–115 (fols. 42^v–44^v)

Junod, Eric, and Jean-Daniel Kaestli. “Un fragment inédit des Actes de Jean: la guérison des fils d’Antipatros à Smyrne.” Museum Helveticum 31 (1974): 96–104.

3.1.1.3 The Metastasis from Acts of John in Rome (see below)

3.1.1.3.4 Chapters 56–57

3.1.1.3.4.1 Armenian

London, British Library, Add. 19228 (Arm. 99), fols. 1–173 (1307)

Venice, Biblioteca dei Padri Mechitaristi San Lazzaro degli Armeni, 222 (olim 239), item 92 (1335)

Tchérakian, Chérubin. Ankanon girkh arakhelakankh: Thankgaran haykakan hin ew nor deprutheankh. Venice: Òazar, 1904 (edition based BL Arm. 99 and V 222, pp. 219–21).

Leloir, Louis. Écrits Apocryphes sur les apôtres: Traduction de l’édition Arménienne de Venise. I. Pierre, Paul, André, Jacques, Jean. Turnhout: Brepols, 1986 (French translation of Tchérakian’s edition, pp. 323–25).

3.1.1.3.4.2 Greek

L Mount Athos, M. Megistes Lavras, Δ 50 (Eustratiades 0426), fols. 100–114 (1039) ~ Acts of John by Prochorus with chs. 56–57 at fols. 113–114

S Mount Sinai, Monē tēs Hagias Aikaterinēs, gr. 497, fols. 94^r–107^v (10th/11th cent.) ~ Acts of John by Prochorus with chs. 56–57 at fols. 107^r–107^v

3.2 Dormition/Metastasis of John (CANT 215.II)

3.2.1 Arabic (BHO 477, 479)

3.2.1.1 Arabic Script

Beirut, Bibliothèque Orientale de l’Université Saint Joseph, 1426 (1855) ~ contents unconfirmed

Cairo, Coptic Catholic Patriarchate Library, Graf 23, fols. 138^r–145^v (17th cent.)

Cairo, Coptic Catholic Patriarchate Library, Graf 463, fols. 1^r–5^v (18th/19th cent.)

Cairo, Coptic Catholic Patriarchate Library, Graf 472 (18th cent.)

Cairo, Coptic Catholic Patriarchate Library, Graf 723, fol. 60^r (16th cent.) ~ identification uncertain

Cairo, Coptic Catholic Patriarchate Library, Hist. 1 (13th/14th cent.)

Cairo, Coptic Catholic Patriarchate Library, Hist. 2 (14th cent.)

Cairo, Coptic Catholic Patriarchate Library, Hist. 3 (1626)

Cairo, Coptic Catholic Patriarchate Library, Hist. 6 (not dated) ~ contents unconfirmed

Cairo, Coptic Catholic Patriarchate Library, Hist. 7 (14th cent.)

Cairo, Coptic Catholic Patriarchate Library, Hist. 16 (15th cent.)

Cairo, Coptic Museum, 59, fols. 151^v–155^v (19th cent.)

Cairo, Coptic Museum, 60, fols. 63^v–70^v (19th cent.)

Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, Magl. III 29, fols. 98^r–104^v (ante 1664)

Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, Or. 1067 (Tischendorf 32) (15th cent.)

Mount Sinai, Monē tēs Hagias Aikaterinēs, arab. 539, fols. 106^v–109^r (12th cent.) ~ variant version

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodl. Ar. 541, fols. 37^v–40^v (Nicoll 49) (18th cent.)

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 81, fols. 61^v–68^r (16th cent.)

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 4770, fols. 173^r–181^r (19th cent.)

Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Borg. Ar. 223 (1729)

Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Sbath 500, fols. 89^v–90^v (15th cent.)

Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. ar. 171, fols. 17^v–20^v (17th cent.)

Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. ar. 694, fols. 63^v–69^v (14th cent.)

Wadi El-Natrun, Monastery of the Syrians (Dayr al-Suryān), no shelf number, fols. 66^r–72^r (14th cent.)

Bausi, Alessandro. “Alcune osservazioni sul Gadla ḥawāryāt.” Annali dell’Istituto Orientale di Napoli 60–61 (2001–2002): 77–114 (list of 31 Arabic manuscripts of the Arabic acts collection, pp. 97–101).

Graf, Georg. Geschichte der christlichen arabischen Literatur. 5 vols. Studi e testi 118, 133, 146–147, 172. Rome: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1944–1953 (survey of Arabic manuscripts, vol. 1, pp. 260–64).

Lewis, Agnes Smith, ed. Acta Mythologica Apostolorum, Transcribed from an Arabic Ms. in the Convent of Deyr-es-Suriani, Egypt, and from Mss. in the Convent of St Catherine, on Mount Sinai. Horae Semiticae 3. London: C.J. Clay and Sons, 1904. (Arabic text based on unidentified Deir al-Surian MS, pp. 46–51; variant version from Sinai ar. 539, pp. 144–46).

3.2.1.2 Garšūnī Script

Edgbaston, University of Birmingham, Mingana Syr. 40, fols. 113^v–119^v (ca. 1750)

Jerusalem, Monastery of Saint Mark, 38 (199), fols. 432^v–434^r (1734)

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, syr. 232, fols. 252^v–256^r (17th cent.)

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, syr. 237, fols. 186^r–197^v (1553)

Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Sbath 124, fols. 79^v–86^r (16th cent.)

3.2.2 Armenian (BHO 474)

Catergian, Joseph. Ecclesiae Ephesinae de obitu Joannis apostoli narratio ex versione armeniaca saeculi V. Vienna: W. Heinrich, 1877 (edition based on previously published editions and three biblical manuscripts, pp. 32–51).

3.2.3 Coptic (CPC 572; BHO 476; PAThs entry)

3.2.3.1 Bohairic

CLM 2879, pp. 353–358, 371–372, 377–378 (13th cent.)

Evelyn White, Hugh G. The Monasteries of the Wadi ‘n Natrûn. Part 1: New Coptic Texts from the Monastery of Saint Macarius. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Egyptian Expedition. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1926 (text and English translation of CLM 2879, pp. 35–38).

3.2.3.2 Sahidic

London, British Library, Or. 6782, fols. 2^r–9^r (900) (=MERC.AD; PAThs)

Budge, E. A. Wallis. Coptic Apocrypha in the Dialect of Upper Egypt. London, 1913 (introduction, pp. xxix-xxx; Sahidic text, pp. 51–58, translation, pp. 233–40, pls. xlix, l).

MONB.BY, p. [20], 25–32 (ca. 10th cent.)

MONB.DM, pages uncertain (10th–12th cent.)

MONB.DO, pp. 199–202 (10th cent.)

MONB.GQ, pp. 36, 45–46, 49–50 (ca. 10th cent.)

MONB.MQ, pp. 39–40, 43–46 (ca. 10th cent.)

New York, Morgan Library and Museum, M576 (=MICH.AQ), fols. 65^r–67^r (9th/10th cent.)

New York, Morgan Library and Museum, 706A (PAThs)

Paris, Bibliothèque de nationale, Copte 129¹⁷, fol. 84 (PAThs; Gallica)

Junod, Eric, and Jean-Daniel Kaestli, eds. Acta Iohannis. CCSA 1–2. Turnhout: Brepols, 1983 (description of manuscripts, pp. 376–82; edition, pp. 382–97).

3.2.4 Ethiopic (BHO 478)

London, British Library, Or. 678, fols. 95^v–99^v (15th cent.)

London, British Library, Or. 683, fols. 201^r–205^r (17th cent.)

London, British Library, Or. 685, fols. 103^r–108^r (18th cent.)

Manchester, John Rylands University Library, Eth. 6, fols. 83^v–88^r, and repeated fols. 124^r–133^v(19th cent.)

Bausi, Alessandro. “Alcune osservazioni sul Gadla ḥawāryāt.” Annali dell’Istituto Orientale di Napoli 60–61 (2001–2002): 77–114 (list of 31 Arabic manuscripts of the Ethiopic acts collection, pp. 93–97).

Budge, E. A. Wallis. Gadla Ḥawâryât: The Contendings of the Apostles, Being the Lives and Martyrdoms and Deaths of the Twelve Apostles and Evangelists. 2 vols. London: Frowde, 1899–1901 (Ethiopic text based on British Library, Or. 678 and 683, vol. 1, pp. 214–22).

Pisani, Vitagrazia. “The apocryphal Acts of the Apostles: unknown witnesses from East Tәgray.” Pages 75–93 in Essays in Ethiopian Manuscript Studies. Proceedings of the International Conference Manuscripts and Texts, Languages and Contexts: the Transmission of Knowledge in the Horn of Africa. Hamburg, 17–19 July 2014. Edited by Alessandro Bausi, Alessandro Gori, and Denis Nosnitsin. Supplements to Aethiopica 4. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2015 (descriptions of ten Ethiopic manuscripts cataloged for the Ethio-SPaRe project).

3.2.5 Georgian (two versions of the Metastasis detached from Acts John Proch.; additional manuscripts listed in van Esbroeck p. 9 n. 6; for a third version see Acts of John in Rome)

Tblisi, National Center of Manuscripts, A-19, fols. 132^v–134^v (Tbeti mravaltavi) (10th cent.) ~ entitled Sermo Chrysostomi de Iohanne evangelista

Tblisi, National Center of Manuscripts, H-535, fols. 33^r–39^v (11th cent.)

Junod, Eric, and Jean-Daniel Kaestli, eds. Acta Iohannis. CCSA 1–2. Turnhout: Brepols, 1983 (discussion, pp. 41–42).

Kekeliże, Korneli. Monumenta hagiographica georgica: Keimena. 2 vols. Tbilisi: Sak’art’. Rk. Gz. sammart’velos tipo-lit., 1918–1946 (Metastasis from Tblisi H-535 in vol. 1, pp. 198–201).

Esbroeck, Michel van. “Les formes géorgiennes des Acta Iohannis.” AnBoll 93 (1975): 11–19 (Latin translation of Kekeliże with edition of Tblisi A-19).

3.2.6 Greek (BHG 900–913d, 915p)

3.2.6.1 Group δ

B Athos, Monē Batopediou, 431 (olim 379), fols. 102^r–105^v (11th cent.) ~ Pinakes

D Meteora, Monē Barlaam, 137, fols. 147^r–150^v (16th cent.) ~ Pinakes

G Dublin, Trinity College, 185 (olim E. 3.35), fols. 39^v–44^v (11th cent.) ~ Acts of John by Prochorus with chs. 106–115 at fols. 42^v–44^v

K Mutilene, Monē tou Leimōnos, 82, fols. 1^r–128^v (1575) ~ Acts of John by Prochorus with chs. 106–115 (fols. 122^v–128^v)

U Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 866, fols. 32^r–33^v (11th cent.)

X Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 1853, fols. 113, 112, 123, 118, 117, 124, 114, 111 (10th cent.) ~ palimpsest, overwriting 1173

R Patmos, Monē tou Hagiou Iōannou tou Theologou, 188, fols. 176^r–241^v (14th cent.) ~ Acts of John by Prochorus with chs. 106–115 at fols. 232^v–235^v

Z Mezzojuzo, Biblioteca dell’Istituto “A. Reres,” 2, fols. 20^r–66^v (14th cent.) ~ Acts of John by Prochorus with chs. 106–115 at fols. 64^r–66^v

3.2.6.2 Group γ

A Milan, Bibliotheca Ambrosiana, gr. A 63 inf. (798), fols. 202^r–220^v (11th cent.) ~ Acts of John in Rome with chs. 106–115 at fols. 215^r–220^v

H Istanbul, Patriarchikē Bibliothēkē, Hagia Trias 102 (11th cent.) ~ a disordered palimpsest with 14th cent. overwriting; Acts of John by Prochorus with chs. 106–115 at fols. 51^v, 50, 153, 159, 165, 160

O Ohrid, Naroden Muzej, 4, pp. 47–57 (10th cent.) ~ Acts of John in Rome with chs. 106–115 at pp. 53–57)

P Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 520, pp. 50–59 (10th/11th cent.) ~ Acts of John in Rome with chs. 106–116 at pp. 55–59

T Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 544, fols. 34^v, 25, 8, 35, 80, 17, 112 (10th cent.) ~ palimpsest with overwriting dated 1143; Acts of John in Rome with chs. 106–116 at fols. 80, 17, 112

W Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, hist. gr. 126, fols. 18^r–21^r(14th cent.) ~ Acts of John in Rome with chs. 106–115 at fols. 21^r–23^v

3.2.6.3 Group β

V Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 654, fols. 146^r–148^r (12th cent.) ~ Pinakes

E Mount Sinai, Monē tēs Hagias Aikaterinēs, gr. 432, fols. 219^v–284^v (1334) ~ Acts of John by Prochorus and Acts of John in Rome with chs. 106–115 at fols. 282^r–284^v

N Athens, Ethnikē Bibliothēkē tēs Hellados, 1012, fols. 1^r–81^v (16th cent.) ~ Acts of John by Prochorus with chs. 106–115 at fols. 74^v–79^v; Pinakes

J Jerusalem, Patriarchikē bibliothēkē, Panagios Taphos 442, fols. 1^r–83^v (1593–1617) ~ Acts of John by Prochorus and Acts of John in Rome with chs. 106–115 at fols. 78^v–82^r; LOC; Pinakes

Y Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Barb. gr. 516, 73^v–124^r (14th/15th cent.) ~ Acts of John by Prochorus and Acts of John in Rome with chs. 106–115 at fols. 121^r–123^r; Pinakes

F Jerusalem, Patriarchikē bibliothēkē, Nea Sullogē, 116, fols. 1^r–138^r (16th cent.) ~ Acts of John by Prochorus with chs. 106–115 at fols. ?; Pinakes

3.2.7 Latin (see also Acts of John [Latin] and Passion of John by Pseudo-Melito)

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 12604, fols. 38^r–49^v(12th cent.)

3.2.8 Syriac (BHO 475)

Mount Sinai, Monē tēs Hagias Aikaterinēs, syr. 26 + Edgbaston, University of Birmingham, Mingana Syr. 643 + Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, A 296 inf., fol. 20 (Chabot 50), Sinai fol. 156^v + Milan fols. 18^r–20^v (9th cent.)

London, British Museum, Add. 12174, fols. 279–280 (1197)

Wright Apoc Acts 1:66-72 (text), 2:61-68 (trans.)

3.3 Complete Editions

Bonnet, Maximilien. “Acta Ioannis.” Pages xxvi–xxxii, 151–216 vol. 2.1 of Acta Apostolorum Apocrypha. Edited by Maximilien Bonnet and Richard A. Lipsius. 2 vols. in 3. Leipzig: H. Mendelssohn, 1891–1903. Repr. Hildesheim: Olms, 1972.

Corsaro, Francesco. Le Praxeis di Giovanni. Catania: Universita di Catania Press, 1968.

Junod, Eric, and Jean-Daniel Kaestli. Acta Iohannis. CCSA 1–2. Turnhout: Brepols, 1983.

Piñero, Antonio, and Gonzalo del Cerro. Hechos apócrifos de los Apóstoles. 3 vols. Madrid: Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos, 2004–2011 (edition with facing Spanish translation, vol. 1, pp. 299–461).

Zahn, Theodor. Acta Joannis, unter Benutzung von C. v. Tischendorf’s Nachlass. Erlangen: A. Deichert, 1880 (introduction, pp. lx–cxii; text, pp. 195–252).

3.2 Modern Translations

3.2.1 English

Budge, E. A. Wallis. The Contendings of the Apostles. 2 vols. London: Frowde, 1899–1901 (translation of the Ethiopic version of the Dormition, vol. 2, pp. 253–63).

Elliott, J. K. The Apocryphal New Testament: A Collection of Apocryphal Christian Literature in English Translation. Oxford: Clarendon, 1993 (pp. 303–49).

Evelyn White, Hugh G. The Monasteries of the Wadi ‘n Natrûn. Part 1: New Coptic Texts from the Monastery of Saint Macarius. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Egyptian Expedition. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1926 (Bohairic text and English translation, pp. 35–38).

James, Montague Rhodes. The Apocryphal New Testament: Being the Apocryphal Gospels, Acts, Epistles, and Apocalypses. Oxford: Clarendon, 1924; corrected edition, 1953 (pp. 228–70).

Lewis, Agnes Smith. The Mythological Acts of the Apostles, Translated from an Arabic Ms. in the Convent of Deyr-es-Suriani, Egypt, and from Mss. in the Convent of St Catherine on Mount Sinai and in the Vatican Library. Horae Semiticae 4. London: C.J. Clay and Sons, 1904 (English translation of the Dormition from the Deir al-Surian MS, pp. 54–59; variant version from Sinai ar. 539, pp. 168–71).

Malan, Solomon C. The Conflicts of the Holy Apostles: An Apocryphal Book of the Early Eastern Churches. London: Nutt, 1871 (English translation of the Dormition based on Rylands Eth. 6, pp. 137–45).

McCollum, Joey, and Brent Niedergall. Acts of John. Brepols Library of Christian Sources 7. Turnhout: Brepols, 2022 (edition by Junod and Kaestli with facing English translation).

Pervo, Richard. The Acts of John. ECA 6. Salem, OR: Polebridge, 2016.

Pick, Bernhard. The Apocryphal Acts of Paul, Peter, John, Andrew and Thomas. Chicago: Open Court Publishing Co., 1909 (translation of Greek edition by Bonnet, pp. 123–99).

Schäferdiek, Knut. “The Acts of John.” Pages 152–212 in vol. 2 of New Testament Apocrypha. Edited by Wilhelm Schneemelcher. Translated by Robert McLachlan Wilson. Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1992.

3.2.2 French

Junod, Eric, and Jean-Daniel Kaestli. “Actes de Jean.” Pages 975–1037 in vol. 1 of Écrits apocryphes chrétiens. François Bovon and Pierre Geoltrain. Bibliothèque de la Pléiade 442. Paris: Gallimard, 1997.

3.2.3 German

Schäferdiek, Knut. “Johannesakten.” Pages 138–76 in Neutestamentliche Apokryphen in deutscher Übersetzung. Vol 2: Apostolisches, Apokalypsen und Verwandtes. E. Hennecke. Edited by Wilhelm Schneemelcher. 5th German edition. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1989 (ET: Pages 152–71 in New Testament Apocrypha. vol. 2: Writings Related to the Apostles, Apocalypses and Related Subjects. Edited by Wilhelm Schneemelcher. Translated by Robert McL. Wilson. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1991).

3.2.4 Italian

Guidi, Ignazio. “Gli Atti apocrifi degli Apostoli nei testi copti, arabi ed etiopici.” Giornale della Società asiatica italiana 2 (1888): 1–66 (translation of Coptic text of the Metastasis from the Vatican fragments of MONB.BY, pp. 38–41).

Moraldi, Luigi. Apocrifi del Nuovo Testamento. 2 vols. Classici delle religioni, Sezione quarta, La religione cattolica 24. Turin: Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese, 1971 (vol. 2, pp. 1131–1212).

3.2.5 Spanish

3.3 General Works

3.3.1 Apocryphal Acts

Achtemeier, Paul. “Jesus and the Disciples as Miracle Workers in the Apocryphal New Testament.” Pages 149–86 in Aspects of Religious Propaganda in Judaism and Early Christianity. Edited by Elisabeth Shüssler Fiorenza. South Bend: Notre Dame, 1976.

Alfaric, Prosper. “Les Écritures Manichéennes: Chapitre Deuxième: Les Écritures Chrétiennes.” RHR 78 (1918): 63–97.

Allberry, C. R. C. A Manichean Psalm-Book. Pt. 2. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 1938.

Altaner, B. “Augustinus Und Die Neutestamentlichen Apokryphen, Sibyllinen Und Sextussprüche.” AnBoll 67 (1949): 236–48.

Bardsley, H. J. “The Derivation of the Acta from Early Acts of Peter.” JTS 16.64 (1915): 495–509.

Berglund, Carl Johan. “Liturgies as Plot Devices in Apocryphal Acts.” Pages 202–224 in Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity. Essays in Honour of Anders Ekenberg’s 75th Birthday. Edited by Carl Johan Berglund, Barbara Crostini, and James Kelhoffer. VCSupp. Leiden: Brill, 2022.

Biggs, Frederick M. Sources of Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture. Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, 2007.

Blumenthal, M. Formen Und Motive in Den Apokryphen Apostelakten. Vol. 1. TUGAL 48. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs, 1933.

Bianchi, Ugo, ed. La Tradizione dell’Enkrateia: motiviazioni ontologiche e protologiche. Rome: Ateneo, 1985.

Bolgiana, F. “La tradizione eresiologica sull’encratismo, II: la confutazione di Clemente di Alessandria.” Atti della Accademia delle scienze di Torino. II. classe di scienze morali. storiche e filologiiche 96 (1961/1962): 537–664.

———. “La tradizione eresiologica sull’encratismo, I: le notizie di Ireneo.” Atti della Accademia delle scienze di Torino. II. classe di scienze morali. storiche e filologiiche 91 (1950/1957): 343–419.

Bolyki, János. “Events after the Martyrdom: Missionary Transformation of an Apocalyptical Metaphor in Martyrium Pauli.” Pages 92–106 in The Apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla. Edited by Jan N. Bremmer. Studies on the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles 2. Kampen: Kok Pharos, 1996.

Bovon, François. “Réception apocryphe de L’Évangile de Luc et lecture orthodoxe des Actes Apocryphes des Apôtres.” Apocrypha 8 (1997): 137–46.

———. “The Synoptic Gospels and the Noncanonical Acts of the Apostles.” HTR 81.1 (1988): 19–36.

———. “La Vie Des Apôtres: Traditions Bibliques et Narrations Apocryphes.” Pages 141–58 in Les Actes Apocryphes Des Apôtres Des Apôtres. Edited by François Bovon. Genève: Editions Labor et Fides, 1981.

———. Les Actes Apocryphes des Apôtres: christianisme et monde païen. Publications de la Faculté de théologie de l’Université de Genève no 4. Genève: Editions Labor et Fides, 1981.

Bremmer, Jan N. “The Five Major Apocryphal Acts: Authors, Place, Time and Readership.” Pages 149–70 in The Apocryphal Acts of Thomas. Edited by Jan N. Bremmer. Studies on Early Christian Apocrypha 6. Leuven: Peeters, 2001.

Burkitt, Francis Crawford. Early Eastern Christianity. London: J. Murray, 1904.

———. “The Christian Church in the East.” Edited by J.B. Bury. The Cambridge Ancient History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1939.

Burrus, Virginia. Chastity as Autonomy: Women in the Stories of the Apocryphal Acts. Vol. 23. Lewiston and Queenston: Edwin Mellen Press, 1987.

Cartlidge, David R. “Transfigurations of Metamorphosis Traditions in the Acts of John, Thomas, and Peter.” Semeia 38 (1986): 53–66.

Cartlidge, David R., and J. K. Elliott. Art and Christian Apocrypha. London: Routledge, 2001.

Centore, Giuseppe. “Lo Gnosticismo E Il Canto Dell Perla.” Studi Storici E Religiosi 5.2 (1996): 153–76.

Chadwick, Henry. “Enkrateia.” RAC 5 (1960): 343–65.

Colpe, C. Die Religionsceschichtliche Schule: Darstellung Und Kritik Ihres Bildes Vom Gnostischen Erlösermythos. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1961.

Czachesz, István. Commission Narratives: A Comparative Study of the Canonical and Apocryphal Acts. Leuven: Peeters, 2007.

Davies, Stevan L. “The Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles: An Introduction.” CBQ 71.3 (2009): 649–50.

———. The Revolt of the Widows: The Social World of the Apocryphal Acts. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1980.

———. “The Social World of the Apocryphal Acts.” Ph.D. diss., Temple University, 1978.

Desreumaux, Alain. “Les apocryphes et les milieux monastiques syriaques.” Pages 129–34 in Le monachisme syriaque: aux premiers siècles de l’Eglise, IIe-début VIIe siècle. Antélias, Liban: Editions du CERP, 1998.

Duchesne, L. “Les aciens recueils des légendes apostoliques.” Pages 67–79 in Compte Rendu Du Troisième Congrès Scientifique International Des Catholiques Tenu À Bruxelles Du 3 Au 8 Septembre 1894 … Vol. 5. Bruxelles: Société belge de librairie, 1895.

Elliott, Alison Goddard. Roads to Paradise: Reading the Lives of the Early Saints. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1987.

Elliott, James Keith. “The Apocryphal Acts.” ExpT 105 (1993): 71–77.

———. “The Influence of the Apocrypha on Manuscripts of the New Testament.” Apocrypha 8 (1997): 265–72.

———. “The Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles in Intertextual Perspectives.” ExpT 111.7 (2000): 236–37.

Findlay, Adam Fyfe. Byways in Early Christian Literature; Studies in the Uncanonical Gospels and Acts … Kerr Lectures 1920–1921. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1923.

Gallagher, Eugene V. “Conversion and Salvation in the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles.” SecCent 8 (1991): 13–29.

Gasparro, Giulia Sfamemi. “Le motivazioni protologiche dell’Enkrateia nel cristianesimo dei primi secoli e nello Gnosticismo.” Pages 149–261 in La tradizione dell’Enkrateia. Edited by Ugo Bianchi. Rome: Ateneo, 1985.

Hamman, A. “Sitz Im Leben Des Actes Apocryphes Du Nouveau Testament.” Pages 62–69 in Studia Patristica VIII. TUGAL 93. Berlin, 1966.

Herceg, Pál. “The Sermons of the Book of Acts and the Apocryphal Acts.” Pages 153–70 in The Apocryphal Acts of John. Edited by Jan. N. Bremmer. SAAA 1. Kampen: Kok Pharos, 1995.

Hertling, Ludwig. “Literarisches zu den apokryphen Apostelakten.” ZKT 49.2 (1925): 219–43.

Hopkins, Keith. A World Full of Gods: The Strange Triumph of Christianity. New York: Free Press, 2000.

Hunt, Hannah. Clothed in the Body: Asceticism, the Body and the Spiritual in the Late Antique Era. Farnham, Surrey, England and Burlington, VT: Routledge, 2012.

Jakob, A. “Actes de Jean: État de la recherche (1982–1999).” Rivista di Storia e Letteratura Religiosa 36 (2000): 299–334.

Jones, F Stanley. “Principal Orientations on the Relations between the Apocryphal Acts (Acts of Paul and Acts of John; Acts of Peter and Acts of John).” SBLSP 32 (1993): 485–505.

Jordan, Hermann. Geschichte Der Altchristlichen Literatur. Leipzig: Quelle & Meyer, 1911.

Junod, Éric. “Origène, Eusèbe et la tradition sur la répartition des champs de mission des apôtres (Eusèbe, HE III 1,1-3).” Les Actes apocryphes des apôtres: christianisme et monde païen. Edited by François Bovon. Genève: Labor et Fides, 1981.

———. “Créations romanesque et traditions ecclésiastiques dans les Actes apocryphes des apôtres.” Aug 23 (1983): 271–85.

Junod, Éric, and Jean-Daniel Kaestli. L’histoire des actes apocryphes des apôtres du Ille au IX siècle. CRThph 7. Lausanne: Faculté de théologie, 1982.

Kaestli, Jean-Daniel. “Fiction littéraire et réalité sociale: Que peut-on savoir de la place des femmes dans le milieu de production des Actes apocryphes des apôtre?” Apocrypha 1 (1990): 279–302.

———. “Les scènes d’attribution des champs de mission et de départ de l’apôtre dans les Actes apocryphes.” Pages 249–64 in Les Actes apocryphes des apôtres: christianisme et monde païen. Edited by François Bovon. Genève: Labor et Fides, 1981.

———. “Les principales orientations de la recherche sur les actes apocryphes.” Pages 49–67 in Les Actes Apocryphes des Apôtres: christianisme et monde païen. Edited by François Bovon. Publications de la Faculté de théologie de l’Université de Genève no 4. Genève: Editions Labor et Fides, 1981.

Kampen, Lieuwe van. Apostelverhalen: Doel En Compositie van de Oudste Apokriefe Handelingen Der Aposteln. Sliedrecht: Merweboek, 1990.

Klauck, Hans-Josef. “Himmlisches Haus Und Irdische Bleibe: Eschatologische Metaphorik in Antike Und Christentum.” NTS 50.1 (2004): 5–35.

———. The Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles: An Introduction. Translated by Brian McNeil. Waco: Baylor University Press, 2008. English trans. of Apokryphe Apostelakten. Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk, 2005.

Klijn, A. F. J. “The Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles.” VC 37 (1983): 193–99.

Kraemer, Ross S. “The Conversion of Women to Ascetic Forms of Christianity.” Signs 6.2 (1980): 298–307.

Kroll, Josef. Gott und hölle, der mythos vom descensuskampfe. Studien der Bibliothek Warburg … XX. Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1932.

Larsson, Kristian. “Intertextual Density, Quantifying Imitation.” JBL 133.2 (2014): 309–31.

Lemm, Oscar von. “Koptische Apokryphe Apostelacten.” Bulletin de l’Academie Imperiale Des Sciences de St. Petersbourg 1 [33].4 (1890): 509–81.

Levine, Amy-Jill and Maria Mayo Robbins. A Feminist Companion to the New Testament Apocrypha. Feminist Companion to the New Testament and Early Christian Writings 11. Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 2006.

Loewenich, Walther von. “Die Petrus-, Andreas-, Paulus-, und Thomas-Akten.” Pages 109–12 in Das Johannes-Verständnis im zweiten Jahrhundert. BZNW 13. Gießen: Töpelmann, 1932.

MacDonald, Dennis Ronald. “Which Came First? Intertextual Relationships Among the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles.” Semeia 80 (1997): 11–41.

———. “The Role of Women in the Production of the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles.” Iliff Review 40 (1984): 21–38.

Macke, Karl. “Syrische Lieder Gnostischen Ursprungs.” Tübinger Theologische Quartalschrift 56 (1874): 1–70.

Marx, Friedrich. Filastrius, Diversarum Hereseon Liber. CSEL 38. Prague – Vienna – Leipzig: Academiae Litterarum Caesareae, 1889.

McNamara, Martin. The Apocrypha in the Irish Church. Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1975.

Morard, Françoise. “Souffrance et martyre dans les actes apocryphes des apotres.” Pages 95–108 in Les Actes Apocryphes Des Apôtres Des Apôtres. Edited by François Bovon. Genève: Editions Labor et Fides, 1981.

Moss, Candida. Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions. The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library. Yale: Anchor Yale Bible, 2012.

Niederwimmer, Kurt. Askese und Mysterium: Über Ehe. Ehescheidung und Eheverzicht in den Anfängen des christlichen Glaubens. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1975.

Peeters, Paul. “Traductions et Traducteurs Dans L’hagiographie Orientale À L’époque Byzantine.” AnBoll 40 (1922): 241–98.

Perkins, Judith. “This World or Another? The Intertextuality of the Greek Romances, the Apocryphal Acts and Apuleius’ Metamorphoses.” Semeia 80 (1997): 247–60.

———. “The Apocryphal Acts and Early Christian Martyrdom.” Arethusa 18 (1985): 211–30.

Perry, Ben Edwin. The Ancient Romances: A Literary-Historical Account of Their Origins. University of California Press, 1967.

Pervo, Richard I. “Narratives about the Apostles; Non-canonical Acts and Related Literature.” Pages 65–89 in Oxford Handbook to the Christian Apocrypha. Edited by Andrew Gregory and Christopher Tuckett. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.

———. “The Role of the Apostles.” Pages 306–18 in Oxford Handbook to the Christian Apocrypha. Edited by Andrew Gregory and Christopher Tuckett. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.

———. “Rhetoric in the Christian Apocrypha.” Pages 793–805 in A Handbook of Classical Rhetoric in the Hellenistic Period 330B.C.–A.D. 400. Edited by Stanley Porter. Leiden: Brill, 1998.

———. “Egging on the Chickens: A Cowardly Response to Dennis MacDonald and Then Some.” Semeia 80 (1997): 43–56.

———. “Early Christian Fiction.” Greek Fiction. The Greek Novel in Context. Edited by J. R. Morgan and R. Stoneman. London, New York: Routledge, 1994.

———. Profit with Delight: The Literary Genre of the Acts of the Apostles. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1987.

Photius. The Library of Photius. Translated by John Henry Freese. Translations of Christian literature I: Greek Texts. London: SPCK and New York: Macmillan, 1920.

Piontek, Ferdinand. Die Katholische Kirche Und Die Häretischen Apostelgeschichten Bis Zum Ausgange Des 6. Jahrhunderts: Ein Beitrag Zur Literaturgeschichte. Breslau: R. Nischkowsky, 1907.

Platner, J. W. “The Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles.” Edited by Carl Schmidt. AmJT 8.3 (1904): 592–96.

Plümacher, Eckhard. “Apokryphe Apostelakten.” Col. 11–70 in Real-Encyclopädie Der Klassischen Altertumswissenschaft. Supplementbände 15, 1978.

Powell, Kathryn, and D. G. Scragg. Apocryphal Texts and Traditions in Anglo-Saxon England. Vol. 2. Publications of the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies. Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 2003.

Radermacher, Ludwig. Hippolytus und Thekla: Studien zur Geschichte von Legende und Kultus. Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, philosophischhistorische Klasse, 182/3; Vienna: Holder, 1916.

Reardon, Bryan P. The Form of the Greek Romance. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1991.

———. Courants littéraires grecs: des IIe et IIIe siècles après J.-C. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1971.

Reitzenstein, Richard. Hellenistische Wundererzählungen. Leipzig: Teubner, 1906.

———. Himmelswanderung und drachenkampf in der alchemistischen und frühchristlichen literatur. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1916.

———. Historia Monachorum Und Historia Lausiaca. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1916.

———. Die Göttin Psyche. Heidelberg: Sitzungberichte der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1917.

———. Das Iranische Erlösungsmysterium; Religionsgeschichtliche Untersuchungen. Bonn a. Rh.: A. Marcus & E. Weber, 1921.

———. “Iranischer Erlösungsglaube.” ZNW 20 (1921): 1–23.

———. “Gedanken Zur Entwicklung Des Erlöserglaubens.” Historische Zeitschrift 126 (1922): 1–57.

Rostalski, Friedrich. Sprachliches zu den apokryphen Apostelgeschichten. 2 vols. Rölle, 1909–1911.

Sandnes, Karl Olav. “Seal and Baptism in Early Christianity.” Ablution, Initiation, and Baptism: Late Antiquity, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity = Waschungen, Initiation Und Taufe: Spätantike, Frühes Judentum Und Frühes Christentum. Edited by David Hellholm. BZNW 176. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2011.

Schenke, Hans-Martin. Der Gott “Mensch” in der Gnosis: ein religionsgeschichtlicher Beitrag zur Diskussion über die paulinische Anschauung von der Kirche als Leib Christi. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1962.

Schermann, Theodor. Propheten- Und Apostellegenden, Nebst Jüngerkatalogen Des Dorotheus Und Verwandter Texte. Bearbeitet Von D.T. Schermann. Leipzig: Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung, 1907.

Schmidt, Karl Ludwig. Kanonische und apokryphe Evangelien und Apostelgeschichten. Basel: Majer, 1944.

Schneemelcher, Wilhelm. Gesammelte Aufsätze zum Neuen Testament und zur Patristik. Thessaloniki: Patriarchal Institute for Patristic Studies, 1974.

Siegert, Folker. “Analyses Rhétoriques et Stylistiques Portant Sur Les Actes de Jean et Les Actes de Thomas.” Apocrypha 8 (1997): 231–50.

Skeat, Walter W., ed. Aelfric’s Lives of Saints: Being a Set of Sermons on Saints’ Days Formerly Observed by the English Church. Early English Text Society. Original series, 76, 82, 94, 114 76, 82, NaN, 114. London and New York: N. Trübner & Co., 1881.

Snyder, Julia A. “Acts of John, Acts of Peter, Acts of Thecla, 3 Corinthians, Martyrdom of Paul.” Pp. 363–385 in The Reception of Jesus in the First Three Centuries, Volume 2. Edited by Jens Schröter and Christine Jacobi. London: Bloomsbury T. & T. Clark, 2019.

———. “Relationships between the Acts of the Apostles and Other Apostle Narratives.” Pages 319–41 in Between Canonical and Apocryphal Texts: Processes of Reception, Rewriting and Interpretation in Early Judaism and Early Christianity. Edited by Jörg Frey, Claire Clivaz, and Tobias Nicklas. WUNT 419. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2015.

Söder, Rosa. Die Apokryphen Apostelgeschichten und die Romanhafte Literatur der Antike. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 1932.

Solevåg, Anna Rebecca. “A Feminist Companion to the New Testament Apocrypha.” Theology and Sexuality 18.1 (2012): 106–8.

Spittler, Janet E. Animals in the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles. WUNT 2 247. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2008 (on Acts of Paul, see 156–98).

———. “Christianity at the Edges: Representations of the Ends of the Earth in the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles.” Pages 353–77 in The Rise and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries of the Common Era. Edited by Clare K. Rothschild and Jens Schröter. WUNT 301. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2013), 353–77.

Sturhahn, C. L. Die Christologie Der Ältesten Apokryphen Apostelakten. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1952.

Tissot, Yves. “Encratisme et Actes apocryphes.” Pages 109–19 in Les actes apocryphes. Les actes apocryphes des apôtres. Edited by François Bovon. Genève: Editions Labor et Fides, 1981.

Uytfanghe, M. Van. “Encratisme En Verborgen Erotiek in de Apocriefe ‘Apostelromans.’ Omtrent de Christelijke Problematisering van de Sexualiteit.” Handelingen van de Koninklijke Zuidnederlandse Maatschappij voor Taal-en Letterkunde en Geschiedenis 45 (1991): 175–94.

Weigandt, Peter. “Der Doketismus Im Urchristentum Und in Der Theologischen Entwicklung Des Zweiten Jahrhunderts.” 2 vols. PhD diss: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität-Heidelberg, 1961.

Weis-Liebersdorf, Johannes Evangelista. Christus- und apostelbilder. Einfluss der apokryphen auf die ältesten Kunsttypen. Freiburg: Herdersche Verlagshandlung, 1902.

Widengren, Geo. “Der Iranische Hintergrund Der Gnosis.” ZRGG 4.2 (1952): 97–114.

———. “Stand Und Aufgaben Der Iranischen Religionsgeschichte.” Numen 1.1 (1954): 16–83.

———. The Ascension of the Apostle and the Heavenly Book: King and Saviour III. Årsskrift. Universitet Uppsala 7. Uppsala: Lundequistska Bokhandeln, 1950.

Winkler, Gabriele. “Weitere Beobachtungen Zur Frühen Epiklese (Den Doxologien Und Dem Sanctus). Über Die Bedeutung Der Apokryphen Für Die Erforschung Der Entwicklung Der Riten.” OrChr 80 (1996): 177–200.

Zumstein, Jean. “L’apôtre comme martyr.” RTP 112 (1980): 371–90.

3.3.2 Acts of John

Adamik, Tamás. “The Influence of the Apocryphal Acts on Jerome’s Lives of Saints.” Pages 171–82 in The Apocryphal Acts of John. Edited by Jan. N. Bremmer. SAAA 1. Kampen: Kok Pharos, 1995.

Attridge, Harold W. “Acts of John.” Pages 216–33 in Early New Testament Apocrypha. Edited by J. Christopher Edwards. Ancient Literature for New Testament Studies 9. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2022.

Barker, James W. “The Acts of John within the Johannine Corpus.” Pages 340–80 in Studies on the Intersection of Text, Paratext, and Reception. Edited by Gregory R. Lanier and J. Nicholas Reid. TENTS 15. Leiden: Brill, 2021.

Berglund, Carl Johan. “Miracles, Determination, and Loyalty: The Concept of Conversion in the Acts of John.” Pages 211–232 in Choice, Change, and Conversion: Celebrating Arthur Darby Nock. Edited by Robert Matthew Calhoun, James A. Kelhoffer, and Clare K. Rothschild. WUNT. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2021.

Bolyki, János. “Miracle Stories in the Acts of John.” Pages 15–35 in The Apocryphal Acts of John. Edited by Jan. N. Bremmer. SAAA 1. Kampen: Kok Pharos, 1995.

Bowe, Barbara E. “Dancing into the Divine: The Hymn of the Dance in the Acts of John.” JECS 7 (1999): 83–104.

Breckenridge, James D. “Apocrypha of Early Christian Portraiture.” ByzZ 67 (1974): 101–109.

Bremmer, Jan N., ed. The Apocryphal Acts of John. SAAA 1. Kampen: Kok Pharos, 1995.

———. “Women in the Apocryphal Acts of John.” Pages 37–56 in The Apocryphal Acts of John. Edited by Jan. N. Bremmer. SAAA 1. Kampen: Kok Pharos, 1995.

———. “The Acts of John, the Acts of Andrew and the Greek Novel.” Ancient Narrative 17 (2020): 125–43.

Bremmer, Rolf H. “The Reception of the Acts of John in Anglo Saxon England.” Pages 183–96 in The Apocryphal Acts of John. Edited by Jan. N. Bremmer. SAAA 1. Kampen: Kok Pharos, 1995.

Brioso, Maria “Sobre el ‘Tanzhymnus’ de Acta Ioannis 94–96.” Emerita 40 (1972): 31–45.

Cartlidge, David R. “Evangelist Leaves Wife, Clings to Christ: An Illustration in the Admont ‘Anselm’ and its Relevance to a Reconstruction of the Acta Iohannis.” Pages 376–89 in Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers (SBLSP) 1994. Atlanta: Scholars, 1994.

Culpepper, R. Alan. John, the Son of Zebedee. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2000 (pp. 187–250).

Czachesz, István. Commission Narratives: A Comparative Study of the Canonical and Apocryphal Acts. Leuven: Peeters, 2007 (pp. 92–122).

———. “Early Christian Views on Jesus’ Resurrection: Toward a Cognitive Psychological Interpretation.” NedTT 61 (2007): 47–59.

———. “Eroticism and Epistemology in the Apocryphal Acts of John.” NedTT 60 (2006): 59–72.

———. “The Gospel of the Acts of John: Its Relation to the Fourth Gospel.” Pages 49–72 in The Legacy of John. Edited by Rasimus Tuomus. NovTSup 132. Leiden: Brill, 2009.

———. The Grotesque Body in Early Christian Discourse: Hell, Scatology, and Metamorphosis. London: Routledge, 2015.

Dewey, Arthur J. “The Hymn in The Acts of John: Dance as Hermeneutic.” Semeia 38 (1986): 67–80 (and a response by Jean-Daniel Kaestli, 81–88).

Engelmann, Helmut. “Ephesos und die Johannesakten.” ZPE 103 (1994): 297–302.

Garcia, Hugues. “La polymorphie du Christ. Remarques sur quelques definitions et sur des multiples enjeux.” Apocrypha 10 (1999): 16–55.

Schimmelpfeng, Georg. “Johannesakten.” Pages 492–543 in Handbuch zu Neutestamentlichen apokryphen in deutscher Übersetzung. Edited by Edgar Hennecke. Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr, 1904.

Hennecke, E. and Georg Schimmelpfeng. Handbuch zuden Neutestamentlichen Apokryphen. Ttiblngen: Mohr, 1904,492-543.

Junod, Eric and Jean-Daniel Kaestli. “Le dossier des ‘Actes de Jean’: état de la question et perspectives nouvelles.” ANRW 25,6 (1988): 4293–4362.

———. “Le role des textes bibliques dans la gènese et le développement des legends apocryphes: Le cas du sort final de l’apôtre Jean.” Aug 23 (1983): 319–36.

———. “Les traits caractéristiques de la théologie des ‘Actes de Jean.’” Revue de théologie et de philosophie 26 (1976): 125–45.

Kaestli, Jean-Daniel. “Le mystère de la croix de lumière et le johannisme. Actes de Jean ch. 94–102.” Foi et vie 86 (1987): 35–46.

Karasszon, István. “Old Testament Quotations in the Acts of Andrew and John.” Pages 57–71 in The Apocryphal Acts of John. Edited by Jan. N. Bremmer. SAAA 1. Kampen: Kok Pharos, 1995.

Klauck, Hans-Joseph. The Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles: An Introduction. Trans. Brian McNeil. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2008 (pp. 15–45).

———. “Christus in vielen Gestalten: Die Polymorphie des Erlosers in apokryphen Texten.” Pages 303–74 in Hans-Joseph Klauck, Die apokryphe Bibel. Tiibingen: Mohr Siebek, 2008.

Koester, Helmut. “Ephesos in Early Christian Literature.” Pages 119–40 in Ephesos: Metropolis of Asia: An Interdisciplinary Approach to its Archaeology, Religion, and Culture. Edited by Helmut Koester. HTS 41. Valley Forge: Trinity, 1995.

Konstan, David. “Acts of Love: A Narrative Pattern in the Apocryphal Acts.” JECS 6 (1998): 15–36.

Lallemann, Pieter J. “Polymorphy of Christ.” Pages 97–118 in The Apocryphal Acts of John. Edited by Jan. N. Bremmer. SAAA 1. Kampen: Kok Pharos, 1995.

———. The Acts of John: A Two Stage Initiation into Johannine Gnosticism. SAAA 4. Leuven: Peeters, 1982.

Limberis, Vasiliki. “The Council of Ephesos: The Demise of the See of Ephesos and the Rise of the Cult of the Theotokos.” Pages 321–40 in Ephesos: Metropolis of Asia: An Interdisciplinary Approach to its Archaeology, Religion, and Culture. Edited by Helmut Koester. HTS 41. Valley Forge: Trinity, 1995.

Lipsius, Richard A. Die Apokryphen Apostelgeschichten und Apostellegenden. Ein Beitrag zur altchristlichen Literaturgeschichte. 2 vols. Braunschweig: Schwetschke, 1883–1887 (see vol. 1, pp. 348–542).

Luttikhuizen, Gerard. “A Gnostic Reading of the Acts of John.” Pages 119–52 in The Apocryphal Acts of John. Edited by Jan. N. Bremmer. SAAA 1. Kampen: Kok Pharos, 1995.

MacDonald, Dennis R. “Jesus and Dionysian Polymorphism in the Acts of John.” Pages 97–104 in Early Jewish and Christian Narrative: The Role of Religion in Shaping Narrative Forms. Edited by Ilaria Ramelli and Judith Perkins. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2015.

———. “Who Was that Chaste Prostitute? A Socratic Answer to an Enigma in the Acts of John.” Pages 88–97 in A Feminist Companion to the New Testament Apocrypha. Edited by Amy-Jill Levine. London: T & T Clark, 2006.

Pervo, Richard I. “Johannine Trajectories in the Acts of John.” Apocrypha 3 (1992): 47–68.

Plümacher, Eckhard. Geschichte und Geschichten: Aufsäitze zur Apostelgeschtchte und zu den Johannesakten. WUNT 170. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2004.

———. “Der ἄφθονος θεὸς in Acta ]ohannis 55 und sein historischer Kontext.” Page 229–73 in Eckhard Plümacher, Geschtchte und Geschichten. WUNT 170. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2004.

———. “Apostolische Missionsreise und statthalterliche Assisetour. Eine Interpretation von Acta Johanis c. 37–45 und 55.” ZNW 85 (1994): 259–78.

———. “Paignion und Biberfabel: zum literarischen und popularphilosophischen Hintergrund von Acta Iohannis 60 f, 48–54.” Apocrypha 3 (1992): 69–109.

Proctor, Travis. “Environmental Change, the Acts of John, and Shifting Cultic Landscapes in Late Antique Ephesus.” Studies in Late Antiquity 5 (2021): 176–215.

———. “A Cartography of Kinship: Domestic Space, Tomb Cult, and the Re-Mapping of Ephesus in the Acts of John.” Journal of Early Christian Studies 29 (2021): 463–93.

———. “Hospitality, not Honors: Portraits and Patronage in the Acts of John.” Harvard Theological Review 115 (2022): 69–89.

Schäferdiek, Knut. “Johannes-Akten,” RAC 139–40 (1997): 564–95.

———. “Herkunft und Interesse der alten Johannesakten.” ZNW 74 (1983): 247–67.

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