(First) Revelation of James

Apocalypsis Iacobi (primis)

Standard abbreviation: 1 Apoc. Jas.

Other Titles: 1 Apocalypse of James

Clavis numbers: ECCA 330

Category:

Related Literature: Apocryphon of James, (Second) Revelation of James

In progress by Pamela Mullins Reaves, Colorado College ([email protected])

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1. SUMMARY

Named historical figures and characters: Achamoth, Addai (of Jerusalem), Adonaios, Arsinoe, James the Just, Jerusalem, Levi (son of Addai), Mariam, Martha, Salome, Sophia.

Geographical locations: Gaugelan (Golgotha?), Jerusalem.

2. RESOURCES

2.1 Web Sites

“1st Apocalypse of James.” Early Christian Writings (with links to online translations and online and print articles).

“First Apocalypse of James.” Wikipedia.

“The Nag Hammadi Library Codex Index.” The Gnostic Society Library (with links to online translations).

“La <première> apocalypse de Jacques (NH V, 3).” Bibliothèque copte de Nag Hammadi. Administrator: Eric Crégheur (features a French translation by Wolf-Peter Funk and Amand Veilleux).

2.2 Bibliographies

Scholer, David. Nag Hammadi Bibliography, 1948–1969. Nag Hammadi & Manichaean Studies 1. Leiden: Brill, 1971.

———. Nag Hammadi Bibliography, 1970–1994. Nag Hammadi & Manichaean Studies 32.Leiden: Brill, 1997.

———. Nag Hammadi Bibliography, 1995–2006. Nag Hammadi & Manichaean Studies 65. Leiden: Brill, 2009.

3. BIBLIOGRAPHY

3.1 Manuscripts and Editions

3.1.1 Coptic

Basel, Maecenas Foundation for Ancient Art, Codex Tchacos, pp. 11–30 (4th cent.)

Cairo, Coptic Museum, Inv. 10548 (Nag Hammadi Codex V), pp. 24–44 (4th cent.)

Böhlig, Alexander, and Pahor Labib. Koptisch-gnostische Apokalypsen aus Codex V von Nag Hammadi im Koptischen Museum zu Alt-Kairo. Wissenschaftliche Beiträge der Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle-Wittenberg, Sonderband. Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, 1963 (Coptic text and German translation, pp. 29–55).

Brankaer, Johanna, and Hans-Gebhard von Bethge. Codex Tchacos: Texte und Analysen. TU 161. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2007 (pp. 81–129).

Kasser, Rodolphe, and Gregor Wurst, et al. “James.” Pages 115–76 in The Gospel of Judas, Together with the Letter of Peter to Philip, James, and a Book of Allogenes from Codex Tchacos: Critical Edition. Introductions, translations, and notes by Rodolphe Kasser, Gregor Wurst, Marvin Meyer, and François Gaudard. Washington, DC: National Geographic, 2007 (facsimile, edition, and English trans., pp. 120–61; French trans., pp. 163–76).

Nagel, Peter, ed. and trans. Codex apocryphus gnosticus Novi Testamenti, Band 2: Briefe und Apokalypsen aus den Schriften
von Nag Hammadi und dem Codex Tchacos mit einer Neuausgabe der »Epistula Apostolorum«. Koptisch und deutsch. WUNT 503. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2023 (synoptic Coptic edition and German translation, pp. 69–119).

Parrott, Douglas, ed., and William R. Schoedel, trans. “The (First) Apocalypse of James.” Pages 65–103 in Nag Hammadi Codices V, 2-5 and VI, with Papyrus Berolinensis 8502, 1 and 4. Edited by Douglas Parrott. NHS 11. Coptic Gnostic Library. Leiden: Brill, 1979.

Veilleux, Armand. La première Apocalypse de Jacques: NH V,3. La seconde Apocalypse de Jacques: NH V,4. BCNH, “Textes” 17. Quebec: Presses de l’Université Laval, 1986 (Coptic text and French translation, pp. 21–63).

3.1.2 Greek

P. Oxy. LXXXVI 5533 (4th/5th cent.)

Landau, Brent, and Geoffrey Smith. Pages 3–12 in vol. 86 of The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Edited by Amin Benaissa and Michael Zellmann-Rohrer. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 2021.

3.2 Modern Translations

3.2.1 English

Funk, Wolf-Peter. “The First Apocalypse of James.” Pages 313–26 in New Testament Apocrypha, Vol. 1, Gospels and Related Writings. Edited by Wilhelm Schneemelcher. Translated by Robert McLachlan Wilson. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2005.

———. “The First Revelation of James.” Pages 321–30 in The Nag Hammadi Scriptures. Edited by Marvin W. Meyer. New York: HarperOne, 2007.

Kasser, Rodolphe, trans. “Bibliothèque gnostique VI: Les Deux Apocalypses de Jacques.” RTP 18 (1968): 163–86 (pp. 176–86).

Mattison, Mark. “The First Apocalypse of James: A Public Domain Synoptic Translation.” Published at Academia.edu. 2023. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/104889488/The_First_Apocalypse_of_James_A_Public_Domain_Synoptic_Translation.

Parrott, Douglas, ed., and William R. Schoedel, trans. Nag Hammadi Codices V, 2-5 and VI, with Papyrus Berolinensis 8502, 1 and 4. Edited by Douglas Parrott. NHS 11. Coptic Gnostic Library. Leiden: Brill, 1979 (edition and translation, pp. 65–103).

Schoedel, William R., trans. “The (First) Apocalypse of James.” Pages 260–68 in The Nag Hammadi Library in English. Edited by James M. Robinson. 3rd rev. ed. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1990.

3.2.2 French

Veilleux, Armand. “Deux apocalypses de jacques (NH V, 3 et 4).” Pages 727–76 in Écrits gnostiques: La Bibliothèque de Nag Hammadi. Edited by Jean-Pierre Mahé and Paul-Hubert Poirier. Paris: NRF, 2007 (translation, pp. 727–60).

———. La première Apocalypse de Jacques: NH V,3. La seconde Apocalypse de Jacques: NH V,4. BCNH, “Textes” 17. Quebec: Presses de l’Université Laval, 1986 (Coptic text and French translation, pp. 21–63).

3.2.3 German

Böhlig, Alexander, and Labib, Pahor. Koptisch-gnostische Apokalypsen aus Codex V von Nag Hammadi im Koptischen Museum zu Alt-Kairo. Wissenschaftliche Beiträge der Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle-Wittenberg, Sonderband. Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, 1963 (Coptic text and German translation, pp. 29–55).

Funk, Wolf-Peter. “Die erste Apokalypse des Jakobus (NHC V,3/CT2).” Pages 1152–80 in vol. 1 of Antike christliche Apokryphen in deutscher Übersetzung I/2. Edited by Christoph Markschies and Jens Schröter. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2012 (synopsis of the two sources).

Schletterer, Imke, and Uwe-Karsten Plisc, trans. “Die (erste) Apokalypse des Jakobus (NHC V,3).” Pages 407–18 in Nag Hammadi Deutsch, vol. 2. Edited by Ursula Ulrike Kaiser and Hans-Gebhard Bethge. New York: de Gruyter, 2001.

3.2.4 Italian

Erbetta, Mario. Gli apocrifi del Nuovo Testamento. 3 vols. in 4. Turin: Marietti, 1966–1981 (Italian translation in vol. 3, pp. 333–40).

3.2.5 Spanish

Bazán, Francisco García. “Primer Apocalipsis de Santiago (NHC V 3).” Pages 83–95 in vol. 3 of Textos gnósticos, biblioteca de Nag Hammadi. Edited by Antonio Piñero. Colección Paradigmas. Madrid: Trotta, 1997–2000.

3.3 General Works

Böhlig, Alexander. Mysterion und Wahrheit: Gesammelte Beiträge zur spätantiken Religionsgeschichte. AGSU 6. Leiden: Brill, 1968 (pp. 102–18).

Edwards, Robert. “The Rhetoric of Authority. The Nature of Revelation in the First Apocalypse of James.” Pages 65–79 In La littérature des questions et réponses dans l’Antiquité profane et chrétienne: De l’enseignement à l’exégèse: Actes du Séminaire sur le genre des questions et réponses tenu à Ottawa les 27 et 28 septembre 2009. Edited by Marie-Pierre Bussières. Turnhout: Brepols, 2013.

Funk, Wolf-Peter. “Notizen zur weiteren Textkonstitution der zweiten Apokalypse des Jakobus.” Pages 107–14 in Nubia et Oriens Christianus: Festschrift für C. Detlef G. Müller zum 60. Geburtstag. Edited by Piotr O. Scholz and Reinhard Stempel. Bibliotheca Nubica 1. Cologne: Dinter, 1987.

———. “The Significance of the Tchacos Codex for Understanding the First Apocalypse of James.” Pages 509–33 in The Codex Judas Papers: Proceedings of the International Congress on the Tchacos Codex held at Rice University, Houston, Texas, March 13–16, 2008. Edited by April D. DeConick. Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies 71. Leiden: Boston 2009.

Gianotto, Claudio. “The Figure of James, Brother of the Lord, in the Treatise Codex Tchacos and the First Apocalypse of James by Nag Hammadi (V, 3). Several observations for First Comparison.” Rivista di Storia e Letteratura Religiosa 44 (2008): 531–41.

Jones, F. Stanley. “The Martyrdom of James in Hegesippus, Clement of Alexandria, and Christian Apocrypha, Including Nag Hammadi: A Study of the Textual Relations.” Pages 322–35 in Society of Biblical Literature 1990 Seminar Papers. Edited by D. J. Lull. SBLSP 29. Atlanta: Scholars, 1990.

Kasser, Rodolphe. “Textes gnostiques: Nouvelles remarques à propos des Apocalypses de Paul, Jacques et Adam.” Mus 78 (1965): 299–306.

———. “Textes gnostiques: Remarques à propos des éditions récented du Livre secret de Jean et des Apocalypses de Paul, Jacques et Adam.” Mus 78 (1965): 71–98.

Kim, David W. “The First Apocalypse of James in a Socio-Linguistic Perspective: Three Greek and Coptic Versions from Ancient Monastic Egypt.” Religions 15 (2024).

Marjanen, Antti. “The Seven Women Disciples in the Two Versions of the First Apocalypse of James.” Pages 535–46 in The Codex Judas Papers. Paper presented at the International Congress on the Tchacos Codex Held at Rice University, Houston, TX, USA, 13–16 March 2008. Edited by April D. DeConick. Leiden: Brill, 2010.

Moss, Candida. 2017. “‘New’ Text About James, Brother of Jesus Isn’t Exactly New.” Daily Beast. Posted 10 December 2017. Available online: https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-text-about-james-brother-of-jesus-isnt-exactly-new.

Parkhouse, Sarah. “Identity, Death, and Ascension in the First Apocalypse of James and the Gospel of John.” HTR 114 (2021): 51–71.

Pedersen, Nils Arne. “The Legendary Addai and the First Apocalypse of James.” Pages 209–17 in Ägypten und der Christliche Orient, Peter Nagel zum 80. Geburtstag. Edited by Ute Pietruschka, Heike Behlmer and Frank Fede. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2018.

Pratscher, Wilhelm. Der Herrenbruder Jakobus und die Jakobustradition. FRLANT 139. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1987 (pp. 157–72).

Reaves, Pamela Mullins. “Revelation Relocated: Reflections on Jerusalem in Testimony of Truth (NHC IX,3) and the First Apocalypse of James (NHC V,3; Cod. Tch. 2).” VC 73 (2019): 38–53.

Schoedel, William R. “A Gnostic Interpretation of the Fall of Jerusalem: The First Apocalypse of James.” NovT 33 (1991): 153–78.

———. “Scripture and the Seventy-two Heavens of the First Apocalypse of James.” NovT 12 (1970): 118–29.

Thomassen, Einar. “The Valentinian Materials in James [NHC V,3 and CT,2]. Pages 79–90 in Beyond the Gnostic Gospels: Studies Building on the Work of Elaine Pagels. Edited by Eduard Iricinschi et al. STAU 82. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2013.

Trammell, Franklin. “The God of Jerusalem as the Pole Dragon: The Conceptual Background of the Cosmic Axis in James.” Pages 337–49in The Codex Judas Papers: Proceedings of the International Congress on the Tchacos Codex held at Rice University, Houston, Texas, March 13–16, 2008. Edited by April D. DeConick. Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies 71. Leiden: Boston 2009.