Apocalypsis Iacobi (secundus)
Standard abbreviation: 2 Apoc. Jas.
Other Titles: 2 Apocalypse of James
Clavis numbers: ECCA 467
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Related Literature: Apocryphon of James, (First) Revelation of James
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1. SUMMARY
Named historical figures and characters: James the Just, Mareim, Mary (Virgin), Mary (wife of ?), Theuda (father of James).
Geographical locations: Jerusalem, temple (of Jerusalem).
2. RESOURCES
2.1 Web Sites
“2nd Apocalypse of James.” Early Christian Writings (with links to online translations and online and print articles).
“Second Apocalypse of James.” Wikipedia.
“The Nag Hammadi Library Codex Index.” The Gnostic Society Library (with links to online translations).
“La <seconde> apocalypse de Jacques (NH V, 4).” 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
Cairo, Coptic Museum, Inv. 10548 (Nag Hammadi Codex V), pp. 44–63 (4th cent.)
Funk, Woplf-Peter, ed. and trans. Die zweite Apokalypse des Jakobus aus Nag-Hammadi-Codex V. TU 119. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1976 (edition with facing German translation, pp. 10–49; with commentary).
Parrott, Douglas, ed., and Charles W. Hedrick, trans. “The (Second) Apocalypse of James.” Pages 105–49 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 (edition and translation).
Veilleux, Armand, ed. and trans. 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. 117–57).
3.2 Modern Translations
3.2.1 English
Funk, Wolf-Peter. “The Second Revelation of James.” Pages 331–46 in The Nag Hammadi Scriptures. Edited by Marvin W. Meyer. New York: HarperOne, 2007.
———. “The Second Apocalypse of James.” Pages 327–41 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.
Hedrick, Charles W., trans. “The (Second) Apocalypse of James (V, 4).” Pages 269–76 in The Nag Hammadi Library in English. Edited by James M. Robinson. 3rd rev. ed. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1990.
3.2.2 French
Kasser, Rodolphe, trans. “Bibliothèque gnostique VI: Les Deux Apocalypses de Jacques.” RTP 18 (1968): 163–86 (pp. 164–76).
Veilleux, Armand, trans. “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. 760–76).
———. 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 test and French translation, pp. 117–57).
3.2.3 German
Funk, Woplf-Peter, ed. and trans. Die zweite Apokalypse des Jakobus aus Nag-Hammadi-Codex V. TU 119. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1976 (edition with facing German translation, pp. 10–49; with commentary).
———, trans. “Die zweite Apokalypse des Jakobus (NHC V,4).” Pages 1181–94 in vol. 1 of Antike christliche Apokryphen in deutscher Übersetzung I/2. Edited by Christoph Markschies and Jens Schröter. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2012.
Kaiser, Ursula Ulrike, and Uwe-Karsten Plisc, trans. “Die (zweite) Apokalypse des Jakobus (NHC V,5).” Pages 419–32 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. 341–51).
3.2.5 Spanish
Torrents, José Montserrat. “Segundo Apocalipsis de Santiago (NHC V 4).” Pages 97–111 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).
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 (pp. 56–85).
Brown, S. Kent. “Jewish and Gnostic Elements in the Second Apocalypse of James (CG V,4).” NovT 17 (1975): 225–37.
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.
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.
Pratscher, Wilhelm. Der Herrenbruder Jakobus und die Jakobustradition. FRLANT 139. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1987.
Schenke, Hans-Martin. “Exegetische Probleme der zweiten Jakobus-Apokalypse in Nag-Hammadi-Codex V.” Pages 109–14 in Probleme der koptischen Literature. Edited by Peter Nagel. Wissenschaftliche Beiträge der Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle-Wittenberg, Sonderband. Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, 1968.
