Pseudo Cyril Of Jerusalem On The Life And The Passion Of Christ

Download or read book Pseudo-Cyril of Jerusalem On the Life and the Passion of Christ written by Roelof van den Broek and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pseudo-Cyril of Jerusalem's Coptic homily On the Life and the Passion of Christ is in fact a collection of apocryphal stories. Roelof van den Broek offers a critical edition of this text, with introduction, translation and notes. The text provides information about the worldly crafts of the apostles and Jesus' external appearance; it also contains a peculiar chronology of Holy Week (implying that Jesus was arrested on Tuesday evening) and a long story about Pilate’s role in the trial of Jesus. The latter contains, int. al., letters by Pilate and Herod, discussions between Pilate and Jesus during a dinner they had together, and a description of the dreams of Pilate and his wife Procla and their explanation by Jesus.