Preface

Introduction

Place and Date of Origin

Apoc. Pet. and the Other Texts from Nag Hammadi

1. Manuscript, Orthography and Language

1.1 Manuscript

1.2 Orthography

1.3 Language

2. The Text

2.1 Coptic Text and Translation

2.2 Grammatical Annotations

3. Commentary

3.1 Introductory Notes

3.2 Running Commentary

3.3 The Ideology of the Text

4. Genre

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Previous Research on the Genre of Apoc.Pet

4.3 Apoc. Pet. and the Genre ‘Apocalypse’

4.4 ‘Transcendent Reality’ in Apoc.Pet

4.5 Conclusion

5. The Apocalypse of Peter and the New Testament

5.1 The Vagueness of the References

5.2 Structural and Anthological References

5.3 Analysis of the Relations between Apoc.Pet. and New Testament Texts

5.4 Analysis of the Texts

5.5 Summary

5.6 New Testament texts, mentioned in this chapter, listed in biblical order

5.7 Conclusion

6. Christology

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Previous Research

6.3 The Passion Account

6.4 Identity and Mission of the Saviour

6.5 The Christology of Apoc.Pet. as a Type of Docetism

6.6 Summary

7. The Adversaries

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Previous Research

7.3 Unity and Conflict

7.4 The Structure of the Community

7.5 Conclusion

Register

Coptic Words and Forms

Conjugations

Greek Words

Names

Bibliography

Indices

Index of Subjects

Index of Modern Authors