Pseudo-Cyril of Jerusalem on the life and the passion of Christ

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"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"--P. [4] of cover.

subjects: Jesus christ, passion, sermons,  Jesus christ, biography, sermons,  Cyril, saint, bishop of jerusalem, approximately 315-386,  Sermons,  Passion,  Biography,  Coptic sermons,  Early Christian literature,  Coptic authors,  History and criticism