Read Forgery and Counterforgery: The Use of Literary Deceit in Early Christian Polemics Online
Authors: Bart D. Ehrman
2 Thessalonians compared to,
171
and 1 Timothy,
376
on women in the church,
374
–75,
376
,
384
2 Corinthians
absence of “borrowings” in,
160
and 3 Corinthians,
428
–29
on forgiveness of sins,
177
n.
43
3 Corinthians
and Acts of Paul,
426
–27
and apostolic authority,
17
component texts of,
427
,
427
n.
54
as counterforgery,
431
and Didascalia Apostolorum,
349
on the flesh,
152
,
425
–32,
430
n.
67
and Gospel of Mark,
430
intention to deceive in,
32
themes of,
427
–28
and
Vergegenwärtigung
tradition,
40
Corpus Paulinum,
183
Council of Laodicea,
461
counterfeit writings,
32
counterforgery, definition of,
4
,
27
,
151
critics and criticism
and authority of authors,
85
–92
commonplace nature of,
50
and criteria for authentication,
88
–92
detection of forgeries by,
137
,
143
and Ephesians,
188
and extent of forgery phenomenon,
74
–77
objections to forgery,
118
curses, literary,
66
–67
Cyprian,
25
,
50
,
75
,
120
,
128
,
140
,
506
Damasus,
64
Daniel, book of,
71
,
73
,
123
,
140
,
334
–35
David (sixth-century Christian Neoplatonist),
119
De baptismo (Tertullian),
59
,
84
,
133
,
379
,
383
De consensu evangelistarum (Augustine),
75
,
92
,
104
,
140
De cultu feminarum (Tertullian),
72
,
86
,
140
De duplici martyrio (Cyprian),
25
De ecclesiastica theologia (Eusebius),
475
,
477
De fato (Minucius Felix),
90
De gestus Pelagii (Augustine),
75
,
140
De glandibus (Hippocrates),
143
n.
152
De libris propriis (Galen),
82
,
121
,
167
,
306
De mendacio (Augustine),
535
–37
De principiis (Origen),
65
De recta in deum fide (Adamantius),
49
De sacerdotio (Chrysostom),
545
–46
De victu acutorum (Hippocrates),
116
De viris illustribus (Jerome),
520
deceivers who were deceived,
11
–14,
16
–17,
19
deception.
See
lies and deception
Decree of Artaxerses,
71
defamation of character as motivation of forgers,
102
–4
Demetrius of Magnesia,
47
Demetrius of Phaleron to Ptolemy II, Letter of,
71
Demosthenes,
138
Derdekeas,
405
Descent to Hades (Prodicus of Samos),
86
detection of forgeries, criteria for,
137
–45
anachronisms and historical problems,
139
–40
established patterns of usage,
143
–45
internal inconsistencies and implausibilities,
140
–41
theological
Sachkritik
, 141–42
writing style,
138
–39
Deutero-Pauline letters
authorship claims of,
173
and Epistle of James,
295
joint-composition theory of,
213
and motivations of forgers,
106
and Pauline school theory,
172
,
172
n.
37
,
173
–74
and 1 Peter,
248
,
250
,
252
,
254
,
255
and secretary hypothesis,
218
–22
See also
Colossians; Ephesians; 2 Thessalonians
Dialogue with Trypho (Justin),
324
–26,
338
,
344
Dictys of Crete,
123
Didache
anonymous authorship of,
50
and Apostolic Church Order,
396
,
396
n.
72
on church organization and leadership,
400
as component of Apostolic Constitutions,
14
polemical function of,
385
–86
scholarly perspectives on,
385
–86
Didascalia Apostolorum,
344
–50,
387
–90
anti-Jewish sentiments of,
152
,
344
–50
apostolic character of,
386
n.
34
,
386
–87
authorship of,
55
,
150
,
346
n.
60
,
346
–47
as component of Apostolic Constitutions,
14
,
55
,
391
as counterforgery,
390
dating of,
344
on Easter celebrations,
388
on Jewish Law,
347
–50
polemical function of,
386
redactional analysis of,
344
n.
51
,
345
n.
55
,
345
–46,
347
–48
on the role of the bishop,
387
on women in the church,
388
–90,
390
n.
43
Didymus Judas Thomas (brother of Jesus),
230
,
412
–15,
457
,
458
n.
17
Diogenes Laertius
and criteria for authentication,
139
on defamation of character forgeries,
102
on falsifying of writings,
62
on Heraclides Ponticus,
11
–14,
53
on homonymity issues,
47
on lecture-notes publications,
115
Lives of Eminent Philosophers,
70
on Socrates’ paean,
104
on works written in Pythagoras’ name,
108
Diognetus, Letter to,
50
Dionysius of Alexandria,
48
,
76
,
88
–89,
139
Dionysius of Halicarnassus,
47
,
50
,
80
,
127
,
138
,
139
Dionysius of Miletus,
138
Dionysius Spintharos,
12
–14,
26
,
103
,
128
Dionysius the Areopagite,
1
Diophantus,
85
Discourses of Epictetus,
119
discovery narratives,
123
–26
Diviniae Institutiones (Lactantius),
515
docetism
and Akhmim fragment,
327
and Apocalypse of Paul,
454
and Apocalypse of Peter,
450
and Ascension of Isaiah,
335
–36
and 3 Corinthians,
430
–31
and Epistula Apostolorum,
434
–36,
436
n.
82
and Gospel of Peter,
90
,
142
,
324
,
327
,
450
and Ignatius/Pseudo-Ignatius,
421
and Letter to the Laodiceans,
444
and Melchizedek tractate,
432
–34
and Protevangelium Jacobi,
491
–92
and Pseudo-Ignatian letters,
467
,
471
,
472
,
474
Doctrina Addai,
101
,
363
,
364
,
365
,
455
,
458
n.
17
Domitian,
301
Drusiana,
59
Easter celebrations,
388
Ebion,
461
Ebionitism,
474
Ecclesiastes,
35
,
40
,
71
n.
6
,
123
,
264
Ecclesiastical History (Eusebius)
anonymous text cited in,
50
on deception,
544
on persecution of Christians,
352
,
353
on Pilate,
358
on Serapion’s condemnation of Gospel of Peter,
90
on Sibylline counterforgeries,
518
Echtheitskritik,
79
,
80
,
84
,
119
,
137
,
141
n.
149
Eden, life in,
235
Eliot, George (Mary Anne Evans),
30
Ennis,
48
Enoch (patriarch),
40
,
72
,
75
,
86
,
140
1 Enoch
anachronisms and historical problems in,
140
and criteria for authentication,
89
–90
and Epistle of Jude,
89
–90,
142
,
299
,
300
,
303
survival of the flood,
72
,
86
,
140
techniques of forgers in,
123
tradition represented by,
73
2 Enoch,
73
Ephesians (Ignatius)
on church hierarchy,
479
and Ignatian corpus,
462
techniques of forgers in,
470
theological perspectives in,
472
,
473
,
474
,
477
verisimilitudes in,
469
Ephesians (Pauline),
182
–88
Colossians compared to,
172
,
174
,
183
–84,
186
,
188
n.
71
,
189
–90
Epistle of Jude compared to,
304
eschatological theme of,
152
,
170
n.
30
,
182
,
185
–87,
186
n.
68
,
187
n.
69
,
216
,
228
,
236
,
262
on “false teachings,”
189
on forgiveness of sins,
177
on former life of Paul,
211
on grace vs. works,
185
,
186
,
187
,
295
,
302
intention to deceive in,
78
,
188
letter structure of,
185
and Letter to the Laodiceans,
440
,
440
n.
97
,
443
and motivations of forgers,
106
the people of Israel in,
189
–90
polemics of,
189
–90
and secretary hypothesis,
220
writing style of,
122
,
161
,
162
,
175
,
182
,
183
–85,
252
Epicureans,
107
–8
Epicurus,
84
,
102
–3,
107
–8,
115
n.
74
Epigenes,
86
Epiphanius of Salamis