Read Forgery and Counterforgery: The Use of Literary Deceit in Early Christian Polemics Online
Authors: Bart D. Ehrman
writing style of,
162
,
175
–76,
185
Galen
“Concerning the Genuine and Forged Writings of Hippocrates,”
116
–17
and criteria for authentication,
143
n.
152
De libris propriis,
82
,
121
,
167
,
306
detection of forgeries,
138
on exercising caution with books,
306
forgeries among surviving texts,
82
on Heraclides Ponticus,
13
on Hippocratic corpus,
80
,
116
–17
on market for forgeries,
97
–98
Galilee,
243
–46
Gamaliel,
314
Genesis
on Abraham’s deception,
135
,
547
cited by Eusebius,
321
on Isaac’s deception,
135
on Jacob’s deception,
547
“genuine religious pseudepigraphy” category of forgery,
36
–38,
37
n.
15
Germanicus,
500
Gnostics and Gnosticism
and Acts of John,
411
and Apocalypse of Peter,
447
and Book of Thomas the Contender,
412
–13
and Coptic Apocalypse of Peter,
407
–12
in Corinthian congregation,
430
n.
68
and 3 Corinthians,
429
–30,
430
n.
68
and Didascalia Apostolorum,
349
Epiphanius’ condemnation of,
19
–24
and Epistula Apostolorum,
435
–38
and fabrications,
58
on the flesh,
23
,
24
,
406
,
411
,
432
–34,
437
and Melchizedek tractate,
432
–34
and Paraphrase of Shem,
404
–6
and Pastoral epistles,
192
,
368
n.
3
,
370
,
371
–72
and 2 Peter,
226
and Peter,
402
–4
and Pseudo-Ignatian letters,
467
,
471
–72,
474
and 2 Timothy,
214
God
authorial spirit of,
38
–39
Gospel of Perfection,
19
gospels
anonymous authorships of,
50
,
51
,
52
,
75
assignment of attributions to,
51
–52
authenticity disputes of,
74
,
75
extent of forgeries among,
149
and two-source hypothesis,
51
–52,
55
See also specific gospels, such as
Thomas, gospel of
and
Luke, gospel of
grace
and antinomianism,
301
–3,
303
n.
48
,
304
,
305
in Epistle of Jude,
302
–3,
303
n.
48
in Pauline forgeries,
186
–87,
295
,
302
–3
Greater Questions of Mary,
19
,
20
–22,
23
–24,
24
n.
33
,
150
Greek Apocalypse of Peter,
42
,
225
,
232
–33,
272
Grossteste, Robert,
461
Hadrian,
26
Halicarnassan,
50
Hebrews
anti-Jewish sentiments of,
323
n.
2
authenticity of, challenged,
76
and authority of authors,
88
on crucifixion,
418
eschatological theme of,
163
as non-pseudepigraphic forgery,
149
writing style of,
139
Hecataeus,
71
Heidelberg Papyrus,
426
Heliodorus,
541
hell,
448
Heraclides Ponticus,
11
–14,
26
,
47
,
53
,
103
heretics,
150
Hermagoras,
47
Hermogenes,
228
n.
75
,
380
,
381
,
383
Hero (Pseudo-Ignatius),
461
,
462
,
472
,
473
,
479
Herod,
85
,
99
, 102,
328
–29,
485
,
488
Herod Agrippa,
361
Heroides (Ovid),
44
Hezekiah, Testament of,
333
Hilduin of St. Denis,
26
Hincmar of Rheims,
26
Hippocrates,
98
,
116
–17,
119
,
143
n.
152
,
144
Hippocratic corpus,
86
–87,
116
n.
75
,
116
–17,
138
Hippodamus,
109
Historia Augusta (Pseudo-Spartianus),
26
,
45
–46
historical problems and anachronisms,
139
–40
Histories (Polybius),
57
History of Joseph the Carpenter,
67
History of the Peloponnesian War (Thucydides),
56
Holy Spirit, authorial spirit of,
38
–39
Homilies (Pseudo-Clement)
Arian perspective of,
458
–460
on authority of Paul,
152
on authority of Peter,
309
as counter-counter history,
321
and Epistula Clementis,
308
and Eusebius,
320
–21
on Judaism,
332
homonymity in authors’ names,
30
,
32
,
47
–49
humility as motivation of forgers,
105
Iamblichus,
30
,
46
,
107
,
110
–11,
111
n.
64
Ibn Abi Usaybi’a,
109
Ignatius of Antioch
on authority of apostles,
120
death of,
506
–8
and flesh-of-Christ debates,
419
,
421
letters of,
460
and Pseudo-Ignatius,
469
–470
and purpose of Pseudo-Ignatian forgeries,
468
writings in name of, 1 n.
2
, 2,
121
,
150
,
532
(
see also
Pseudo-Ignatian letters)
Iliad (Homer),
62
Infancy Gospel of Thomas,
35
,
60
,
105
,
273
,
274
intellectual property,
78
–81,
79
n.
34
,
83
intention to deceive,
128
–32
as inherent to forgery,
30
–31,
533
–34
scholarly perspectives on,
30
n.
3
,
33
n.
8
,
78
,
178
n.
47
internecine conflicts,
151
,
152
,
282
interpolations,
128
Iphicrates,
139
Irenaeus
Adversus Haereses,
58
on authorship of gospels,
51
on bishops of Rome,
310
curses of,
66
–67
and fabrications,
58
on Gospel of Basilides,
411
Johannine epistles cited by,
423
narrative voice of,
272
–73
on Peter–Paul relationship,
310
n.
62
,
310
–11
Isaac,
547
Isaiah
authorship of,
70
writings in name of,
264
(
see also
Ascension of Isaiah; Vision of Isaiah)
1 Isaiah,
2
,
34
,
34
n.
10
,
39
–40,
253
,
338
3 Isaiah,
70
Isidorus,
62
Isocrates,
138
James (apostle)
and Acts of the Apostles,
263
–64,
288
,
307
and Apostolic Constitutions,
15
,
392
and Clement of Rome,
309
and Coptic Apocalypse of Peter,
404
n.
99
and Epistula Clementis,
309
and Epistula Petri,
305
,
307
,
308
and Jerusalem conference,
257
,
263
–64
on Jewish Law and Jewish identity,
287
–88
and leadership of the church,
404
n.
99
martyrdom of,
288
and Paul,
281
,
288
,
290
,
296
–97,
307
,
315
,
317
and Recognitions,
314
–15
writings in name of,
284
,
284
n.
1
1 Apocalypse of James,
284
,
409
,
531
2 Apocalypse of James,
284
,
409
,
531
Apocryphon of James,
272
,
284
,
306
,
404
n.
99
See also
James, epistle of; Protevangelium Jacobi
James, epistle of,
286
–297
attack on Paul in,
290
–91,
291
n.
16
,
294
–95,
295
n.
23
,
296
–97
authenticity of, challenged,
74
authority of,
285
on authority of Paul,
152
authorship of,
33
,
283
–84,
285
,
296
–97
1 Corinthians compared to,
293
n.
19
and criteria for authentication,
89
,
144
on cultural identity,
287
–88
dating of,
289
–90
and Epistle of Jude,
298
evidence of forgery in,
285
–290
on faith vs. works,
288
–89,
290
–91,
292
–93,
294
–95
false attribution of,
149
and Homilies,
320
and Jewish Law,
287
–89