Read Forgery and Counterforgery: The Use of Literary Deceit in Early Christian Polemics Online
Authors: Bart D. Ehrman
Julian of Antioch
Arian inclinations of,
394
–95,
464
,
465
–66,
466
n.
52
,
467
–68,
474
–75,
476
,
478
,
479
authorship of Apostolic Constitutions,
394
–96,
463
,
464
–65
authorship of Commentary on Job,
394
,
463
,
464
–65
authorship of Pseudo-Ignatian letters,
394
,
463
,
465
dating writings of,
466
Julius Africanus,
140
Julius Caesar,
99
justifications for forgery,
132
–37,
548
Justin Martyr
on Acts of Pilate,
351
anti-Jewish sentiments of,
332
,
338
on Apocalypse of Peter,
446
Dialogue with Trypho,
324
–26,
338
,
344
and Gospel of Peter,
324
–27,
326
n.
6
,
327
n.
8
Isaiah cited by,
338
on Jesus’ birth,
486
on lying,
542
and Memoirs of Peter,
118
,
324
–26,
326
nn.
6
–7,
327
n.
8
and Pilate cycle works,
358
on Sibyl,
514
writings in name of,
51
Kings,
50
Kochba, Bar,
446
Lactantius,
512
,
515
,
517
,
520
,
537
–38
language, anachronistic,
140
language skills.
See
literacy and language skills
Laodiceans
and apostolic authority,
17
authenticity of, challenged,
75
intention to deceive in,
32
and Letter to the Colossians,
105
,
441
,
443
–44
and motivations of forgers,
105
and Muratorian Fragment,
75
,
440
,
440
n.
97
,
441
,
442
,
443
–44
and Philippians,
439
,
442
,
443
,
445
rejection of, for Marcionite teachings,
91
,
150
Lasus of Hermione,
61
lecture notes of philosophical schools,
114
–15
Lesser Heracles (Antisthenes),
53
Lesser Questions of Mary,
19
letters, forgery of,
82
–83
Liber antiquitatum biblicarum (Philo),
51
Liber Graduum,
235
Liber Heraclidis (Heraclides),
46
lies and deception
attitudes toward,
134
–35
biblical instances of,
135
–36,
536
,
543
,
545
,
547
–48
and intent to deceive,
30
n.
3
,
30
–31,
33
n.
8
,
78
,
128
–32,
178
n.
47
,
533
–34
justifications of,
132
–37
medicinal lies,
539
–40,
542
,
543
,
545
morality of,
534
–46
Augustine on,
134
–35,
535
–37,
542
Cassian on,
538
–39
Christianity on,
541
–46
Eusebius on,
538
Lactantius on,
537
–38
and motivations of forgers,
131
–32,
150
–51
as type of forgery,
31
–32
and will of God,
547
Life of Apollonius (Philostratus),
138
–39
Life of Plotinus (Porphyry),
85
Life of Pythagoras (Iamblichus),
111
linguistic arguments,
200
literacy and language skills,
242
–46
and anti-Jewish texts,
343
composition skills,
242
,
243
,
244
,
247
,
286
,
300
n.
35
illiteracy of James,
285
–87,
287
n.
7
illiteracy of Jude,
299
illiteracy of Peter,
242
–47,
245
n.
23
and 1 Peter,
242
–47
literary dependence
in Acts of Paul,
382
–83
in Epistle of James,
291
,
292
–95
in Letter to the Ephesians,
183
in 1 Peter,
254
literary fictions,
43
–45,
45
n.
35
literary form, pseudonymity as,
78
–81,
128
–29,
534
literary phenomena related to forgery,
43
–67
anonymity,
49
–50
fabrications,
55
–61
false attributions,
50
–52
falsifications,
61
–67
homonymity,
47
–49
literary fictions,
43
–45,
45
n.
35
pen names,
45
–47
plagiarism,
52
–55
Little Cyrus (Antisthenes),
53
Lives of Eminent Philosophers (Diogenes Laertius),
70
Livy,
124
–25
Longinus,
361
Lucius Aelius,
80
Lucius Cotta,
48
Lucius Gellius,
115
Lucius Septimius,
124
Luke
authority of,
117
–18
biographical evidence for,
277
–78,
278
n.
107
obscure persona of,
279
–280
and Paul,
76
,
117
–18,
265
,
267
,
276
–79
and source documents of Acts,
268
and two-source hypothesis,
55
writings of
Acts of the Apostles,
88
,
265
,
268
,
277
–78,
279
Gospel of Luke,
51
–52,
76
,
117
–18,
277
,
279
Luke, gospel of
on acts of piety,
339
apocalyptic message of,
228
authenticity of, challenged,
76
authorship of,
51
–52,
76
,
117
–18,
277
,
279
on birthplace of Jesus,
351
cited by Paul,
205
on crucifixion,
418
on deception,
135
eschatological theme of,
231
–32
and Gospel of Thomas,
231
n.
77
,
231
–32,
341
on the kingdom of God,
231
–32
and substitutionary atonement,
253
and Tertullian,
76
,
117
–18,
188
n.
70
and two-source hypothesis,
55
Lycurgus (Pseudo-Plutarch),
66
lying.
See
lies and deception
Lyons and Vienne, Letter of,
495
Magnesians (Ignatius)
on church hierarchy,
479
and Ignatian corpus,
462
interpolations in,
469
–70
theological perspectives in,
472
,
476
,
477
Manetho,
71
Manichees and anti-Manichean campaign,
455
–58,
457
n.
12
,
458
n.
17
Marcellus of Ancyra,
466
,
467
,
476
–78
Marcion and Marcionism
and Epistle of Barnabas,
52
and Epistle of James,
296
and Gospel of Luke,
492
,
492
n.
23
and Letter to the Laodiceans,
440
,
440
n.
97
,
442
–45
and Pastoral epistles,
193
and Protevangelium Jacobi,
491
–92
and Pseudo-Ignatian letters,
467
,
471
–72,
474
Tertullian on,
63
,
91
,
492
,
492
n.
23
Marcosians,
58
Marcus,
23
Mariam,
412
Mark
and 1 Peter,
248
,
251
,
251
n.
41
,
254
,
256
and two-source hypothesis,
55
writings attributed to,
51
–52,
117
–18
Mark, gospel of
and Apocalypse of Peter,
447
apocalyptic message of,
228
,
234
,
236
authenticity of, challenged,
76
and Coptic Apocalypse of Peter,
408
and 3 Corinthians,
430
eschatological theme of,
163
,
165
and Gospel of Thomas,
232
on Jude, brother of James,
297
and Justin on Peter’s “Memoirs,”
118
,
325
–26,
326
nn.
6
–7,
327
n.
8
and Peter,
51
,
76
,
117
–18,
188
n.
70
,
327
n.
8
and Tertullian,
76
,
117
–18,
188
n.
70
martyrologies
Acts of Ignatius (Antiochene Version),
506
–8
Martyrdom of Ignatius,
274
Martyrdom of Isaiah,
332
–33,
337
,
399
Martyrdom of Marian and James,
35
,
274
,
505
–6
Martyrdom of Montanus and Lucius,
506
Martyrdom of Pionius,
504
–5
Martyrdom of Polycarp,
493
–508
anachronisms and historical problems in,
495
–97
authenticity of,
497
–502
and Martyrdom of Pionius,
504
narrative voice in,
273
–74
parallels with Jesus’ death,
494
,
496
,
499
–500
polemical targets of,
494
,
500
,
501
–2
redactional analysis of,
495
–97
Mary, gospel of,
437
Mary, Mother of Jesus
Apocalypse of Paul on,
454
3 Corinthians on,
428
,
428
n.
57
,
431
Melchizedekians on,
434
and Protevangelium Jacobi,
485
–87,
489
–491
Mary of Cassobola (Pseudo-Ignatius),
460
,
461
,
462
,
468
n.
57
,
472
material and literary prophylaxes,
127
–28,
131
Matthew
and Apostolic Constitutions,
392
and Pistis Sophia,
412
and two-source hypothesis,
55
Matthew, gospel of
on acts of piety,
338
apocalyptic message of,
236
authenticity of, challenged,
75
authorship of,
149
and criteria for authentication,
141
on crucifixion,
418
and eyewitness testimony,
275