Read Forgery and Counterforgery: The Use of Literary Deceit in Early Christian Polemics Online
Authors: Bart D. Ehrman
1 Clement on,
311
Epistula Clementis on,
309
–12
Galatians on,
257
,
261
n.
61
,
307
,
308
,
543
Phaedo,
70
Phalaris, letters of,
44
Philadelphians (Ignatius),
462
,
471
–74,
477
,
479
Philemon
Colossians compared to,
174
,
178
n.
46
on forgiveness of sins,
177
n.
43
and intertextual interpretations,
376
Philetus,
191
Philip, gospel of
authorship of,
2
Epiphanius’ condemnation of,
19
–20
eschatological theme of,
236
on material world,
417
as pseudonymous work,
531
Philippians (Pauline)
on church hierarchy,
205
on Clement,
311
eschatological theme of,
165
,
185
on forgiveness of sins,
177
n.
43
and Letter to the Laodiceans,
439
,
442
,
443
,
445
and Letters of Paul and Seneca,
521
writing style of,
162
,
175
–76,
185
Philippians (Pseudo-Ignatius)
ambiguities in,
478
and Ignatian corpus,
462
Job Commentary’s parallels with,
465
on Judaism,
480
theological perspectives in,
476
,
477
Ussher’s exposure of,
461
Philo,
321
Philoaus,
109
Philomelium church,
493
Philosophers (Phlegon),
81
philosophical schools, forgery in,
105
–21
ancient perspectives on,
107
–11,
117
–19,
173
Iamblichus on,
107
,
110
–11,
111
n.
64
of lecture notes,
114
–15,
115
n.
74
medical schools,
116
–17
motivations for,
112
,
114
,
119
–121
scholarly perspectives on,
105
–7,
106
n.
53
,
107
n.
54
Philostratus,
138
–39
Phlegon,
81
Phocus of Samos,
81
Phygelus,
383
Phylarchus,
56
–57
Phyntis,
109
Pilate
and Abgar Correspondence,
365
–66
Anaphora Pilati on,
358
–59
and anti-Jewish texts,
328
–30,
331
,
354
–62,
365
in apologia,
484
–85
and Gospel of Peter,
328
–330,
331
writings in name of (
see
Pilate Cycle)
Pilate Cycle,
358
–62
Anaphora Pilati,
358
–59,
360
,
361
Letter of Herod to Pilate,
361
–62
Letter of Pilate to Claudius,
359
–61
Letter of Pilate to Herod,
362
Narrative of Joseph of Arimathea,
362
n.
90
on status of Jews,
152
See also
Acts of Pilate (Christian version)
Pisistratus, tyrant of Athens,
61
,
62
,
98
,
112
Pisistratus of Ephesus,
70
Pius, bishop of Rome,
49
,
120
n.
92
plagiarism,
52
–55
in Apostolic Constitutions,
14
,
55
,
384
,
384
n.
25
attitudes toward,
85
in 2 Peter,
55
and scope of book,
6
standards for,
115
Plato
and Allegory of the Cave,
414
and detection of forgeries,
138
Diogenes on works of,
70
prophylaxes of,
127
on Sibyl,
514
on Socrates’ paean,
104
and techniques of forgers,
127
,
128
writings in name of,
122
,
127
,
212
n.
34
Pliny the Elder,
54
,
124
–25,
137
,
139
,
241
polemics and polemical contexts,
3
,
4
,
531
political motivations of forgers,
98
–99
Polybius
on eyewitness testimony,
270
,
270
n.
81
,
274
on fabrications,
56
–58
on market for forgeries,
98
on plagiarism,
54
Polycarp (Ignatian),
461
,
462
,
476
,
507
Polycarp (martyr),
193
,
493
,
496
–99.
See also
Martyrdom of Polycarp
Pompey,
219
Porphyry,
85
,
87
n.
65
,
107
,
108
–10,
119
,
519
Poseidippus,
81
Postel, G.,
485
The Praise of Folly (Erasmus),
25
Preparatio Evangelica (Eusebius)
71
,
538
profit as motive of forgers,
97
–98
Prolegomenon (Olympiodorus),
112
prophecies,
ex eventu
,
72
–73
Prophecies of Barcabbas,
75
Protevangelium Jacobi
authorship of,
485
,
487
–88,
488
n.
17
Celsus refutation in,
489
–91
condemnation of, by Pope,
486
fabrications present in,
60
,
489
–91
and Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew,
55
multifunctionality of,
151
polemical targets of,
491
–93
proto-orthodox leadership
and debates of the flesh,
407
–8,
411
–12
and Letter to the Laodiceans,
444
–45
and Peter,
411
and revelatory texts,
398
–406
Proverbs,
247
Psalms of Heracleides,
433
pseudepigrapha, definition of,
16
,
29
–30
Pseudo-Athanasius,
477
Pseudo-Clementine literature,
312
–21
Arian perspective of,
458
–60
on authority of Paul,
152
authorship of,
312
on Judaism,
332
on Peter–Paul relationship,
311
polemics of,
313
–14,
320
–21,
459
–60
and Sibyllina,
510
warnings against forgeries in,
127
See also
Homilies; Recognitions
Pseudo-Ignatian letters,
460
–80
ambiguities in,
478
–79
anachronisms and historical problems in,
461
,
463
Arian sentiments in,
394
,
466
,
467
,
468
,
474
–75,
479
author of,
394
,
462
–66 (
see also
Julian of Antioch)
influence of,
460
interpolated versions of,
460
–61,
462
–63,
469
–70
polemical targets of,
474
–78,
479
–80
purpose of,
466
–68
scholarly perspectives on,
4
,
461
–62
techniques of forgers in,
469
–70
theological investments of,
462
,
464
,
470
–74
works,
462
See also
Antiochians; Ephesians; Hero; Mary of Cassobola; Philippians; Romans; Tarsians
Pseudo-Matthew, gospel of,
55
,
105
,
273
,
486
pseudonymity,
45
–47
definition of,
29
–30
and intellectual property,
78
–81
and motivations of forgers,
97
Pseudo-Plutarch,
66
punishment of forgers,
83
–85,
132
Pythagoras and Pythagorean school
and lecture-notes publications,
115
,
115
n.
74
,
119
and literary output of school,
107
,
107
n.
54
,
108
,
109
–14,
111
n.
64
and market for forgeries,
98
and techniques of forgers,
124
–25
Q writer,
55
Qoheleth,
71
Quintus Petilius,
124
Rahab,
547
reactualization of the tradition,
39
–42
Rebouel,
406
Recognitions (Pseudo-Clement)
Arian perspective of,
458
–60
counterforgery of,
318
–20,
319
n.
82
polemic of,
314
–15
on Scriptural prophets,
343
n.
50
“A Reconsideration of Pseudepigraphy in Early Christianity” (Duff),
76
redactional forgeries,
34
–35
religious motivations of forgers,
98
–99
Republic (Plato),
135
Revelation
and Ascension of Isaiah,
336
–37
authenticity of, challenged,
75
,
76
and criteria for authentication,
142
curse in conclusion of,
66
Dionysius on,
88
–89
eschatological theme of,
167
,
229
and homonymity issue,
48
writing style of,
139
revelatory texts,
398
–406
Romans (Ignatius),
461
,
462
,
470
,
471
,
473
Romans (Pauline)
Acts of the Apostles compared to,
267
Colossians compared to,
176