Sammanfattning
Simon Peter undergoes a considerable development from his first introduction in the Gospel of Mark to later narratives, where he gains remarkable miraculous abilities. In Mark, he witnesses Jesus performing numerous miracles without himself being named as the performer of a single one, but in Matthew’s Gospel Peter walks on water (Matt 14:22–33), in Acts he heals two paralytics and raises a woman from the dead (Acts 3:1–10; 9:32–42), and in the fourth-century Latin Acts of Peter, also known as Actus Vercellenses, he makes a dog speak (Acts Pet. 9.9–15), miraculously restores a shattered marble statue (11.8–23) and revives several people from the dead (27.1–11; 28.63–66). This article examines how Peter’s various miracles contribute to their respective stories, analyses how they reflect the needs of their respective authors, and discusses what they tell us about the use of genre in the narrative tradition about the apostle Peter and his miracles.
| Originalspråk | Engelska |
|---|---|
| Sidor (från-till) | 99–114 |
| Tidskrift | Approaching Religion |
| Volym | 14 |
| Nummer | 1 |
| DOI | |
| Status | Publicerad - 28 feb. 2024 |
| MoE-publikationstyp | A1 Tidskriftsartikel-refererad |
Finansiering
is a docent (associate professor) in biblical exegesis and a post- doctoral researcher at Åbo Akademi Univer- sity. He has published extensively on a wide array of topics in bib- lical and early Chris- tian studies, including the use of ancient literary criticism in early Christian exegesis, Graeco-Roman genres in the Gospels, conversion in early Christianity and Paul’s use of ancient rhetoric. In his latest project, he analyses how an ideal Christian life is depicted in extra-canonical stories about the apostles, and questions the assumption that such stories represent a radical departure from ideals expressed in the Gospels. This research was funded by the Polin Institute. Photo: Satu Karmavalo.
| Finansiärer | Finansiärsnummer |
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| Polin Institute |