Lensink, Benjamin
The Hymn of the Bride in the Apocryphal Acts of Thomas.
Research master thesis, Master Research Master Theologie en Religiewetenschappen.
Abstract
The Acts of Thomas is one of the five so-called Major Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles. The work describes the acts performed by Thomas the Apostle in India where he is to evangelize. These acts are often miraculous in nature: people are healed, raised from the dead, and animals are able to speak. This thesis focuses on the transmission of two chapters of this work – the Hymn of the Bride (§ 6–7) – in the nine manuscripts located in Rome and the Vatican. Thomas sings this hymn at the wedding feast of the princess of the city Andrapolis on the way to India.
The first chapter discusses the goals of this thesis: to study the transmission of the Hymn of the Bride in the nine manuscripts in Rome and the Vatican of which we know that (parts of) the Acts of Thomas have survived. It also provides the reader with the Greek text of the most recent critical edition from Bonnet in 1903, together with an English translation. After this initial chapter, there is a chapter describing the state of the art in the research on the Acts of Thomas and the Hymn of the Bride. The third chapter gives an overview of all nine manuscripts described in three steps: (1) The materiality of the manuscript; (2) the writing in the manuscript; (3) the contents of the manuscript. The fourth chapter compares the text of the Hymn of the Bride as it has been written down in the individual manuscripts with the edition made by Bonnet. Chapter five then provides a coherent overview of all differences and similarities between all ten (the nine manuscripts and Bonnet) versions of the Hymn of the Bride. I argue in the sixth and concluding chapter that there are no readings that substantially change or challenge the general interpretation of the Hymn of the Bride as it has been studied since Bonnet published his critical edition in 1903. It is clear that there are many differences, but in my opinion no differences are of such importance that they significantly change the interpretation of the Hymn of the Bride.
| Type: |
Thesis
(Research master)
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| Supervisors (RUG): |
| Supervisor | E-mail | Tutor organization | Tutor email |
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| Roig Lanzillotta, F.L. | | Faculteit GGW, Jodendom, Christendom en Islam in formatieve fase | F.L.Roig.Lanzillotta@rug.nl | | Luther, S.K. | | Faculteit GGW, Jodendom, Christendom en Islam in formatieve fase | S.K.Luther@rug.nl |
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| Degree programme: |
Master Research Master Theologie en Religiewetenschappen |
| Academic year: |
2020-2021 |
| Date of delivery: |
16 Sep 2022 07:43 |
| Last modified: |
16 Sep 2022 07:43 |
| URI: |
https://rcs.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/655 |
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