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"Acts of Paul" Table Of Contents:

• 1- Introduction
• 2- Prolegomena on Acts and Acts of Paul.
• 3- Select issues and options in recent scholarship --
• 4- On relating Acts and Acts of Paul --
• 5- Plan of study --
• 6- Martyrdom of Paul (Acts of Paul 14).
• 7- Paul as "martyr" : the earliest traditions.
• 8- Written traditions --
• 9- Archaeological traditions --
• 10- Paul among the "martyrs" --
• 11- Paul among the apostles.
• 12- Acts of Andrew --
• 13- Acts of Peter --
• 14- Martyrdom of Paul : origins and developments.
• 15- Compositional considerations.
• 16- The Patroclus story as a "source" --
• 17- Other "sources" --
• 18- Historical-critical considerations --
• 19- Further developments --
• 20- Paul in the Martyrdom of Paul --
• 21- Ephesus act (Acts of Paul 9).
• 22- Pagination of the Hamburg manuscript (P. Hamb.) --
• 23- P. Hamb. on Ephesus --
• 24- Papyrus Bodmer 41 on Ephesus --
• 25- Contexts for the Ephesus act.
• 26- Form of the call --
• 27- Function of the call --
• 28- Riot in Ephesus --
• 29- Other "parallels" --
• 30- Paul in the Ephesus act --
• 31- Acts of Paul and Thekla (Acts of Paul 3-4).
• 32- Thekla --
• 33- Categorizing the Acts of Paul and Thekla : issues and options --
• 34- Comparing the Acts of Paul and Thekla : "data" from novels --
• 35- A theory revised : the Acts of Paul and Thekla as hagiography.
• 36- Textual representations --
• 37- Intertextual representation --
• 38- Textual misrepresentation? --
• 39- Rereading the Acts of Paul and Thekla : baptism of [enkrateia] --
• 40- Paul and Thekla in the Acts of Paul and Thekla --
• 41- Third Corinthians (Acts of Paul 10).
• 42- The contents of 3 Corinthians --
• 43- The "opposition" of 3 Corinthians.
• 44- Reconstructions of the "opponents" : a summary --
• 45- Reconstructing the opposition : a proposal --
• 46- Reconstructing 3 Corinthians : revaluating its structure --
• 47- The "orthodoxy" of 3 Corinthians.
• 48- Pseudonymous letter-writing --
• 49- Intertexts ("sources") and style --
• 50- Vocabulary and theology --
• 51- The "Paul" of 3 Corinthians --
• 52- On situating the composition of 3 Corinthians historically --
• 53- Third Corinthians : from composition to composition --
• 54- Collections of "Acts of Paul".
• 55- Acts of Paul : according to the Hamburg manuscript.
• 56- The absence of Philippi in the Hamburg manuscript --
• 57- Corinth (Acts of Paul 12) --
• 58- Travel from Corinth to Rome (Acts of Paul 13) --
• 59- The martyrdom of Paul (Acts of Paul 14) --
• 60- Summary of "Acts of Paul" according to P. Hamb --
• 61- Acts of Paul : according to the Heidelberg manuscript.
• 62- Philippi (Acts of Paul 10-11) --
• 63- Other acts (Antioch, Myra, Sidon, Tyre, etc.) --
• 64- On reconstructing the contents of P. Heid --
• 65- The two witnesses : a summary --
• 66- Remembering "Acts of Paul".
• 67- Oral traditions : the unwritten history of "Acts of Paul" --
• 68- Material attestation for narrative strands.
• 69- From martyrdom to passion narrative : a collection --
• 70- Philippi, including 3 Corinthians : addition(s)? --
• 71- The "Lion cycle" : a second collection?
• 72- The Ephesus act --
• 73- The Acts of Paul and Thekla --
• 74- Additional lion material? --
• 75- Antioch-Tyre : a third collection --
• 76- Other acts? --
• 77- Other witnesses to "Acts of Paul".
• 78- Third century --
• 79- Fourth century.
• 80- Eusebius --
• 81- Receptions of Thekla --
• 82- Canons and stichometries --
• 83- On later canons and stichometries --
• 84- From manuscripts to "indirect witnesses" --
• 85- "Acts of Paul" : composition and reception ---- Conclusion-- Appendix.

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