Gospel of Bartholomew

The Gospel of Bartholomew is a Gospel of the Passion, that is, a gospel that deals primarily with the Passion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Therefore it is also good to compare it with the (apocryphal) Gospel of Peter . It originated around 250 AD.

The text of the Gospel has not been passed down beyond doubt, but its existence is proven by references in other scriptures. There are two texts, some of which are called the Gospel of Bartholomew, one of which may be part of the Gospel. These two texts, which refer to the Apostle Bartholomew, are the Quaestiones Bartholomaei and De resurrectione Christi . They have only survived in various incomplete copies in different languages, which is why a reconstruction has been difficult and so far has only succeeded in fragments.

Bartholomew speaks with the risen Christ and with Mary and asks them to reveal many secrets to him, e.g. B. how Mary was able to receive him, who is greater and more powerful than anything else and what Jesus did in hell. Bartholomew also asks him to show him the devil. He reveals to him his secrets, what his name is, how he was cast out of heaven, about the different kinds of angels.

Even Hades , the Greek god of death , occurs in Bartholomew gospel.

literature

Felix Scheidweiler , Wilhelm Schneemelcher : Bartholomäusevangelium. In: Edgar Hennecke , Wilhelm Schneemelcher (Hrsg.): New Testament Apocrypha in German translation. Vol. 1: Gospels. 6th edition. Tübingen 1990, pp. 424-440.
Jean-Daniel Kaestli, Pierre Cherix: L'évangile de Barthémely, d'après deux écrits apocryphes. Brepols, Paris 1993 (review) .
Hans-Josef Klauck : Apocryphal Gospels. An introduction. 2nd Edition. Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-460-33022-8 , pp. 131-139.
Susanne Luther, Jörg Röder: The New Testament canon and the New Testament apocryphal literature. Considerations for determining a ratio. In: Eve-Marie Becker , Stefan Scholz (eds.): Canon in construction and deconstruction. Processes of canonicalization of religious texts from antiquity to the present. A manual. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2011, p. 469–502, here p. 489 f.

Web links

Gospel according to Bartholomew

supporting documents

↑ On the genesis of the text transmission from the 19th century Felix Haase : On the reconstruction of the Gospel of Bartholomew. In: Journal for New Testament Science and the Knowledge of the Older Church. Vol. 16, 1915, Issue 1-2, pp. 93-112, doi : 10.1515 / zntw.1915.16.1-2.93 .

[1] On the genesis of the text transmission from the 19th century Felix Haase : On the reconstruction of the Gospel of Bartholomew. In: Journal for New Testament Science and the Knowledge of the Older Church. Vol. 16, 1915, Issue 1-2, pp. 93-112, doi : 10.1515 / zntw.1915.16.1-2.93 .