Ascension of Isaiah

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The Ascension of Isaiah , also the Ascension of the Prophet Isaiah , is an originally Jewish New Testament apocryphal script from the 3rd to 4th centuries AD , which is now strongly Christian extended .

The text about the prophet Isaiah has been handed down in the languages Ethiopian and fragmentarily in Greek , Latin , Coptic and Slavic .

Contents overview

  • Chapters 1 through 5 contain the martyrdom of Isaiah under King Manasseh. It tells how the prophet foretold his martyrdom and was later actually sawed up under King Manasseh . The Martyrdom of Isaiah (parts of Chapters 1-5) is the oldest part of the 1st century. V. And is originally written in Hebrew, all other parts are written in Greek.
    • This includes Isaiah's vision in 3.13-4.18: The prospect of the coming of Christ. Isaiah's vision is an insert from around AD 100.
  • Chapters 6 to 11 contain the ascension of Isaiah: Isaiah ascends through the seven heavens and watches the descent and ascent of Christ. Chapters 6 to 11 essentially date from the 2nd century AD.

literature

Editions and translations

  • Ethiopian text: Dillmann, August: Ascensio Isaiae, aethiopice et latine 1877.
  • Erling Hammershaimb: The Martyrdom of Isaiah , in: JSHRZ 2, 1973, 15 - 34.
  • C. Detlef G. Müller : The Ascension of Isaiah , in: Hennecke, Edgar / Schneemelcher, Wilhelm (ed.): New Testament Apocrypha in German translation. 5th ed. Vol. 2: Apostolisches, Apokalypsen und Verwandtes , Tübingen 1989, pp. 547-562
  • Georg Beer , Das Martyrium Jesaiae , in: Emil Kautzsch , Die Apokryphen und Pseudepigraphen des Alten Testament , Vol. 2, Tübingen (Mohr) 1900, 119–126.
  • The Amherst Papyri , Beeing an account of the greek papyri in the collection of the right hon. Lord Amherst of Hackney, FSA at Didlington Hall, Norfolk. Eds. Bernard P. Grenfell , Arthur S. Hunt , Part I, The Ascension of Isaiah, and other theological Fragments. London 1900. pp. 1-22. Fragmentary Greek text and English translation

Further literature

  • Rudolf Meyer: Art. Ascension and Martyrdom of Isaiah , RGG³ 3, 1959, 336-337.

Web links

Wikisource: The Ascension of Isaiah in the translation by Paul Rießler  - sources and full texts