Abraham's testament

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The Testament of Abraham (also: Testamentum Abrahae ) is a pseudepigraphic script that was very popular in antiquity and has been handed down in two reviews in the Greek language and various translations. It is said to have originated in Egyptian Judaism at the beginning of the second century.

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Scripture tells of the death message to Abraham . The latter refuses to die and tries to delay his death. Before his death he is allowed to see the whole world including the place of judgment . This is designed as Abraham's journey to heaven and subsequent return to earth. After this journey, Death visits Abraham and the Archangel Michael takes his soul with him to heaven .

literature

  • Lorenzo DiTommaso: A bibliography of Pseudepigrapha research 1850-1999 . Sheffield 2001, 565-574.
  • Martin Heide: The Testament of Abraham. Edition and translation of the Arabic and Ethiopian versions. Wiesbaden 2012: Harrassowitz, ISBN 978-3-447-06744-7
  • Enno Janssen: Testament of Abraham. In: Hermann Lichtenberger (Ed.): Instruction in an educational form. JSHRZ III / 2, Gütersloh 2 1980, ISBN 3-579-03932-6 , 193-256.
  • Francis Schmidt: Le Testament grec d'Abraham. Introduction, édition critique de deux recensions grecques, traduction (TSAJ 11), Tübingen 1986.
  • Dale C. Allison: Testament of Abraham. (Commentaries on early Jewish literature). Berlin; New York: de Gruyter 2003. ISBN 3-11-017888-5 Parts at Google Booksearch

Web links

Wikisource: Testament of Abraham in the translation by Paul Rießler  - sources and full texts
Wikisource: Collection of links to text editions, translations and other literature  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A possible family tree of the manuscripts is offered by Allison on p. 27 [1] .
  2. ↑ Cf. Marc Philonenko: Abraham, IV. Apokryphe Schriften. In: LThK 3 Vol. 1, Col. 65. Allison (p. 40) attributes the review B (= "Short Recension") to the second century.