Josep Rius-Camps - Jenny Read-Heimerdinger, «The variant readings of the western text of the acts of the apostles (XIII)», Vol. 15 (2002) 111-132
Josep Rius-Camps continues his series of notes on the readings of Codex Bezae in the text of Acts, in collaboration with Jenny Read-Heimerdinger. The present section deals with the events following Stephen’s death, namely the persecution of the Jesus-believers and the ministry of Philip.
Having undertaken a joint project to publish in English a commentary comparing the message of the Bezan text of Acts with that of the Alexandrian
tradition, adopting as a basis the commentary in Catalan of Josep Rius-Camps, we will continue the series of notes on the Acts of the Apostles
in both our names using the format of the English publication (of which the first volume on Acts 1–5 has recently appeared).
«The Variant Readings of the Western Text of the Acts of the Apostles (XIX) (Acts 13:13-43).» 2007 127-146
«The Variant Readings of the Western Text of the Acts of the Apostles (XVIII).» 2006 99-112
«Confrontación en la iglesia primitiva: Los círculos hebreos y helenistas en la obra de Lucas (Evangelio y Hechos de los apóstoles).» 2005 45-84
«The Variant Readings of the Western Text of the Acts of the Apostles (XVII) (Acts 11:19–12:25).» 2005 135-166
«The Variant Readings of the Western Text of the Acts of the Apostles (XVI) (Acts 9:31–11:18).» 2004 45-88
«The variant readings of the western text of the acts of the Apostles (XV) (Acts 9:1-30)» 2003 133-145
«Las Variantes Del Texto Occidental De Los Hechos De Los Apóstoles (XIII) (Hch 7,23-8,1a)» 2001 131-148
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THE VARIANT READINGS OF THE WESTERN
TEXT OF THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES (XIII)
(ACTS 8:1b-40)
JOSEP RIUS-CAMPS and JENNY READ-HEIMERDINGER
Josep Rius-Camps continues his series of notes on the readings of Codex
Bezae in the text of Acts, in collaboration with Jenny Read-Heimerdinger.
The present section deals with the events following Stephen’s death, namely
the persecution of the Jesus-believers and the ministry of Philip.
Having undertaken a joint project to publish in English a commentary
comparing the message of the Bezan text of Acts with that of the Alexan-
drian tradition, adopting as a basis the commentary in Catalan of Josep
Rius-Camps1, we will continue the series of notes on the Acts of the Apost-
les in both our names using the format of the English publication (of which
the first volume on Acts 1–5 has recently appeared)2. A translation of the
Bezan text is provided alongside the more familiar text.
II. The Gestation of a New Church
[A] 8:1b-3 Persecution and Dispersion
The opening verses of Acts 8 take up the story of the Jesus-believ-
ers who had last appeared in the narrative before the sequence involving
Stephen, at 6:7. This introductory sequence is extremely dense in the
amount of the new information that it transmits, some of it expressed in
condensed form by means of verbal tags such as the spellings of names,
or opposing statements set side by side. The narrator makes use of these
techniques to convey his evaluation of the characters and events and to
set the scene for the detailed stories of Philip, Saul and Peter that will
follow, 8:4–11:26.
1
J. Rius-Camps, Comentari als Fets dels Apòstols (4 vols.; Barcelona: Facultat de
Teologia de Catalunya/Herder, 1991-2000).
2
J. Rius-Camps and J. Read-Heimerdinger, The Message of Acts in Codex Bezae: A
Comparison with the Alexandrian Tradition. I. Acts 1:1–5:42 (JSNTSup. 257; London: T&T
Clark International, 2004).
FilologÃa Neotestamentaria - Vol. XV - 2002, pp. 111-132
Facultad de FilosofÃa y Letras - Universidad de Córdoba (España)
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