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Book Review: The Acts of Paul: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary

Book Review: The Acts of Paul: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary ATR/97.1 Book Reviews 173 The Acts of Paul: A New Translation with Introduction and Commen- tary. By Richard I. Pervo. Eugene, Ore.: Cascade Books, 2014. xvii + 376 pp. $45.00 (paper). With his characteristic erudition, Richard Pervo’s fresh translation and commentary on the pseudoepigraphic Acts of Paul offers an engaging and well-examined treatment of this apocryphal text. His project is acces- sible not only to seasoned students of the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles (ApocActs), but also to those who are novices. Within this collection, the Acts of Paul is one of five surviving narratives that traces the ministry and martyr - dom of the apostolic missionaries. The project begins with a complete translation—some surviving seg- ments are quite fragmentary!—of the Acts. The text dates to the latter part of the second century. Paul’s Acts, on account of its doctrinal outlook, was more widely accepted in early catholic circles than other texts from the ApocActs. Following the translation, Pervo provides an illuminating survey of the Acts’ usage in Christian history. He indexes its secondary attestations and reception in a variety of ancient sources. While some, like Tertullian, con- demned the Acts, others, such as Eusebius, maintained a higher estimation http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Anglican Theological Review SAGE

Book Review: The Acts of Paul: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary

Revell, Roger
Anglican Theological Review , Volume 97 (1): 1 – Aug 16, 2021
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ATR/97.1 Book Reviews 173 The Acts of Paul: A New Translation with Introduction and Commen- tary. By Richard I. Pervo. Eugene, Ore.: Cascade Books, 2014. xvii + 376 pp. $45.00 (paper). With his characteristic erudition, Richard Pervo’s fresh translation and commentary on the pseudoepigraphic Acts of Paul offers an engaging and well-examined treatment of this apocryphal text. His project is acces- sible not only to seasoned students of the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles (ApocActs), but also to those who are novices. Within this collection, the Acts of Paul is one of five surviving narratives that traces the ministry and martyr - dom of the apostolic missionaries. The project begins with a complete translation—some surviving seg- ments are quite fragmentary!—of the Acts. The text dates to the latter part of the second century. Paul’s Acts, on account of its doctrinal outlook, was more widely accepted in early catholic circles than other texts from the ApocActs. Following the translation, Pervo provides an illuminating survey of the Acts’ usage in Christian history. He indexes its secondary attestations and reception in a variety of ancient sources. While some, like Tertullian, con- demned the Acts, others, such as Eusebius, maintained a higher estimation

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