Fakes, Forgeries, and Fictions Fakes, Forgeries, and Fictions Writing Ancient and Modern Christian Apocrypha Proceedings from the 2015 York University Christian Apocrypha Symposium Edited by Tony BurkE Foreword by AndrEw GrEGory Fakes, Forgeries, and Fictions Writing ancient and Modern christian apocrypha Proceedings from the 2015 York University christian apocrypha symposium copyright © 2017 Wipf and stock Publishers. all rights reserved. except for brief quotations in critical publications or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Write: Permissions, Wipf and stock Publishers, 199 W. 8th ave., suite 3, eugene, or 97401. cascade Books an imprint of Wipf and stock Publishers 199 W. 8th ave., suite 3 eugene, or 97401 www.wipfandstock.com paperback isbn: 978-1-5326-0373-0 hardcover isbn: 978-1-5326-0375-4 ebook isbn: 978-1-5326-0374-7 Cataloging-in-Publication data: names: Burke, tony, 1968-, editor | gregory, andrew F., foreword. title: Fakes, forgeries, and fictions : writing ancient and modern christian apocrypha : proceedings from the 2015 York University christian apocrypha symposium / edited by tony Burke ; foreword by andrew gregory. description: eugene, or: cascade Books | includes bibliographical references and indexes. identifiers: isBn: 978-1-5326-0373-0 (paperback) | isBn: 978-1-5326-0375-4 (hardcover) | isBn: 978-1-5326-0374-7 (ebook). subjects: apocryphal books (new testament) | apocryphal gospels | Jesus christ—Biography—History and criticism | church history—Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. classification: Bs2850 F21 2017 (print) | Bs2850 (ebook). Manufactured in the U.s.a. scripture quotations are from new revised standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 national council of the churches of christ in the United states of america. Used by permission. all rights reserved worldwide. To Éric Junod and Pierluigi Piovanelli, whose work on broadening the definition of Christian apocrypha made the 2015 York Symposium possible. Contents List of Illustrations and Tables | xi Foreword | xiii —Andrew Gregory Preface | xix Abbreviations | xxi Contributors | xxvii 1 introduction | 1 —Tony Burke 2 apocryphal Forgeries: The Logic of Literary deceit | 33 —Bart D. Ehrman 3 What Has Pseudepigraphy to do with Forgery? reflections on the cases of the Acts of Paul, the Apocalypse of Paul, and the Zohar | 50 —Pierluigi Piovanelli 4 Lessons from the Papyri: What apocryphal gospel Fragments reveal about the textual development of early christianity | 61 —Stanley E. Porter 5 Under the influence (of the Magi): did Hallucinogens Play a role in the inspired composition of the Pseudepigraphic Revela- tion of the Magi? | 79 —Brent Landau 6 Behind the seven Veils, ii: assessing clement of alexandria’s knowledge of the Mystic gospel of Mark | 95 —Scott G. Brown 7 Pseudo-Peter and Persecution: (counter-)evaluations of suffer- ing in the Coptic Apocalypse of Peter (nHc Vii,3) and the Letter of Peter to Philip (nHc Viii,2) | 129 —Pamela Mullins Reaves 8 Paul as Letter Writer and the success of Pseudepigraphy: constructing an authorial Paul in the apocryphal corinthian correspondence | 152 —Gregory Peter Fewster 9 “days of our Lives”: destructive Homemakers in the Passion of Andrew | 177 —Anne Moore 10 Manichaean redaction of the Secret Book of John | 194 —Timothy Pettipiece 11 “cherries at command”: Preaching the Gospel of Pseudo-Mat- thew in anglo-saxon england | 207 —Brandon W. Hawk 12 apocrypha and Forgeries: Lessons from the “Lost gospels” of the nineteenth century | 231 —Tony Burke 13 The apocryphal tale of Jesus’ Journey to india: nicolas notovi- tch and the Life of Saint Issa revisited | 265 —Bradley N. Rice 14 expanding the apocryphal corpus: some “novel” suggestions | 285 —Eric M. Vanden Eykel 15 gender and the academy online: The authentic revelations of the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife | 304 —Caroline T. Schroeder 16 slow scholarship: do Bloggers rush in Where Jesus’ Wife Would Fear to tread? | 326 —James F. McGrath 17 Jesus’ Wife, the Media, and The Da Vinci Code | 341 —Mark Goodacre 18 responses to Mark goodacre, James Mcgrath, and caroline schroeder on the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife | 349 —Janet E. Spittler Bibliography | 375 Ancient Texts Index | 415 Subject Index | 433 Modern Authors Index | 437 ix