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Simon Magus in Patristic, Medieval and Early Modern Traditions

by Alberto Ferreiro

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Brill
  • 16.6 x 24.5 x 3 cm

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The volume discusses the post-New Testament Simon Magus from the era of the Church Fathers beginning with Justin Martyr to the early modern era represented in a seventeenth century Baroque relief in the Cathedral of Oviedo, Spain. Sources consulted are artistic, theological texts, historical chronicles, sermons, hagiographies, vernacular literatures, biblical commentaries, and heresiologies. Topics explored are: Traditions and Historiography; Types of Simon Magus in Anti-Gnostic sources; a comparison of the Acts of Peter and the Passions of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul; Jerome and Vincent of Lerins on Simon Magus; the Nicolaitian heresy; the Fall of Simon Magus in the Church Fathers; Simon Magus, Dogs, and Simon Peter; Simon Magus in Irish and English medieval legends; Simon Magus, Nicolas of Antioch, and Muhammad; Vincent Ferrer and the canonical and apocryphal Simon Magus; Simon Magus in the Cathedral of Leon, Spain; Simon Magus in the Cathedral of Oviedo, Spain; and a full bibliographical inventory- 99 entries- of Simon Magus in artistic expression. The book is illustrated with about 28 artistic reproductions. The volume contains author and subject indexes and a full bibliography of works consulted.

  • Author

    Alberto Ferreiro

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Brill

  • Published

    August 2005

  • Weight

    804g

  • Dimensions

    16.6 x 24.5 x 3 cm

  • ISBN

    9789004144958

  • ISBN-10

    9004144951

  • Eden Code

    4708646

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