The Innovation of a Master Wonder-worker in the Character of Simon Peter
Simon Peter undergoes a considerable development from his first introduction in the Gospel of Mark to later narratives, where he gains remarkable miraculous abilities. In Mark, he witnesses Jesus performing numerous miracles without himself being named as the performer of a single one, but in Matthe...
| Subtitles: | "Polin Issue: Religion - Memory and Innovation" |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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Approaching religion
Year: 2024, Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 99-114 |
| Further subjects: | B
Characterization
B Narratology B Miracles B Apocryphal Acts B Biography B paradoxography B early Christian apostle stories B Gospels B Genre |
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| Summary: | Simon Peter undergoes a considerable development from his first introduction in the Gospel of Mark to later narratives, where he gains remarkable miraculous abilities. In Mark, he witnesses Jesus performing numerous miracles without himself being named as the performer of a single one, but in Matthew's Gospel Peter walks on water (Matt 14:22-33), in Acts he heals two paralytics and raises a woman from the dead (Acts 3:1-10; 9:32-42), and in the fourth-century Latin Acts of Peter, also known as Actus Vercellenses, he makes a dog speak (Acts Pet. 9.9-15), miraculously restores a shattered marble statue (11.8-23) and revives several people from the dead (27.1-11; 28.63-66). This article examines how Peter's various miracles contribute to their respective stories, analyses how they reflect the needs of their respective authors, and discusses what they tell us about the use of genre in the narrative tradition about the apostle Peter and his miracles. |
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| ISSN: | 1799-3121 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Approaching religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.30664/ar.131490 |