Titre du document / Document title

With Paul through Heaven and Hell: Two Apocryphal Apocalypses

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

KLAUCK Hans-Josef ;

Résumé / Abstract

Instead of concentrating on a specific topic, apocryphal writings have a certain tendency to elaborate by making use of the stylistic device that ancient rhetoric knew as amplification. In his treatise "On the Sublime," written perhaps in the first century C.E., Longinus establishes a difference between sublimity and amplification and defmes the two techniques as follows: "Sublimity lies in elevation, amplification (αυξησi?) rather in amount; and so you often find sublimity in a single idea, whereas amplification always goes with quantity and a certain degree of redundancy."' Quantity and a certain degree of redundancy are also characteristic of the two apocalypses that guide us on a journey with Paul through heaven and hell. Both texts are easily identified as amplifications of a short passage in Second Corinthians, which will therefore serve as our starting point.

Revue / Journal Title

Biblical research   ISSN 0067-6535 

Source / Source

2007, vol. 52, pp. 57-72 [16 page(s) (article)]

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

Chicago Society of Biblical Research, Chicago, IL, ETATS-UNIS  (1956) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Hell ; Heaven ; Coptic literature ; Apocalypse of Paul ; Nag Hammadi ; Apocalypse ; II Corinthians ; New Testament ; Bible ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Enfer ; Ciel ; Littérature copte ; Apocalypse de Paul ; Nag Hammadi ; Apocalypse ; II Corinthiens ; Nouveau Testament ; Bible ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 23770, 35400017181992.0040