The Apocalypse of Moses is a narrative about the life of Adam and Eve after their expulsion from paradise, which presents itself as a revelation conveyed to Moses by the Archangel Michael when he received the Tablets of the Law. In general, it shows an effort to solve exegetical problems of the Genesis text narratively.…

In the Berlin Pahlavi documents, which mainly contain receipts for allocated food and luxury goods, the term rōzīg can be found in numerous places. According to Dieter Weber, however, the expression, which is usually translated as “daily ration” ( MacKenzie 1971: 72 ), is to be understood in the more general sense of “ration” or…

Article Another tradition suggests Thomas, rather than Thaddeaus, was the missionary to Edessa. G. Thomas may have originated in Edessa (Klijn, Edessa, pp. 64–83, 106–3κ, but cf. B. Ehlers, “Kann das Thomasevangelium aus Edessa stammen? ” NovT 12 (1970): 284–317). Ephrem Syrus alludes to a transfer and veneration of Thomas’ bones at Edessa (Ephrem Car.…

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Article One of the first attempts to argue for an earlier date of the composition for CT was made by Jacob Bamberger, who related it to the fourth century on the basis of its supposed indebtedness to the Jewish Adam-literature and origins in the “Ephrem’s school”.7 Later on, Albrecht Götze, the first scholar who undertook…