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GRIPLA40
Sources
The following is a summary listing of the most apparent sources for the nar-
ratives in the collections of apostles’ and saints’ lives in AM 645 4to and AM
652/630 4to, combining information given in the Handlist, Kirby 1980 and
Collings 1969, and the findings given in the present author’s doctoral thesis.49
BHL entries marked in bold characters in the following text and footnotes are
those that are not listed in the „Handlist“; entries that are not listed in Kirby
are underlined.
Group A
Bartholomew (AM 645 4to): Pseudo-Abdian Passio Sancti Bartolomaei Apostoli
(Book VIII; BHL 1002).
James the Greater (AM 645 4to): Pseudo-Abdian Passio Sancti Jacobi Apostoli
(Book IV; BHL 4057). The Pseudo-Abdian passio of James is most likely derived from
a Greek original, but it is one of four texts in the Historia Apostolica that do not have
direct correspondences to other traditional accounts.50
Matthew (AM 645, 652, 630): Pseudo-Abdian Passio Matthaei (Book VII; BHL
5690).
Simon and Jude (AM 652, 630): Pseudo-Abdian Passio Simonis et Judae (Book VI;
BHL 7749-51).
Thomas (AM 652, 630): Pseudo-Abdian Passio Sancti Thomae Apostoli (Book IX;
BHL 8136, which is the second of two Pseudo-Abdian accounts, the first being the De
Miraculis Beati Thomae Apostoli). Both of these versions are based on the original
Acts of Thomas, although the latter version, as its title indicates, omits various
miracles, as well as a great deal of material indicative of the Acts’ presumed original
Encratite or Gnostic character.
49 This list should be regarded as an aid to study of the lives in AM 645 4to and AM 652/630
4to, representing as it does a compilatory, updated version of information on the sources of
these lives. Further detail on questions regarding these sources, as well as on different sources
and conjectures on sources for particular sections of the individual lives is given in Collings
1969 and Roughton 2005.
50 The other ‘independent’ Pseudo-Abdian accounts are the passions of James the Less, Matt-
hew, and Philip.