Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Chapter One. Introduction""; ""1. Purpose and Rationale""; ""2. Structure and Method""; ""3. Outlining an Approach""; ""Chapter Two. History of Research""; ""1. Preliminary Remarks""; ""2. Simon observed within the Debate over the Historical Value of Acts""; ""3. Simon observed within the Debate over the Nature and Origin of Gnosticism""; ""4. Concluding Remarks""; ""Chapter Three. The Sources""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. References to the Magoi in the Literature of Graeco-Roman Antiquity""; ""2.1 Introduction""
  • ""2.2 Magoi in the Pre-Socratics""""Excursus: Heraclitus of Ephesus""; ""2.3 Magoi in the Historians of Graeco-Roman Antiquity""; ""2.4 Magoi in the Philosophers of Graeco-Roman Antiquity""; ""2.5 Magoi in the Writers of Graeco-Roman Antiquity""; ""2.6 Observations""; ""2.7 Conclusions""; ""3. The New Testament Account of Simon""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 Some Textual Considerations in Acts 8:4â€?25""; ""3.3 Summary Conclusions""; ""4. The Accounts of Simon in Ancient Christian Writers prior to 400CE""; ""4.1 Justin Martyr""; ""4.2 Irenaeus""; ""4.3 Hippolytus""; ""4.4 Epiphanius""
  • ""4.5 The Pseudo-Clementine Literature""""4.6 The Apocryphal Acts of Peter""; ""5. Summary Conclusions""; ""Chapter Four. Simon the Magician""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Magic in the Graeco-Roman World""; ""3. Jewish Magic""; ""Excursus: Honi the Circle Drawer and Hanina Ben Dosa""; ""4. Magoi in the Matthean Infancy Narrative""; ""5. Simon the “Magicianâ€? and other “Magiciansâ€? in the Book of Acts""; ""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.2 Philip, Peter, and Simon the “Magicianâ€? in Acts 8:4â€?25""; ""Excursus: [The] City of Samaria and a “Samaritanâ€? Simon in Acts 8:4â€?25""
  • ""5.3 Paul and the Jewish “Magicianâ€? Bar-Jesus in Acts 13:4â€?12""""5.4 Paul and the Ephesian Exorcists in Acts 19:13â€?20""; ""Chapter Five. Simon the Gnostic""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Towards a Consensus in Terminology""; ""2.1 The Word “Gnosticâ€? and Its Development""; ""2.2 The Word “Gnosticismâ€? and Its Development""; ""3. Evidence from Ancient Christian Writers""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 Literary Fragments""; ""Excursus: Simon and the Gods and Goddesses of Graeco-Roman Antiquity""; ""Chapter Six. Conclusion""; ""1. Preliminary Remarks""
  • ""2. The Messina Definition and Simon""""3. Ancient Christian Writers and Simon""; ""4. “Simonâ€? on Simon""; ""5. Final Remarks""; ""Bibliography""; ""1. Sources (Texts and Translations)""; ""1.1. Jewish, Samaritan, and Christian""; ""1.2. Iranian""; ""1.3. Greek and Roman""; ""1.4. Nag Hammadi""; ""1.5. Magical Papyri""; ""2. Reference""; ""3. Secondary Literature""; ""Index of References""; ""1. Old Testament/Hebrew Bibel""; ""2. Septuagint, Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha""; ""3. New Testament""; ""4. Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature""; ""5. Rabbinic Literature""