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Clare K. Rothschild

Dynasty and the Christian Apocrypha

Section: Articles
Volume 14 (2023) / Issue 2, pp. 169-201 (33)
Published 04.07.2023
DOI 10.1628/ec-2023-0013
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Summary
olitical dimensions of Christian apocrypha, namely the minimization of individual traits and contrivance of hereditary resemblance among the apostles to imply genealogical relationships where there were none and thus feign a permanent, stable, and legitimate apostolic dynasty.