Demonios, exorcismos y emperadores en los Hechos del Apóstol Pedro
Keywords:
Acts of Peter, New Testament, Apocryphal Writings, Magic, Miracle, Exorcisms, Roman Emperors, Christianity and popular piety,
Abstract
This study is based on the Acts of Peter, an apocryphal writing of the New Testament. The book, which is actually a work “pious”, popular and exemplary, recounts numerous episodes of magic. Of special interest to maintain the pulse Simon Peter vs Simon Magus, doing magic and miracles in Rome. The ideological background of the book is is an attack against the figure of the bad Roman emperors, whose model is Nerone, character ridiculed as murderer and persecutor of Christians.Downloads
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2009-01-19
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Perea Yébenes S. (2009). Demonios, exorcismos y emperadores en los Hechos del Apóstol Pedro. ’Ilu. Revista de Ciencias de las Religiones, 13, 167-181. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ILUR/article/view/ILUR0808440167A
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