Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VIII, 1952 Sacred Scripture Apocrypha

Gospel of the Nazarenes

NAZAREI, VANGELO DEI

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Also known as: Gospel according to the Hebrews, Gospel of the Hebrews; Latin: Evangelium Hebraeorum, Evangelium Nazaraeorum

GOSPEL OF THE NAZARENES. - According to the most common hypothesis, it is to be identified with the Gospel according to the Hebrews (v.), which St. Jerome says he found among the community of the Nazarenes at Berea (Aleppo) in Coele-Syria, and which he translated into Greek and Latin (De viris ill., 2).

According to A. Schmidtke, on the other hand, the Gospel of the Nazarenes would be an Aramaic version (Targum) of our Greek Matthew, composed at Berea around 150. It would correspond to the one cited as τὸ Ἰουδαϊκόν in certain Greek codices of Matthew. According to H. Waitz, it would have been written originally in Greek and later translated into Aramaic. It would depend on a pre-canonical Greek Matthew. The pericope of the adulteress would have passed from the Gospel of the Nazarenes into Jn. 8:1-11.

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BIBL.: E. Amann, Apochryphes du Nouv. Test., in DBs, I, coll. 471-74; G. Bonaccorsi, Vangeli apocrifi, I, Florence 1948, pp. xii-xiv (text, version and commentary of the fragments [attributed to the Gospel according to the Hebrews]: pp. 1-7).

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII (1952), col. 1699.

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De, Ambroggi Pietro. “Nazarei, vangelo dei.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, col. 1699. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/nazarei-vangelo-dei.

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De, Ambroggi Pietro. “Nazarei, vangelo dei.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 1699. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/nazarei-vangelo-dei.

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  author    = {De, Ambroggi Pietro},
  title     = {Nazarei, vangelo dei},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VIII},
  pages     = {1699},
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  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/nazarei-vangelo-dei}
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