Pseudo-Abdias

The Apostolic Histories, also known as Pseudo-Abdias, is a collection of New Testament apocrypha in the genre of apostolic Acts popular in medieval Europe and preserved in Latin translations. It consists of ten books, each containing several chapters. Each book describes the life of one of the Apostles.^[1]^[2]

The attribution of the collection to "Pseudo-Abdias" is dubious. Swiss scholar Wolfgang Lazius attributed the full collection on the basis of an epilogue to one of the books mentioning "Abdias, Bishop of Babylon" in a 1552 edition. Abdias was presented as a companion of the apostles Simon and Judas Thaddeus on their way to Persia in the Passion of Simon and Jude (BHL H, 7749-7751). As the various stories circulated independently of each other, extending Pseudo-Abdias's authorship to all ten books is not considered likely by contemporary scholars, nor is it even clear that the Passion was claiming to be written by him if the epilogue is ignored.^[3]

^ Matthew C. Baldwin (2005). Whose Acts of Peter?: Text & Historical Context of the Actus Vercellenses. Mohr Siebeck. pp. 32–. ISBN 978-3-16-148408-7. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
^ John, the Son of Zebedee: The Life of a Legend R. Alan Culpepper - 2000- Page 202 "The Passion of John, wrongly attributed to Bishop Melitus of Laodicea and thus known as Pseudo-Melitus, and the Virtutes Johannis, otherwise known as Pseudo-Abdias, represent two parallel compilations of accounts of John's marvelous works.45 Both depend on an earlier Greek text which contained accounts drawn from the Acts of John.46 The text of Pseudo-Melitus dates from Ephesus or its environs, late in the fifth century..."
^ Santos Otero, Aurelio de (2003) [1989]. "Later Acts of Apostles". In Schneemelcher, Wilhelm (ed.). New Testament Apocrypha: Volume Two: Writings Relating to the Apostles; Apocalypses and Related Subjects. Translated by Wilson, Robert McLachlan (Revised ed.). Louisville: Westminster Press. pp. 426–482. ISBN 0-664-22722-8.

[Baldwin2005-1] Matthew C. Baldwin (2005). Whose Acts of Peter?: Text & Historical Context of the Actus Vercellenses. Mohr Siebeck. pp. 32–. ISBN 978-3-16-148408-7. Retrieved 11 November 2012.

[2] John, the Son of Zebedee: The Life of a Legend R. Alan Culpepper - 2000- Page 202 "The Passion of John, wrongly attributed to Bishop Melitus of Laodicea and thus known as Pseudo-Melitus, and the Virtutes Johannis, otherwise known as Pseudo-Abdias, represent two parallel compilations of accounts of John's marvelous works.45 Both depend on an earlier Greek text which contained accounts drawn from the Acts of John.46 The text of Pseudo-Melitus dates from Ephesus or its environs, late in the fifth century..."

[santos_otero-3] Santos Otero, Aurelio de (2003) [1989]. "Later Acts of Apostles". In Schneemelcher, Wilhelm (ed.). New Testament Apocrypha: Volume Two: Writings Relating to the Apostles; Apocalypses and Related Subjects. Translated by Wilson, Robert McLachlan (Revised ed.). Louisville: Westminster Press. pp. 426–482. ISBN 0-664-22722-8.

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