Apocalypse of Paul — M. R. James (1924)

Translation profile

Language: English. Collection scope: nt apocrypha.

Translation: Montague Rhodes James

Montague Rhodes James’s original 1924 English presentation of the Apocalypse of Paul in The Apocryphal New Testament, Oxford: Clarendon Press, printed pages 525–555. The original 1924 title and all thirty-one source pages were checked directly in the University of Illinois scan. James states on page526 that the full Latin version is the basis of his translation, with Greek, Syriac and Coptic readings where the Latin is corrupt. His Latin text appeared in Apocrypha Anecdota I (1893). His cited source scholars include William Wright (1830–1889), E. A. Wallis Budge (1857–1934) and Georg Steindorff (1861–1951). The original 1924 United States term and these scholars’ ordinary UK terms, including James (1862–1936), have expired. No worldwide term assertion. The complete identified historical main-text presentation is reproduced, with its distinct witness labels and James’s commentary; running headers, printer footer, separate footnotes and their calls are excluded. The Coptic portion includes James’s expressly identified summaries, not an unabridged Coptic translation. Free download alone is not relied on as commercial permission.

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Edition coverage

Complete identified original1924 main-text presentation, including introduction, all51 original numbered sections, Greek/Syriac/Coptic alternatives, the separately labeled Syriac ending, the Coptic continuation and summaries, and James’s concluding discussion. The Coptic version begins within section16, as stated in the source footnote on532. Original printed page references525–555 are used. James’s commentary and conjectures remain identified historical scholarship; the attribution to Paul is not asserted as established authorship. No reconstructed lost ending or new composite is introduced. ApocalypseThomas beginning555line30 is excluded.

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