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Document Details : Title: The Reply of Jesus to King Abgar Subtitle: A Coptic New Testament Apocryphon Reconsidered (P. Mich. Inv. 6213) Author(s): SULLIVAN, Kevin P. , WILFONG, T.G. Journal: Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists Volume: 42 Date: 2005 Pages: 107-123 DOI: 10.2143/BASP.42.0.3275114 Abstract : P.Mich. inv. 6213, a Coptic papyrus in the University of Michigan collection, is a copy of the apocryphal letter by Jesus to King Abgar that is mentioned in Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History and the Syriac Doctrine of Addai. This papyrus is distinctive among the many extant copies of the letter because it mimics the appearance of a documentary letter. The present article is intended to present a new edition of this papyrus, to argue for its use as a protective amulet, and to situate this papyrus and the larger Abgar legend in their early Christian context. |
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