The Second Apocalypse of James is a Gnostic writing. It is the fourth tractate in Codex V in the Nag Hammadi library, immediately following the First Apocalypse of James.[1][2][3] The order is a deliberate scribal choice, since the first text prepares James the Just for his death as a martyr, and the second text describes his death in detail.[1][2] The existing Coptic version was likely translated in c. 300 AD from a Greek original written in c. 150 AD (possibly earlier than the First Apocalypse).[4][5] In the text, James serves as a Gnostic redeemer[1] who tries unsuccessfully to persuade the people to understand God before his martyrdom.
^ abHedrick, Charles W. "Apocalypse of James, Second". The Coptic encyclopedia, volume 1. Claremont Graduate University. School of Religion. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
^Brown, S. Kent (July 1975). ""Jewish and Gnostic Elements in the Second Apocalypse of James (CG V, 4)" Novum Testamentum Vol. 17, Fasc. 3". Novum Testamentum. 17 (3). Provo, Utah: BRILL: 225–237. doi:10.2307/1560057. JSTOR1560057.
^Wilhelm Schneemelcher, ed., translation by R. McL. Wilson, New Testament Apocrypha : Gospels and Related Writings (Louisville: John Knox Press, 1992), pp. 327-341
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