(Larry Hurtado): “The Gospel of Peter” is an extra-canonical book about Jesus, the text of which was found in a small codex buried with an Egyptian Christian sometime between the 6th and 9th centuries CE. I’ve just received a copy of the major new study of this important text by my colleague here, Dr. Paul Foster: The Gospel of Peter: Introduction, Critical Edition and Commentary (“Texts and Editions for NT STudy” 4; Leiden: Brill, 2010).
This substantial volume (511 pp. + bibliography and indexes) is the product of several years of work and is now the most thorough treatment of GPeter available in any language. There is a 174-pp. Introduction (which includes a full review of previous scholarship, and discussions of a number of relevant questions), photographic plates and transcription, fresh English translation, and detailed (300 pp) commentary.
By some beginner’s mistake, my name is linking to the wrong blog address. Here is the right one:
http://rbecs.wordpress.com/
The gospel of Peter is still only extant in a fragment representing part of the crucifixion story and part of the resurrection, right? I mean, this new publication isn’t like the whole enchilada, is it?