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Pseudo-Barnabas

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theologian

Anonymous early-2nd-century author of the Epistle of Barnabas, an allegorical-typological treatise on the Old Testament. Probably Alexandrian; not in fact the apostolic Barnabas.

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Sources for biography

  • Epistle of Barnabas (entire) primary
  • Clement of Alexandria, Stromata 2.6-7 primary
  • Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 3.25, 6.14 primary

tradition connections(3)

  • cited (incoming) Clement of Alexandria
    Clement of Alexandria quotes the Epistle of Barnabas as scripture in the Stromata, attributing it to the apostolic Barnabas. Marked tradition because Pseudo-Barnabas himself is anonymous; Clement is citing the text under a pseudepigraphic attribution.
    Clement of Alexandria, Stromata 2.6, 2.7, 5.10
  • cited (incoming) Origen of Alexandria
    Origen quotes the Epistle of Barnabas as a 'catholic epistle' (Contra Celsum 1.63). Marked tradition because Pseudo-Barnabas is anonymous and Origen attributes the text to the apostolic Barnabas.
    Origen, Contra Celsum 1.63
  • knew of (incoming) Eusebius of Caesarea
    Eusebius discusses the Epistle of Barnabas among the disputed/spurious writings (HE 3.25, 6.14). Marked tradition because the author is anonymous.
    Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 3.25, 6.14

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