Letter of Jesus to Abgar
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The Letter of Jesus to Abgar is an early Christian apocryphal text purporting to record a correspondence between Jesus and King Abgar of Edessa, often cited in discussions of legendary traditions about Jesus outside the canonical New Testament.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient letter
ⓘ
apocryphal Christian text ⓘ pseudepigraphal work ⓘ |
| addressee |
Abgar V of Edessa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King Abgar of Edessa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedFigure | Addai (Thaddaeus) the Apostle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Edessa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedRegion | Osroene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | legendary traditions about Jesus outside the New Testament ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus |
apocryphal
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non-canonical ⓘ |
| citedBy | Eusebius of Caesarea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| claims |
Jesus acknowledges Abgar’s faith
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Jesus declines to visit Abgar in person ⓘ Jesus promises to send a disciple to Abgar after his ascension ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition |
early 3rd century
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late 2nd century ⓘ |
| genre | epistle ⓘ |
| historicity | considered legendary by modern scholars ⓘ |
| influenced |
Addai missionary traditions
ⓘ
legend of the conversion of Edessa ⓘ |
| language |
Greek
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Syriac ⓘ |
| literaryForm | royal correspondence ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Eusebius of Caesarea’s Ecclesiastical History NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | supports the story of Abgar’s conversion to Christianity ⓘ |
| preservation |
Greek manuscripts
ⓘ
Syriac manuscripts ⓘ |
| purportedAuthor | Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Abgar correspondence
NERFINISHED
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Doctrine of Addai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| scholarlyConsensus | not written by the historical Jesus ⓘ |
| statusInChurches | not accepted into the biblical canon by major Christian denominations ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
historical Jesus research
ⓘ
studies of early Syriac Christianity ⓘ textual criticism ⓘ |
| topic |
faith in Jesus
ⓘ
healing ⓘ promise of sending a disciple ⓘ |
| tradition | Syriac Christian tradition ⓘ |
| transmission | embedded in later historical and hagiographical works ⓘ |
| usedAs | evidence for early Christian presence in Edessa ⓘ |
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