Addai (pseudonymous authorship)

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Addai (pseudonymous authorship) is the name of a supposed early Christian figure to whom later writers ascribed authorship of the Syriac text known as the Doctrine of Addai, despite the work’s actual author being unknown.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf figure in early Christian tradition
pseudonymous author
actualAuthorOfAssociatedText unknown
associatedWithText Doctrine of Addai NERFINISHED
associatedWithTraditionType apostolic legend GENERATED
authorshipAscribedBy later Christian writers
authorshipClaim Addai wrote the Doctrine of Addai
authorshipClaimStatus not historically verified
authorshipStatus pseudonymous
category Syriac Christian legendary figure
pseudonymous authors in religious literature
connectedTo legend of the conversion of Edessa
culturalContext Syriac Christianity
describedAs supposed early Christian figure
hasNameVariant Addaeus NERFINISHED
Thaddaeus of Edessa NERFINISHED
hasWorkAttributed Doctrine of Addai NERFINISHED
historicity uncertain
identityOfHistoricalPerson disputed
languageOfAssociatedText Syriac NERFINISHED
linkedFigure King Abgar of Edessa NERFINISHED
nameType pseudonym
nameUsedFor supposed early Christian figure
narrativeFunction missionary sent to Edessa
regionOfTraditionalActivity Edessa NERFINISHED
relatedConcept pseudepigraphy
roleInTradition attributed author of the Doctrine of Addai
scholarlyViewOnDoctrineOfAddai composed by an anonymous Syriac author
textualTransmissionLanguage Syriac manuscripts
timeOfTraditionalSetting early Christian period
tradition Christianity NERFINISHED
usedInGenre apocryphal Christian literature
hagiographical literature
veneratedIn Syriac Christian tradition

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Doctrine of Addai attributedTo Addai (pseudonymous authorship)