The Stichometry of Nicephorus is a
stichometry attributed to
Patriarch Nicephorus I of Constantinople (c. 758-828). The work appears at the end of the ''Chronographikon Syntomon.'' It consists of a list of New Testament and Old Testament works categorized between canonical, disputed, and apocryphal, along with the total number of lines in each text.The work was composed in the 9th century. Some manuscripts attribute the work anonymously rather than to Nicephorus. It is significant in the area of
canon studies as it includes counts for Christian texts which have been lost over the course of time. This has enabled modern scholars to determine how much of various fragmentary texts from the
New Testament apocrypha
The New Testament apocrypha (singular apocryphon) are a number of writings by early Christians that give accounts of Jesus and his teachings, the nature of God, or the teachings of his apostles and of their lives. Some of these writings were cit ...
and Old Testament
apocrypha
Apocrypha () are biblical or related writings not forming part of the accepted canon of scripture, some of which might be of doubtful authorship or authenticity. In Christianity, the word ''apocryphal'' (ἀπόκρυφος) was first applied to ...
remain missing.
The New Testament writings considered disputed:
*
Revelation of John
*
Apocalypse of Peter
*
Epistle of Barnabas
The Epistle of Barnabas () is an early Christian Greek epistle written between AD 70 and AD 135. The complete text is preserved in the 4th-century Codex Sinaiticus, where it appears at the end of the New Testament, following the Book of Revelati ...
*
Gospel of the Hebrews
The Gospel of the Hebrews (), or Gospel according to the Hebrews, is a lost Jewish–Christian gospel. The text of the gospel is lost, with only fragments of it surviving as brief quotations by the early Church Fathers and in apocryphal writi ...
The Old Testament writings considered disputed:
*
Book of Enoch
The Book of Enoch (also 1 Enoch;
Hebrew language, Hebrew: סֵפֶר חֲנוֹךְ, ''Sēfer Ḥănōḵ''; , ) is an Second Temple Judaism, ancient Jewish Apocalyptic literature, apocalyptic religious text, ascribed by tradition to the Patriar ...
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Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs is a constituent of the apocryphal scriptures connected with the Bible. It is believed to be a pseudepigraphical work of the dying commands of the twelve sons of Jacob. It is part of the Oskan Armenian Or ...
*
Prayer of Joseph
* The testament of Moses
*
Assumption of Moses
* A work titled "Abraham", possibly the
Apocalypse of Abraham
* Eldad and Modad
*
Apocalypse of Elijah
*
Apocalypse of Zephaniah
* Apocalypse of Zechariah
References
External links
The stichometry of Nicephorus(English, Greek, Latin)
Teubner edition with critical apparatusin Nikephoros, ''Chronographikon syntomon'' in: Nicephori Archiepiscopi Constantinopolitani, ''Opuscula historica'', ed. C. de Boor, Leipzig 1880, p. 80–135, esp. 132 – 135. (Greek, Internet Archive)
In a collection of documents on the history of the Christian canonby E. Preuschen, ''Analecta'' (Freiberg and Leipzig: Mohr, 1893), pp. 156–8. (Greek, Internet Archive).
Apocrypha
Manuscripts
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