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Apocalypse of Peter
Also known as Revelation of Peter (Akhmim/Ethiopic)
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Early 2nd-century tour of heaven and hell (distinct from the Nag Hammadi text), listed in the Muratorian fragment.
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The Apocalypse of Peter, also called the Revelation of Peter, is an early Christian text of the 2nd century and a work of apocalyptic literature. It is the earliest-written extant work depicting a Christian account of heaven and hell in detail. The Apocalypse of Peter is influenced by both Jewish apocalyptic literature and Greek philosophy of the Hellenistic period. The text is extant in two diverging versions based on a lost Koine Greek original: a shorter Greek version and a longer Ethiopic version.
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