Simon Magus in Patristic, Medieval And Early Modern Traditions

In 15 essays, all but one previously published in various venues, Ferreiro (European history, Seattle Pacific U.) demonstrates the chronological trajectory of the famous magician and the creative ways in which he was adapted over centuries by those who used him to condemn magic, witchcraft, Gnosticism, Islam, heresy in all its manifestations and other evils; and even to promote papal primacy. His topics include Simon Peter and Simon Magus in the Acts of Peter and the Passion of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul , Priscillian and Nicolaitism, and Simon Magus and Simon Peter in Medieval Irish and English legends and in a Baroque alter relief in the Cathedral of Oviedo in Spain. Annotation c2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Alberto Ferreiro, Ph.D, is a Professor of European History at Seattle Pacific University. He has published over 50 articles in patristics and medieval studies in prestigious journals such asChurch History, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Harvard Theological Review, Vigiliae Christianae,Zeitschrift fur Papyrologie und Epigraphik, Revue des Etudes Augustiniennes,Apocrypha, Studia monastica, Hagiographica among others and in published acts of major conferences. His latest book isThe Twelve Prophets, (Intervarsity Press, 2003).