{"product_id":"loa-apocalypse-of-peter-ethiopic","title":"The Apocalypse of Peter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat does justice look like in a vision where darkness and fire stand beside unfading flowers?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Apocalypse of Peter opens on the Mount of Olives, where the disciples ask Jesus about his coming and the world's end. According to the text, Jesus reveals to Peter a stark vision of judgment: the dead rise, Christ appears as judge, and human deeds carry consequences beyond death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten under Peter's name by an unknown early Christian author, this work describes heaven and hell in vivid detail. The longer Ethiopic text moves through warnings about the last days, punishments that mirror wrongdoing, and rest for the righteous. It also includes a mountain vision of Jesus shining with Moses and Elijah.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuestions on the mountain\u003c\/strong\u003e – Begin with the disciples' urgent questions about the signs of the end.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA stark moral reckoning\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore how the author connects earthly wrongdoing with specific punishments in the afterlife.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight beyond the darkness\u003c\/strong\u003e – Encounter the text's bright land of fragrant air and flowers that never fade.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGlory on the holy mountain\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow Peter and the disciples into a vision with Jesus, Moses, and Elijah.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA disputed sacred text\u003c\/strong\u003e – Read a work once accepted by some Christians and questioned by others.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers of early Christianity, visions of the afterlife, Dante's roots, and texts outside the Bible who welcome stark rather than gentle reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and follow Peter into this searching vision of judgment and rest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"eBook","offer_id":58111220842844,"sku":"LOA-55-EB","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":58111220875612,"sku":"LOA-55-AU","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":58113774584156,"sku":"LOA-55-PB","price":4.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":58113774616924,"sku":"LOA-55-HC","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/loa-forbidden-00055-en.png?v=1792190562","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/fr\/products\/loa-apocalypse-of-peter-ethiopic","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}