Guide to the Pseudo-Clementine writings

Citation with stable link: Philip A. Harland, 'Guide to the Pseudo-Clementine writings,' Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World, last modified March 28, 2024, https://philipharland.com/Blog/?p=16830.

This post provides a guide for reading through ethnographic passages in the Pseudo-Clementine Recognitions, a novelistic story about the figure of Clement (second-fifth centuries CE):

  • Judean wisdom – Peter the Judean sage – Recognitions 1.1-19 (link)
  • Persians and Egyptians – Origins of Magian skill – Recognitions, throughout (link)
  • Eastern and northern peoples – astrology and ancestral customs – Recognitions 9.1-2, 12-29 (link)

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