The Ethiopic Apocalypse of Peter
- Date of account
- 1990–2009 scholarship and translation; late antique apocryphal text
- Location
- Ethiopian Ge’ez manuscript tradition
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
The Apocalypse of Peter is an early Christian apocryphal work describing revealed destinies of the righteous and wicked, including vivid postmortem punishments. An Ethiopic version or related Ethiopic transmission is important because it preserves material alongside other Christian apocalyptic traditions and can be studied through manuscript comparison and translation history. It offers a direct comparative case for guided otherworld journeys, judgment geography, and moralized visionary testimony. Its manuscript relationships, dating, and relation to Greek and other fragments are matters for textual scholarship, not evidence of literal travel beyond death.
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