As an accompaniment to the corpus of the Griechischen Christlichen Schriftsteller (GCS), Adolf von Harnack created the monograph series Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der altchristlichen Literatur (TU) in 1882, which from that time on served as an "archive for the ... editions of older Christian writers".
The Actus Vercellenses narrates the struggle between the Apostle Peter and the Simon the Magician along with Peter's martyrdom. This critical edition includes a close textual German translation, and provides a comprehensive introduction to this central part of the apocryphal Acts of Peter. Detailed commentary enhances the entertaining literary piece, revealing its value as a source of information on early Christian beliefs and institutions.
Marietheres Döhler, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
"[...] this is a most useful contribution to the study of the Acts of Peter, one that will have a prominent place in furthering the discussion."
Joseph Verheyden in: The Journal of Ecclesiastical History 70.3 (2019), 331-333
