Arde'et - The Magic Book of the Disciples

Arde'et: The Magic Book of the Disciples Author(s): Enno Littmann Reviewed work(s): Source: Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 25 (1904), pp. 1-48 Published by: American Oriental Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/592548 . Accessed: 25/10/2012 13:38 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp

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JOURNAL OF THE

ORIENTAL

AMERICAN Arde'et:

SOCIETY.

Tke lJfagie Book of the Di8ieples.-By

LITTMANN,Princeton

University,

Princeton,

Dr. ENNO N. J.

FOLKLOREand the science of comparative religion have made much progress within the last quarter of the past century: the magic superstitions and popular religious beliefs of all peoples have been studied, and the results of such studies have, often with marked success, been applied to certain phases of the history of the great religions of the world. For instance, the idea of the name of God, as represented in the Old and New Testaments, has gained an entirely new aspect and has been discussed in a much more plausible manner than ever before, since ethnology and folklore have contributed to its elucidation.' This instance has been chosen here instead of a great many others, because it touches directly upon the contents of the Ethiopic book published and translated in the following pages. Abyssinia is a mine of superstitions and magic practices, and many of them have been written down in the Ethiopic language. A large part of the Ethiopic literature, therefore, is magic literature. This, however, has attracted very few scholars, no doubt partly owing to the crabbedness of the subject, but partly also to the fact that there have been but few workers in the field. Except the French translations of several magic I See Fr. Giesebrecht, Die alttestamentliche Schdtzung des Gottesnamens, Konigsberg, 1901 (especially p. 6). Wilhelm Heitmiuller, " Im Namen Jesu." Gittingen, 1903. VOL.

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prayers, published by Professor Basset in his Apocryphes tthiopiens, very little has been done in this line.' But I trust that the time will come when the abundant Ethiopic material will be available for students of folklore and magic. Among the Ethiopic magic books, the one commonly called Arde'et, i. e. " the Disciples," is held very precious by the Abyssinians, and is of interest to us in more than one respect. It tells how Jesus taught the Disciples his secret names, among them the " great name ;" how the Disciples went about performing miracles by the power of Christ's name, and were themselves saved by it from the wrath of the people of Sodom and Gomorrha and from many kings and rulers; and finally, The whole is interhow Jesus showed them hell and paradise. woven with a number of long prayers which sometimes, as e. g. in chapters IV and VI, are real compendiums of Abyssinian magic.' Some of the traditions set forth in this book are undoubtedly as early as the first centuries of the Christian era; this is proved Among by the fact that we find them in gnostic literature. these the most striking is the legend of the journey of the Apostles to hell and paradise, led by Christ; the same was known to the gnostics, as we see from C. Schmidt's .UitersuOther parallels are the ch~ungen uiber die gnostischen Werke.3 his forbids Disciples to reveal the Jesus following: In VIII, 15 is told in gnostic the same have heard; secrets which they the secrets revealed that we read 16 In seq. VIII, works.4 here are given to no one else except Mary, John " the Virgin," Abraham, and Moses; this is to be compared with the gnostic tradition that John 7rapfvos was the highest among the Disciples. Our book, however, speaks of John " the Virgin" as being the Baptist, because the other John was included among the Finally we may cite here the " great name " (VIII, Disciples. 24), which seems to have played an important role in the gnostic ' See also Dr. K. Fries' edition and translation of The Ethiopic Legend of Socinius and Ursula, in Actes du VIIIe Congres International des Orientalistes, and my article The Princeton Ethiopic Magic Scroll, in The Princeton University Bulletin, vol. xv., pp. 31-42. 2 See especially IV, 20 and VI, 11. Schriften in Koptischer Sprache. Leipzig, 1892 (Texte und 3Gnostische Untersuchungen VIII), p. 464. 1. c., p. 465. 4Schmidt,

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This tends to show that there are at least certain system.' in "Arde'et" that are to be connected with apocryelements A more detailed discussion phal ideas of ancient Christianity. of these questions, and particularly a full enquiry into the literary composition and the derivation of Chapters II-VII cannot be given here. I hope that somebody more fit for this For the work than myself may soon undertake the study. present, attention may be called to the following: It seems to me safe to conclude that the Ethiopic Arde'et, in the form in which we have it now, was composed at some time between the 14th and 17th centuries A. D. The term)ninusad quewnis given by the fact that manuscripts containing this work belong to the 17th or 18th century;2 the other date is naturally suggested (1) by the Amharic influence which appears throughout the book, showing itself in grammatical constructions, order of words, neglect of the cases, etc.; and (2) by the history of Ethiopic literature; for in the 14th century there was much literary activity in Abyssinia, especially during the reign of Zar'a Ya'qob, and a number of magic books are known to have been translated or composed at that time,3 among others a magic work which seems to be closely related to Arde'et, viz. Asmcta Egz^'entI "The Names of our Lord." Now the question arises at once whether Arde'et is an original Abyssinian composition, or whether it is a translation like the larger part of Ethiopic literature. The parallels quoted in the foregoing paragraph do not afford conclusive evidence; for the hypotheti-. cal author of Arde'et may have read them elsewhere and adopted them into his own composition. However this may be, we must count with the fact that there is (A) a long and (B) a short recension of Arde'et: the former is represented by the text published here; the latter by Basset's translation, published in his A4pocr-yphes ?th'iopiens.4 The short recension corresponds to ch. II, 17-30 and ch. VIII of the longer one, i. e. it gives only the names of Christ and the vision of hell. Moreover, we I

Ib. p. 197.

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a manuscript in the British Museum, Or. 65, belonging to the XVI. century, but in Wright's Catalogue no Or. 65 is to be found. 3 See Conti Rossini, 1. c., ? 18. 4

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must take into consideration that a number of passages in A describing Abyssinian magic practices can scarcely have been translated, and again that there are other passages which seem to have been badly translated from a foreign language; among others the word Kfrdbos in VIII, 18 may be due to a wrong reading of an Arabic word (Qpnxi@ for )o U and the name Latandwi' may be explained from the Arabic. I conjecture, therefore, that the author (or compiler) of Arde'et had certain translations before him-perhaps chiefly chapters II, that he worked them over and incorporated VIII, IX-and them into his work, which, after all, may contain very little written by the man himself. Whatever the relation between recensions A and B may be, there is no doubt that, in spite of the somewhat rugged disposition of the matters and the abrupt transitions, the longer recension was compiled with the intention to make the whole a single connected narrative. This is shown by introduction and conclusion; ch. I, 5-7 gives a very brief idea of what is to be found in the ensuing work and refers to several of the events narrated in chs. II seq.; and again the verses IX, 8 seq. recapitulate what has been told in the entire book. A few words remain to be said here on what Arde'et contributes toward our knowledge of the so-called "philosophy of names." Although the idea of the power of the "name"1 rulls like a red thread through the whole book, and thus furnishes new material concerning the results reached by the recitation of names, the list of such names and their translations, given in For here ch. II, 18 seq., is perhaps even more interesting. we learn that, notwithstanding all the humbug and ignorance connected with the " names " and the epiesia graminmata, a great many of them had originally a definite meaning which was in keeping with the derivation of the word. In Awmau'Zl, "forgiver" (II, 20) we easily recognize the Hebrew bKfl2 "God is gracious "; Geyoim " rich " (ibid.) is very probably the Hebrew MY.V; and if LcthCk-, LchCun, Lahd2m is interpreted ' See below, p. 5. Cf. bNI~M and bK::M in Schwab, Paris, 1897, p, 130. '3Cf. bNkN, ib., p. 90. 2

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not fear you, for ye will not be able to kill us; God will help us and deliver us from your hands to-day, but ye will be with12 Ye are unclean and cursed, ye are out strength or power. 13 And they bound their in sin and in bodies without souls." of God And an descended from heaven and hands feet. angel and came to the 12 Disciples at the time of midnight, saying unto them: "Be not afraid, ye apostles [and] servants of God, select and strengthened by the Holy Ghost." 14 And then And then they prayed and they fell down on their knees. 18 ro. asked and invoked these names: God I opened their fetters and their faces shone brighter than sun and moon before all [people], and the 12 Disciples said: 15 " See how the Lord our God has saved us and [how] our fetters have been opened by the power of our God." 16 And [even] after they had seen that their fetters had been opened, none of them believed except one whose name was Lot; and again they said to the 12 Disciples: 17 "Behold, we shall throw you into a fiery furnace, and then, let us see who shall bring you out of this fire." 18 But these Disciples said to them: " Fire will be like cold water by the will of the Lord our God, and water will be like fire. Without the will of the Lord our God no fire can reach us or touch 18 vo. us." 19 And I Lot said to all the people: "Do not do this thing, and likewise do not revile them. Come, come, let us listen to their word and let us keep their commands. 20 For truly they' are the Disciples and have the true faith, and I believe in their prayer, and will not walk in your works nor 21 And when they heard these words of follow your traces." Lot, all the people became angry and said to him: " Thou also, if thou believest in them-let us see, how they will save thee, they who can not save themselves!" 22 But then Lot took courage and united with the 12 Disciples. And they heated a pit of fire seven times.2 23 And the Disciples said to Lot: " Be not afraid 19 ro. and let thy heart not fear; behold, I God is with thee, He will save thee." 24 And the 12 Disciples prayed these names of Christ, and took sand in their hands and cast it in the fire, saying: " Make, 0 Lord, this fire like cold water!" while all the people witnessed [it] with their own eyes. 25 And they said: "We must believe them to be keepers of magic art more than3 l

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all [other] men, because they have escaped (?); and now come, let 26 And they gave 12 full cups to the 12 us give them poison." prayed to God and read these names disciples But the Disciples. 0 Lord our God and our Saviour, "Thou, 27 of God, saying: of these thy names so that they the power by [destroy] this poison people these that and us kill not 19 vo. can I of the land be abashed!" and saying: "IIn the faces, their crossed 28 And then they Ghost " they took Holy the and Son the and Father the of name [it] and drank [it], but all this tribulation did not harm them. 29 The people tried them with all [devices], but they could not overpower them. Then all the people said among themselves: 30 "Never until to-day have we seen such evildoers, whom no man can overpower and who have made our strong fetters 31 And since we like fire, and fire they made like cold water. have punished them in all [possible ways] and have not overLet us drive the powered them, what shall we do unto them? 12 Disciples away from our country !" 32 But they said to all the [people of] Sodom and Gomorrha: " See the powerfof God, that saves us from your hands! But ye have no power or 33 And they went away I from that land, and said 20 ro. strength!" to Lot: "ICome quickly, leave with us this town, for the end of this land has come." And Lot departed with his children and his wife; and the 12 Disciples cursed the people of Sodom and 34 And God Gomorrha, and shook the dust from their feet. made a flame of fire come down from heaven upon them; the 88 gates of this land were extinguished and exterminated for ever and all [its people] perished because of the and ever-Amen-, curse of the 12 Disciples, that it should be a witness for them. And no one among them escaped; it became a desert, as though it had never been. 35 Thus extinguish and exterminate my enemies .... Save me, 0 Lord, and adversaries, those of thy servant ... 20 vo. from the I unclean spirits and the bad men who beset us and the wicked ones who beset [us] night and day: abash them and drive them away from me by the power of these thy names. Keep me and protect me 36 And Lot was and defend me and shelter me, thy servant ..... a chosen one of God, and was blessed and saved because he believed in the prayer of the 12 Disciples; and Lot was strong 37 Make me like him, 0 Lord, and save me and in the true faith. lead me out of every persecution and temptation, and evil speech and imprecations, by the power of these thy names and the prayer of the 12 38 Be merciful and gracious unto Disciples, me thy servant ......

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me and do not be far from me at any time. Thou art my God and my 21 ro. Lord, protect me with thy strong right hand and strengthen I me, thy servant.

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power and baffle their counsel, and paralyze their intentions, 10 Save us, 0 Lord, our God, by the power of these Amen! thy names from those who frighten and endanger our soul and body, and [from] the serpent and the dragon, who pierces and bites with his teeth and his tongue and scratches with his claw 11 Save -drive [him] away and avert [him] from me, Amen! us, 0 Lord our God, by the power of these thy names from all 22 vo. keepers of magic art, who corrupt the soul and who make poisons with skin and pillows, with sweat and the nails of our hands and the hair of our heads and the nails of our feet, and with the hair of our eye-[brows] and the hair of our clothes and the hair of our girdles, and where we eat and drink,' out of our whole souls and [such] poisons and make their power like ashes. bodies,-destroy like cold water and like soft lead (sic!) that nobody be May they Amen! 12 Save us, 0 Lord, our God, by us, overpower can the power of these thy names from all punishment by thy wrath and [from] reviling speech, and those who revile us, let them be detested' with all men. And those who are wroth against usmay God let the punishment of his wrath come upon them, 13 Save us, 0 Lord, our God, by the power of these I 23 ro. Amen. thy names from all the persecution of Satan, from seducing lust, from all the nets of death, and abash Satan that he flee and be ashamed and not approach us; and let his power be shattered and his counsel be destroyed [that it be] like ashes, Amen! 14 Save us, 0 Lord, our God, by the power of these thy names from all intriguing men and those who calumniate with words and tongue, and disperse their counsel and cut off their tongues with [thy] sword, Amen! 15 Save us, 0 Lord, our God, by these thy names from the short days, from the evil day, and from the Guard me and protect my soul and my body hours of temptation. and in peace, me, thy servant ...... in health and let me dwell 16 Save us, 0 Lord, our God, by the power of these thy names 23 vo from all I enemies who kill our souls: let their power be broken and their shield be shattered and let their lances and arrows 17 Save us, 0 Lord, our God, by turn back upon themselves. the power of these thy names from a'.death in sin, from the fireI This may refer to the belief that if applied to a person while eating. 2 Read 1f4+'M instead of 114eon.

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eater:' let us find grace and mercy before thee and let us not be 18 Save us, 0 Lord, ashamed before thee in the end, Amen. our God, by the power of these thy names, from disease and infirmity and from breaking of the bones of the body. 19 And heal speedily by thy grace and mercy thy servant ...... 20 Save us, 0 Lord, our God by the power of these thy names from the disease of maq'?y2 and colic, and [from] diseases of the eye and the head. 21 And avert [them], 0 Lord, and remove | 24 ro. them from me and raise me from my fall, me thy servant .... Amen. 22 Save us, 0 Lord, our God, by the power of these thy names, from disease' of ours feet and from tears of our4 eyes. Strengthen our feet on the path of peace and enlighten the eyes Give us, of our hearts, and lead us and sustain us in the good. o Lord, knowledge without grief [and] knowledge without 23 And fill my heart with joy and gladness, that of thy hypocrisy. servant ... Amen! 24 Save us, 0 Lord, our God, by the power of these thy names from all grief and calamity; and from all turpitude on earth and in heaven; [let us do] only honest things; and from eternal punishment and flaming fire; bestow on us joy on earth and life in heaven. 25 Do not forsake me, thy servant .... 24 vo. 26 Grant us all this that we have spoken with I our mouths and have asked, and do not treat us like other people: but love us more than all human creatures, bless us and have mercy upon us, guard us and protect us and confirm us, thou who hast fastened heaven without a pillar and the earth on the water. 27 Thus confirm me, 0 Lord, thy servant . 28 By the power of these thy names and by the power of thy kingdom and by the strength of thy throne, thou art our Lord God. Save us from all Guard us evil on earth and from all condemnation in heaven. and protect us also from being overpowered by any bad man,29 [guard me also,] thy servant ..... 30 who speak [evil] with their mouths and voices and who plan [evil] in their hearts, from every heavy punishment in heaven; from all this save us 25 ro. by the power of these thy names and I by the strength of thy throne and by thy exalted dwelling; and by the glory of thy imperishable kingdom, by thy full and sweet everlasting kindness. 31 Save me and defend me: in this world and in the coming world . Amen! thy grace and thy mercy be upon me, thy servant .... . I

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32 Be not far from us, but be with us always at every time, help us speedily to-day, on this day let thy kindness be revealed upon us.' And thy will and thy pleasure be done; we cannot 33 But with thee everything is carried carry out this thing. out by thy word and thy commandment; carry out on us thy great mercy and grace, and let thy salvation fill all our hearts And let all this that we have asked and with joy and gladness. 25 vo. that we have said, I be done speedily; help us to-day, on this day. 34 Thus hear my prayer that I have asked from thee, I, thy servant.... 35 To thee be praise and laud for ever and ever, Amen." 36 And after they had finished these words, God granted their request and all the desires of their hearts; because they believed, 37 And God said to his Disciples: he heard their request. in faith, come ye to me; for I have "My servants, strong Take [what] I give unto creatures. human chosen you out of all the skies and [farther of dew the than abundant more you; grace reaching] than the width of the earth; I love and favor you 38 But now speak and announce to all creatures, exceedingly. 26 ro. that whosoever believes in you, believes I in me and shall be saved by your prayer, and if any one does not believe in you, behold, ye shall see to-day, how I shall punish them in my wrath, and I shall disperse them like sand on the earth, for even the heavens and the earth cannot bear my wrath; the whole creation shall fear and tremble and be terrified." 39 When these Disciples heard this, they thanked the Lord and praised their God, and they said to all the people: " Ye have 40 And straightrefused to listen to our word and command." way they were terrified and appalled by the fear in their hearts, and their gods were exterminated and rooted out for ever, by this prayer of the names of Christ. 41 And while [the Disciples] crossed their faces and prayed and read these names of 26 vo. Christ, the hands I and the feet of these people became dry like wood, and their bows and arrows were broken and came back And their shields and lances were shattered; upon themselves. they were abashed and ashamed before the(m) [Disciples]. 42 In the same way may the hands and the feet of all my enemies and adversaries be broken, and their power be shattered and their eyes become blind and their mouths be bound and their throats be shut; may 1

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they not be able to speak and may they be abashed and ashamed. And keep all the demons that beset me away from me, and save me by the power of these thy holy names, and I have taken refuge in the prayer of the 12 Disciples, I, thy servant ...... 43 And the 12 Apostles were saved by the power of these names of Christ from the hands 27 ro. of all the 88 kings and 140 cities I who worshipped other gods. 44 Thou who hast saved the 12 Disciples, save me in the same way as them, 0 Lord, my God, from the fiery furnace in heaven and from all evil on earth. 0 Lord, choose me and be pleased with my soul and my body, [with] me, thy servant ..... . 45 [Then] the 12 Disciples converted the 88 kings [and] the 140 cities and made them forsake their gods and brought them back to the Lord their God.

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1 After he had revealed their true faith and their uplifting prayer to all peoples of the earth, they thanked and praised the Lord, their God, they lauded and sang with one mouth, and they said in unison: 2 " [Alleluia,] thou art clement, 0 Lord, Amen. Alleluia, thou art righteous, 0 Lord, Amen. 27 vo. Alleluia, thou art merciful, 0 l Lord, Amen. 3 Alleluia, thou art true, 0 Lord, Amen. Alleluia, be thou' gracious unto us, 0 Lord, Amen. Alleluia, thou art pure, 0 Lord, Amen. 4 Alleluia, thou art without impurity of sin, 0 Lord, Amen. Alleluia, thou art praised, 0 Lord, and thou art blessed, 0 Lord, Amen. Alleluia, thou art awful, 0 Lord, Amen. 5 Alleluia, thou art mighty, 0 Lord, Amen. Alleluia, thou art strong, 0 Lord, Amen. Alleluia, thou art wise, 0 Lord, Amen. 6 Alleluia, thou art exalted, 0 Lord, Amen. Alleluia, thou art faithful, 0 Lord, Amen. Alleluia, thou art forbearing, 0 Lord, Amen. 7 Alleluia, thou givest life, 0 Lord, Amen. Alleluia, thou raisest, 0 Lord, Amen. Alleluia, thou art knowing, 0 Lord, Amen. I

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8 Alleluia, thou art the king of kings, 0 Lord, Amen. Alleluia, thou art the I god of gods, 0 Lord, Amen. Alleluia, to thee belong praise and thanks for ever and ever, Amen. 9 Thee we worship on our knees, and we believe in thy living name for ever and ever, Amen !"

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1 And after all this had happened to the 12 Disciples, they again asked our Lord Jesus Christ and said to Him: " Behold, thou hast given us all that we have asked thee, and thou hast shown us the light which does not go out for ever and ever, and the joy which does not end for generation and generation. But now show us the sight of the judgment that we may learn 2 And He said unto them: "Better and perceive its likeness." than to see it would be for you not to see this sight of the For if ye see the smoke of the judgment, your soul judgment. 3 But therewill fear and tremble; desist, do not see [it]!" 28 vo. after I He showed them a bubbling stream of fire full from its top to its bottom, with reeking and fetid smoke. And when they saw the smoke of the judgment from a distance, tormenting 4 And they fell on their faces and were pain came over them. terrified, weeping bitter tears, and they were like corpses forty 5 And after that Jesus Christ called days and forty nights. 6 And the Apostles: "Rise and be not afraid, my servants!" " We and said: their faces, and crossed they rose straightway faces on our had fallen When we a thing. seen stupendous have having seen [the judgment], we crossed our faces, and we were For when we had seen the smoke of the judglike corpses. ment we wept bitter tears and we said, ' We are born in vain."' 7 And Jesus said unto them: "Have I not told you that it 29 ro. would be better for you not to see this I judgment than to see it ?" 8 And the Disciples of Jesus answered him: "It is true, o Lord, that thou hast told us [so]. But now tell us, 0 Lord, how a man can be saved from this consuming fire!" 9 And the 12 Disciples wept [tears that were] like a stream of ten 10 " Why Then the Disciples of Jesus said to Him: winters. hast thou created our father Adam in thy image and in thy

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likeness? Do not destroy the work of thy hands! But now tell us openly, 0 our Lord, 0 our Master, by what man can be saved from sin! For if thou art not merciful unto us, there is no good deed in us; but if thou art merciful unto us, we are called righteous and pure. 11 Then will be known thy mercy upon us sinners and trespassers. But with us there is no one good and righteous and pure like thee, our Lord, our Master, for 29 vo. there is no man that does not sin I before thee, 0 our Lord. 12 Is there any wood that does not become putrid, or a man who would be found perfect, except thee ? 13 0 Lord, do not punish me in thy wrath and do not chastise me with thy punishment, me thy servant..... 14 For there is none that can stand before thy face; heaven and earth can not bear thy wrath. But save us, that we may be saved from thy hand." 15 Again Jesus Christ said unto His Disciples: "I shall tell you truly; but do not reveal these my words [to anybody], and [this is] because he cannot bear or And when I tell you the secret, heaven will keep [them]. burn and earth will be fire. 16 And to you everything is revealed, nothing have I concealed from you, and no one hold 30 ro. I equal unto you except Mary my mother, who bore me in her womb nine months and embraced me with her arm' and nursed me from a breast sweeter than honey and salt; 17 and except John the Virgin, who baptized me in the river of Jordan and who touched my head which cannot be touched and which even the blaze of fire cannot touch-he took it in his hand; 18 and except Abraham my Beloved, with whom I made a covenant in the land of Kirab58s2, standing in a column of clouds, to whom I sent down a sheep as a ransom for his son Isaak, and to whom I revealed secret mysteries; 19 except [also] my servant Moses the prophet with whom I spoke voice to voice and to whom I gave victory over the enemy and whom I set over the Children of Israel 72 years." 20 And the Disciples of Jesus asked him that he might reveal unto them His secret name. 21 After that 30 vo. Jesus spoke to them and said unto I them: "Take [it]. Now I give you these my names; keep them and guard them, [that] ye may be saved from sin. 22 And every man who knows these my names, shall be saved; whosoever hangs them around his neck and wears them and keeps them and reads them and whosoever is purified and cleansed by his belief [in them], shall I

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be saved from many sins." 23 And Jesus wrote his names with And while His own holy hand and gave them to His Disciples. they read together, they found His secret name and they rejoiced and exulted, saying: " Lauded and praised be thy name for ever. Thou, 0 Lord, our God, hast given us all this, [namely] thy holy name." 24 And they invoked His name saying: "Ba/i3mo, Bafbn, BRafon; Rakbm, BRdk5*n,Rakon; P7bs, Pis, Pis; Aflas5, Alflas&, Aflas&; 2Jialy5'eybs, iIaly5'eybs, 31 ro. [lXaly5'eyos]; l31al'eyos, xal'eyos, [X41'eyos]; E~ncd'e, E~ncd'e, lera'el, Jiel-I'el; ASerd'Wl,Serd'Wl, Sera'el; lie i-il, Eitd'l; Felos, Felis, lVaros, LNgrs, N-drbs; Kbrbs, Koros, iKors; Fels; L -nss, Lin^s, Dabos; 'Esrs, 'Eros, 'Er5s; and my name 25 And there is nobody which is greater than all, Bersdbehelybs. who knows this my name except the four beasts, and except the twenty-four elders of heaven' and except Mary my mother." 26 And He said unto them: "By these my names ye shall be saved and your sins shall be forgiven to you. And whosoever invokes [them] like you and believes in this my name, shall be saved, and not be ashamed before me, and shall not see the smoke of the judgment; he shall be free from sin; his sins which he has committed from his childhood until his old age shall be forgiven unto him." 27 And Jesus Christ said: :31 vo. " Of all that is written in I my books nothing is greater than these my words; and this prayer is greater than all my prayers; and whosoever believes in this prayer, I shall save him and shall be merciful and gracious unto him. 28 I have sworn by my exalted throne; I have sworn by my pure dwelling; I have sworn by the stool of my feet; I have sworn by the head of Mary my 29 And I do not mother, by the holy angels, my messengers. deceive by my word, and I do not delude by my righteousness, 30 And as thou hast and I do not make impure my covenant." saved thy holy Disciples, thus save me,2 0 Lord, by this thy holy name, cleanse me and purify me from my sin, me thy servant ....... 31 And again Jesus Christ said: " Blessed be he who reads this book and blessed he who is purified by the prayer and who 32 Blessed he who is anxious, when 32 ro. believes in I this prayer. they read this prayer, to keep this prayer; I will make strong his power like [that of] a rock, and I will guard him by my power and strength, and I will love him like my Disciples. 1

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33 Blessed he who wears this prayer and hangs it around his neck; no evil spirit shall approach him and nobody shall be able to touch his body or his soul. 34 And where this book is found, disease and infirmity and hunger shall not enter that house, and Satan shall be driven away and not approach that Nor shall a thief steal, and as to his enemies-no dwelling. enemy or adversary of his shall be able to destroy or make fly 35 And his house and his children shall be away his power.' blessed, and the angels shall not stay away from him. Always 32 vo. all blessing of the prophets and apostles shall fill his house I and the spirit of God shall abide in it. But the spirit of Satan shall stay away from it. 36 And thou also if thou believest in this prayer, everything shall be done unto thee by this prayer. And the water of prayer shall not be poured on the earth, for it is sacred and holy, the likeness of the blood of Christ. 37 Let it be a cleanser of sin and a salvation for the soul and the body of thy servant ...... 38 And if thou, reading this, art purified, thou shalt find favor and love with all men; the mouth of the enemy and the thrust of lances shalt thou overpower and thou shalt subdue the power of all thy enemies and adversaries; and nobody shall stand before thee, but all shall fear and tremble before thy voice. 39 And when they see thy face, they shall flee and hasten [away], and thy speech shall be sweet toward the 33 ro. men who I plan evil in their hearts against thee. And the mighty shall not overpower thee by their might. From all this he shall be saved," said the Saviour Himself-40 As thou hast said in thy word, save me thy servant . -.... . -to Him be praise and thanks for ever and ever, Amen!

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1 And after Jesus had said these things to them, again His Disciples asked him, saying: " Behold, we have seen the sight of the judgment. But now show us the sight of Paradise that we may rejoice in thy grace and kindlness!" 2 And Jesus said unto his Disciples: " Rise, let us go through the regions [of heaven?]; and there I will show you wonderful miracles and astonishing things." 3 And they went and came to the 1 The translation of this passage is very doubtful.

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regions [of heaven] and they saw the land of Paradise, brighter than the sun and sweeter of smell than an offering of frankin33 vo. cense: even while it was [still] (a) far (land), I its fragrance was 4 Milk and honey were flowing [in it] prowafted [to them]. fusely like water; and vines were planted all over the land, and its twigs spread over the seven heavens, and its grapes were full And when they saw of never ceasing and imperishable delight. 5 And they said: " We have [this], they rejoiced greatly. seen to-day wondrous and marvellous [things] which we never 0 our Lord [and] our Master, thy word is true, saw [before]. and all thy ways are straight, thou art in truth the king, 0 Lord." 6 And further they said unto Him: "Tell us, 0 our Master, to whom thou wilt give these things. " 7 And he answered: "I will give this Paradise to those who do the will of my father and to my humble ones from whose hearts there comes no violence, and to those who believe and guard this my name. And to you also: take [it], for I have given [it] unto you 34 ro. as your inheritance." j 8 Then they thanked Him and praised "By this thy name we have Him, all united in singing a psalm. we have dispersed 7037 name this thy sick by men; healed 187 demons; by this thy name we have converted the 88 kings and the 140 cities; 9 by this thy name we have been saved from all the people of Sodom and Gomorrha and have made our fetters like fire and have made the fire cool like water, and those who reviled our name have been exterminated for ever and ever. 10 By this thy name we have destroyed 155 idols; by this thy name we have converted the 88 kings and the 140 cities, and we have exercised great power on earth. Not by our own power 11 We believe in thy have we done this, but by thy power. name which thou hast given us for conquering, and we worship thy power, who hast strengthened us; to thee be praise and 34 vo. thanks I for ever and ever, Ameni!" 12 This book has not been written by the hand of men, but 13 And by. our Saviour Himself who wrote it with His hand. art not if thou and if thou readst it, read it using (?) holy oil; thee it will bring and it oil; read pure using (?) able [to do so], over and victory and soul body, of and salvation perfect grace, 14 May it bring perfect grace unto thy servant ...... the enemy. 15 And all will be done unto thee by this prayer for ever and ever, Amen, Amen.