Helpful Saints Corpus Reader
Apocalypse of Zephaniah
Apocalypse of Zephaniah — James 1920 quotation and fragment discussion
Unverified edition · Scanned section 90
Reading language: eng · Original language (catalog): Ancient source language(s)
Reading display
Display preferences stay on this browser when storage is available.
Resume in the Library keeps only your last public work, edition and passage on this browser.
Saved Places
Saved only on this browser. Places do not synchronize between devices. Only work, edition and passage identifiers are kept; passage text is not stored.
Remove all Saved Places from this browser? Resume reading and display preferences will stay.
Scanned section 90 · All reading sections
Choose an edition
James1920 historical fragment dossier, printedpage 72
Zephaniah For Zephaniah we are better off. In the first place we have a definite title. Apocalypse of Sophonias, and a stichometry — 600 lines. We also have an express quotation. Clement of Alexandria {Sir., v. 11, 77) says : Is not this (a passage from an Epistle of Plato) like what is said by Sophonias the prophet? " And the spirit took me up and carried me into the fifth heaven, and I beheld angels that are called Lords (and their diadem was set upon them in the holy spirit, and the throne of each of them seven times brighter than the light of the sun as it shineth), dwelling in temples of salvation and singing hymns to God unspeakable. Most High." This myst, one would say, be an extract
Study this passage
Compare this section in another edition
Read the editions separately. Matching section labels do not establish word or phrase alignment.
Only publicly readable editions are offered. An original-language parallel requires an admitted source edition; a retained private witness is not displayed here.
About this edition
Recorded completeness: James1920 printed72–74: one definite Clementquotation concerning fifthheaven and James’s discussion/summary of fragmentary Coptic texts attributed toZephaniah. Identity between Clement’s book and the Coptic fragments is explicitly uncertain in the retained source. Not a complete ancientbook, original Coptic edition or a modern translation of all discovered fragments; unrelatedZechariah excluded. All sourcewording, quotedlacunae and uncertainOCR retained withoutrepair.. Available reading sections are listed below.
Available body coverage · eng
3 chapter/reading unit(s) · 3 nonempty passage record(s).
Supported chapters & passages
- Scanned section 90 · 1 passage record(s)
- Scanned section 91 · 1 passage record(s)
- Scanned section 92 · 1 passage record(s)
Body coverage is separate from textual verification. Counts do not establish complete chapters or textual completeness.
Evidence Intelligence
Know what kind of evidence you are looking at.
Helpful Saints keeps direct biblical text, language evidence, ancient witnesses, historical context, research models, and open questions visibly distinct.Direct Biblical Text
The explicit wording and literary context of canonical Scripture.
Original-Language Evidence
Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, morphology, lemmas, semantic range, and textual comparison.
Ancient Witness
Septuagint, Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient Jewish literature, and early Christian writings—clearly classified.
Historical Context
Geography, material culture, chronology ranges, institutions, customs, and reception history.
Research Model
A configured chronology, theological synthesis, typological pattern, or proposed relationship.
Open Question
Evidence is incomplete, debated, or insufficient for a settled conclusion.