4. And furthermore the Lord said: Let us go into the mountain: Let us pray...
6. And as we prayed, suddenly there appeared two men standing before the Lord towards the East, on whom we were not able to look; 7, for there came forth from their countenance a ray as of the sun, and their raiment was shining, such as eye of man never saw; for no mouth is able to express or heart to conceive the glory with which they were endued, and the beauty of their appearance. 8. And as we looked upon them, we were astounded; for their bodies were whiter than any snow and ruddier than any rose; 9, and the red thereof was mingled with the white, and I am utterly unable to express their beauty; 10, for their hair was curly and bright and seemly both on their face and shoulders, as it were a wreath woven of spikenard and divers-coloured flowers, or like a rainbow in the sky, such was their seemliness.
Seem to remember reading something similar with the First Vision of Joseph Smith. Does anyone else remember reading something similar?
Ezias wrote:It just goes to show that modern apocrypha just copies from ancient apocrypha, or at least gets inspiration from it (artistic inspiration not paraormal). Isn't this how all apocrypcha and pseudopigrapha is?
I can see it now -- Joseph slyly reading from the not-yet-discovered Apocalypse of Peter, passing off the text as his own First Vision. Changing a few details, of course, so as not to arouse too much suspicion should his dupes ever read the not-yet-published manuscript. Robert B. Thomas eagerly scribbles down the words, and with his characteristic maniacal laughter, rushes them off for publication in the Times and Seasons so as to seduce the Mormon masses with its celestial, plagiarized splendor.
"I'd say Joseph, that your anger levels are off the charts. What you are, Joseph, is a bully." - Gadianton "Antley's anger is approaching...levels of volcanic hatred." - Scratch