The Apocryphal New Testament

J. K. Elliott is Professor in New Testament Textual Criticism, University of Leeds.

this book must find a place on the shelf of every person interested in the diverse forms of early Christianity.

• PREFACE;GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY;LISTS OF APOCRYPHAL WORKS;1. APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS;LOST GOSPELS;1.JEWISH-CHRISTIAN GOSPELS:INTRODUCTION; (A) THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE HEBREWS;(B) THE GOSPEL OF THE NAZARAEANS; (C) THE GOSPEL OF THE EBIONITES; 2.THE GOSPEL OF THE EGYPTIANS; 3.THE TRADITIONS OF THE MATTHIAS; 4.THE PREACHING OF PETER (KERYGMA PETROU); 5.OTHER LOST GOSPELS; AGRAPHA; FRAGMENTS OF GOSPELS ON PAPYRUS; 1.OXYRHYNCHUS PAPYRUS 840; 2.OXYRHYNCHUS PAPYRUS 1081; 3.OXYRHYNCHUS PAPYRUS 1224; 4. PAPYRUS CAIRENSIS 10735; 5.PAPYRUS EGERTON 2; 6.THE STRASBOURG FRAGMENT; 7. PAPYRUS BEROLINENSIS 11710; 8.THE FAYYUM FRAGMENT; 9.PAPYRUS MERTON 51;; BIRTH AND INFANCY GOSPELS: INTRODUCTION;THE PROTEVANGELIUM OF JAMES; THE INFANCY GOSPEL OF THOMAS; THE GOSPEL OF PSEUDO-MATTHEW; THE ARABIC INFANCY GOSPEL; ARUNDEL 404 (LIBER DE INFANTIA SALVATORIS); THE HISTORY OF JOSEPH THE CARPENTER; OTHER INFANCY NARRATIVES; GOSPELS OF THE MINISTRY AND PASSION; THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS (INCLUDING COPTIC THOMAS AND P.OXY. 1,654,655); THE 'SECRET' GOSPEL OF MARK; THE GOSPEL OF PETER; THE GOSPEL OF GAMALIEL; COPTIC NARRATIVES OF THE MINISTRY AND PASSION; THE PILATE CYCLE; THE GOSPEL OF NICODEMUS; THE ACTS OF PILATE; CHRIST'S DESCENT INTO HELL; OTHER PILATE TEXTS; THE LETTER OF PILATE TO CLAUDIUS; THE LETTER OF PILATE TO TIBERIUS; PARADOSIS PILATI;ANAPHORA PILATI; VINDICTA SALVATORIS; MORS PILATI; THE NARRATIVE OF JOSEPH OF ARIMATHAEA; THE LETTERS OF PILATE AND HEROD; THE LETTER OF TIBERIUS TO PILATE; II APOCRYPHAL ACTS: INTRODUCTION; THE ACTS OF ANDREW; THE ACTS OF JOHN; SECONDARY ACTS OF JOHN; THE ACTS OF PAUL; SECONDARY ACTS OF PAUL; THE ACTS OF PETER; SECONDARY ACTS OF PETER; THE PSEUDO-CLEMENTINE LITERATURE; THE ACTS OF THOMAS; OTHER APOCRYPHAL ACTS; III APOCRYPHAL EPISTLES; INTRODUCTION; SHORTER EPISTLES; THE LETTERS OF CHRIST AND ABGAR; THE LETTER OF LENTULUS; THE EPISTLE TO THE LAODICEANS; THE CORRESPONDENCE OF PAUL AND SENECA; THE EPISTLE TO THE ALEXANDRIANS; THE EPISTLE OF THE APOSTLES (EPISTULA APOSTOLORUM); IV APOCRYPHAL APOCALYPSES; INTRODUCTION; THE APOCALYPSE OF PETER; APPENDIX: THE SIBYLLINE ORACLES; THE APOCALYPSE OF PAUL (VISIO PAULI); THE APOCALYPSE OF THOMAS; THE QUESTIONS OF BARTHOLOMEW AND THE BOOK OF THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST BY BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE; THE LETTER OF JAMES; OTHER APOCRYPHAL APOCALYPSES; APPENDIX: THE ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN; INDEXES: 1. APOCRYPHAL WRITINGS WITH DETAILED LISTS OF CONTENTS; 2. SUBJECTS AND PROPER NAMES; 3. BIBLICAL AND OTHER CITATIONS; 4. ANCIENT AUTHORITIES