The Apocryphal New Testament A Collection of Apocryphal Christian Literature in an English Translation

by Elliott, J. K.

• ISBN13: 9780198261810
• ISBN10: 0198261810
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-22
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This collection of apocryphal writings supersedes the best-selling edition by M. R. James, first published in 1924. Since then, several new works have come to light, and the textual base for some of the works previously translated by James is now more secure. In this volume, J. K. Elliottpresents new translations of the texts into modern English, together with a short introduction and bibliography for each of them. The collection is designed to give readers the most important and famous non-canonical Christian writings, many of them popular legends with an enormous influence onlater, particularly medieval, art and literature, as well as on later beliefs and practices of the Church.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
General Bibliography	xvi
Lists of Apocryphal Works	xxiii
I. APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS
Lost Gospels
Jewish-Christian Gospels: Introduction	3	(6)
The Gospel according to the Hebrews	9	(1)
The Gospel of the Nazaraeans	10	(4)
The Gospel of the Ebionites	14	(2)
The Gospel of the Egyptians	16	(3)
The Traditions of Matthias	19	(1)
The Preaching of Peter (Kerygma Petrou)	20	(4)
Other Lost Gospels	24	(2)
Agrapha	26	(5)
Fragments of Gospels on Papyrus	31	(15)
Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 840	31	(3)
Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 1081	34	(1)
Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 1224	35	(1)
Papyrus Cairensis 10735	36	(1)
Papyrus Egerton 2	37	(4)
The Strasbourg Fragment	41	(1)
Papyrus Berolinensis 11710	42	(1)
The Fayyum Fragment	43	(2)
Papyrus Merton 51	45	(1)
Birth and Infancy Gospels
Introduction	46	(2)
The Protevangelium of James	48	(20)
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas	68	(16)
The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew	84	(16)
The Arabic Infancy Gospel	100	(8)
Arundel 404 (Liber de Infantia Salvatoris)	108	(3)
The History of Joseph the Carpenter	111	(7)
Other Infancy Narratives	118	(5)
Gospels of the Ministry and Passion
The Gospel of Thomas (including Coptic Thomas and P. Oxy. I, 654, 655)	123	(25)
The `Secret' Gospel of Mark	148	(2)
The Gospel of Peter	150	(9)
The Gospel of Gamaliel	159	(2)
Coptic Narratives of the Ministry and Passion	161	(3)
The Pilate Cycle
The Gospel of Nicodemus	164	(41)
The Acts of Pilate	169	(16)
Christ's Descent into Hell	185	(20)
Other Pilate Texts	205	(24)
The Letter of Pilate to Claudius	205	(1)
The Letter of Pilate to Tiberius	206	(2)
Paradosis Pilati	208	(3)
Anaphora Pilati	211	(2)
Vindicta Salvatoris	213	(3)
Mors Pilati	216	(1)
The Narrative of Joseph of Arimathaea	217	(5)
The Letters of Pilate and Herod	222	(2)
The Letter of Tiberius to Pilate	224	(5)
II. APOCRYPHAL ACTS
Introduction	229	(2)
The Acts of Andrew	231	(72)
The Acts of John	303	(47)
Secondary Acts of John	347	(3)
The Acts of Paul	350	(40)
Secondary Acts of Paul	388	(2)
The Acts of Peter	390	(41)
Secondary Acts of Peter	427	(4)
The Pseudo-Clementine Literature	431	(8)
The Acts of Thomas	439	(73)
Other Apocryphal Acts	512	(25)
III. APOCRYPHAL EPISTLES
Introduction	537	(1)
Shorter Epistles	538	(17)
The Letters of Christ and Abgar	538	(4)
The Letter of Lentulus	542	(1)
The Epistle to the Laodiceans	543	(4)
The Correspondence of Paul and Seneca	547	(6)
The Epistle to the Alexandrians	553	(2)
The Epistle of the Apostles (Epistula Apostolorum)	555	(36)
IV. APOCRYPHAL APOCALYPSES
Introduction	591	(2)
The Apocalypse of Peter	593	(23)
Appendix: The Sibylline Oracles	613	(3)
The Apocalypse of Paul (Visio Pauli)	616	(29)
The Apocalypse of Thomas	645	(7)
The Questions of Bartholomew and the Book of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ by Bartholomew the Apostle	652	(21)
The Letter of James	673	(9)
Other Apocryphal Apocalypses	682	(7)
Appendix: The Assumption of the Virgin	689	(36)
Indexes	725	(21)
Apocryphal Writings with detailed lists of Contents	727	(6)
Subjects and Proper Names	733	(7)
Biblical and other Citations	740	(6)
Ancient Authorities	746