Table of Contents

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.

About the Author

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

Reviews

this book must find a place on the shelf of every person interested in the diverse forms of early Christianity. Paul Foster, The Expository Times a handy one-volume collection of all the apocryphal material the NT scholar would normally use in his studies. International Review of Biblical Studies, Vol. 52 a vital resource Church Times