Apocryphal Gospels

(Christian Pseudepigrapha)

• What are these writings? (Disclaimer)
• Best text: Edgar Hennecke and Wilhelm Schneemelcher, eds., New Testament Apocrypha – vol. 1: Gospels & Related Writings | vol. 2: Writings Related to the Apostles; Apocalypses and Related Subjects.

APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS     APOCRYPHAL “ACTS”     APOCRYPHAL EPISTLES     APOCRYPHAL APOCALYPSES

Thomas

1. Infancy Gospel of Thomas – Transl. of Greek Text A | Greek text A (Tischendorf, 1853) | Transl. of Greek Text B (Tischendorf, 1853) | Greek text B | Transl. of Latin Text | Latin text (Tischendorf, 1853) | 5th C. compilaton of Thomas texts
2. Infancy Gospel transl. from Arabic – Eng. transl. | Latin text
3. Gospel of James (Protevangelium) – Eng. transl. | Latin text (Tischendorf, 1853)
4. Gospel of Nativity of Mary – Eng. transl. | Greek text (Tischendorf, 1853) | Latin text (Tischendorf, 1853)
5. Gospel of Mary [Magdalene] (excerpts only) | Coptic-English interlinear | Introduction
6. Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew – Eng. transl. | Latin text (Tischendorf, 1853)
7. Gospel of Nicodemus, I (also known as “Acts of Pilate”) – Eng. transl. | Greek text (Tischendorf, 1853) | Latin text (Tischendorf, 1853)
8. Letter of Pontius Pilate – Eng. transl. | Latin text (Tischendorf, 1853) | Reply to Pilate from Tiberius – Greek text | Reply of Pilate to Tiberius Greek text
9. Death of Pilate – Eng. transl. | Latin text
10. Gospel of Nicodemus, II (also known as “Descent of Christ into Hell”) – Greek text (Tischendorf, 1853) | Latin text A (Tischendorf, 1853) | Latin text B (Tischendorf, 1853)
11. Gospel of Bartholomew
12. Gospel of Peter
13. Gospel of Thomas (“Scholar’s translation”)
14. Gospel of Philip
15. Gospel of the Lord (by Marcion)
16. Secret Gospel of Mark (now recognized as 20th-century hoax perpetrated by Morton Smith as revealed in Stephen C. Carlson’s book, The Gospel Hoax: Morton’s Smith’s Invention of Secret Mark (Baylor University, 2005), reviewed here by Craig Blomberg).[TOP]
17. History of Joseph the Carpenter – Eng. transl. | Latin text (Tischendorf, 1853)
18. Narrative of Joseph of Arimathaea – Eng. transl. | Greek text (Tischendorf, 1853)
19. Gospel of Judas – Eng. transl. | Coptic text | Intro. and photos of MS | Books: N. T. Wright – Judas and the Gospel of Jesus: Have We Missed the Truth About Christianity? (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker, 2006) • James M. Robinson – The Secrets of Judas: The Story of the Misunderstood Disciple and His Lost Gospel (San Francisco, Calif.: Harper, 2006) • Elain Pagels and Karen L. King – Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity (New York: Viking, 2007).

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