The Apocryphal New Testament: A Collection of Apocryphal Christian Literature in an English TranslationJ. K. Elliott 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. Elliott presents 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 on later, particularly medieval, art and literature, as well as on later beliefs and practices of the Church. |
Contents
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas | 68 |
The Gospel of PseudoMatthew | 84 |
The Arabic Infancy Gospel | 100 |
Liber de Infantia Salvatoris | 108 |
Other Infancy Narratives | 118 |
The Acts of Peter | 390 |
The PseudoClementine Literature | 431 |
The Acts of Thomas | 439 |
Other Apocryphal Acts | 512 |
Introduction | 537 |
The Epistle of the Apostles Epistula Apostolorum | 555 |
Introduction | 591 |
The Apocalypse of Paul Visio Pauli | 616 |
The Secret Gospel of Mark | 148 |
The Gospel of Gamaliel | 159 |
Other Pilate Texts | 205 |
Introduction | 229 |
The Acts of John | 303 |
The Acts of Paul | 350 |
The Apocalypse of Thomas | 645 |
The Questions of Bartholomew and the Book of the Resurrection | 652 |
The Letter of James | 673 |
Other Apocryphal Apocalypses | 682 |
Indexes | 725 |
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Common terms and phrases
Acts of Andrew Acts of John Acts of Paul Acts of Peter Aegeates angel answered Apocalypse Apocalypse of Peter apocryphal apostle Armenian asked Bartholomew behold believe blessed body brethren brought century child Christian commanded Coptic cried crucified dead death demons disciples earth edition Ethiopic evil Father flesh fragment glory Gospel of Peter Gospel of Thomas Greek Hades hand healed hear heard heaven Hebrew Hennecke Hennecke³ holy Infancy Gospel Italian Erbetta James Jerusalem Jews Joseph Judas judgement king Latin Leipzig Lord Jesus Christ Luke M. R. James manuscripts Mary Matt Maximilla mercy Misdaeus MODERN TRANSLATIONS English Moraldi mother multitude Mygdonia Oxyrhynchus Pilate prayed preach priests prison prophets Pseudo-Matthew receive rejoiced Santos Otero saying sent servant Simon soul speak spirit spoke Stratocles Syriac tell temple Testament Thecla things Tischendorf told took trans virgin voice words
Popular passages
Page 591 - Apocalypse is a genre of revelatory literature with a narrative framework, in which a revelation is mediated by an otherworldly being to a human recipient, disclosing a transcendent reality which is both temporal, insofar as it envisages eschatological salvation, and spatial insofar as it involves another, supernatural world...
Page 65 - Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, "Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the East, and have come to worship him.
Page 15 - Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Page 177 - Jesus, crying with a loud voice said, Father, into Thy hands I commend My spirit : and having said this, He gave up the ghost.
Page 191 - The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles — the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned.
Page 145 - Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head" To another he said, "Follow me.
Page 179 - Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.
Page 179 - Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.
Page 19 - When two shall be one, and that which is without as that which is within, and the male with the female, neither male nor female.
Page 62 - But as he considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, 'Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit she will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.