Lost Scriptures Books That Did Not Make It into the New Testament

Name: Lost Scriptures Books That Did Not Make It into the New Testament
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ISBN: 9780195182507

ISBN-10: 0195182502

ISBN-13: 9780195182507

Edition: 2005

Authors: Bart D. Ehrman

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While most people think that the twenty-seven books of the New Testament are the only sacred writings of the early Christians, this is not at all the case. A companion volume to Bart Ehrman's Lost Christianities, this book offers an anthology of up-to-date and readable translations of many non-canonical writings from the first centuries after Christ--texts that have been for the most part lost or neglected for almost two millennia. Here is an array of remarkably varied writings from early Christian groups whose visions of Jesus differ dramatically from our contemporary understanding. Readers will find Gospels supposedly authored by the apostle Philip, James the brother of Jesus, Mary…

Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/15/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

New Testament scholar Bart D. Ehrman grew up in Lawrence, Kansas and graduated from Wheaton College in 1978. He earned his Masters of Divinity and PhD from Princeton Theological Seminary and has taught at Rutgers University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor. He has published more than 20 scholarly and popular books, including three New York Times bestsellers, plus numerous articles and book reviews.



General Introduction


Non-Canonical Gospels


The Gospel of the Nazareans


The Gospel of the Ebionites


The Gospel According to the Hebrews


The Gospel According to the Egyptians


The Coptic Gospel of Thomas


Papyrus Egerton 2: The Unknown Gospel


The Gospel of Peter


The Gospel of Mary


The Gospel of Philip


The Gospel of Truth


The Gospel of the Savior


The Infancy Gospel of Thomas


The Proto-Gospel of James


The Epistle of the Apostles


The Coptic Apocalypse of Peter


The Second Treatise of the Great Seth


The Secret Gospel of Mark


Non-Canonical Acts of the Apostles


The Acts of John


The Acts of Paul


The Acts of Thecla


The Acts of Thomas


The Acts of Peter


Non-Canonical Epistles and Related Writings


The Third Letter to the Corinthians


Correspondence of Paul and Seneca


Paul's Letter to the Laodiceans


The Letter of 1 Clement


The Letter of 2 Clement


The "Letter of Peter to James" and its "Reception"


The Homilies of Clement


Ptolemy's Letter to Flora


The Treatise on the Resurrection


The Didache


The Letter of Barnabas


The Preaching of Peter


Pseudo-Titus


Non-Canonical Apocalypses and Revelatory Treatises


The Shepherd of Hermas


The Apocalypse of Peter


The Apocalypse of Paul


The Secret Book of John


On the Origin of the World


The First Thought in Three Forms


The Hymn of the Pearl


Canonical Lists


The Muratorian Canon


The Canon of Origen of Alexandria


The Canon of Eusebius


The Canon of Athanasius of Alexandria


The Canon of the Third Synod of Carthage