New Testament Apocrypha

More Noncanonical Scriptures

volume one

Edited by

Tony Burke and Brent Landau

William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

2140 Oak Industrial Drive N.E., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49505

www.eerdmans.com

© 2016 Tony Burke and Brent Landau

All rights reserved

Published 2016

ISBN 978-0-8028-7289-0

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Burke, Tony, 1968– editor. | Landau, Brent, editor.

Title: New Testament apocrypha : more noncanonical scriptures / edited by Tony Burke, Brent Landau.

Other titles: Bible. Apocrypha. English. 2016.

Description: Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2016– | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016009263 | ISBN 9780802872890 (hardback : vol. 1)

Subjects: LCSH: Apocryphal books (New Testament)

Classification: LCC BS1692 2016 | DDC 229/.92052—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016009263

Biblical citations in this volume follow the New Revised Standard Version unless otherwise noted.

Dedicated to

Montague Rhodes James and James Keith Elliott,

editors and translators of The Apocryphal New Testament (1924 and 1993)

Contents

Foreword: The Endurance of the Christian Apocrypha

J. K. Elliott

Preface

Introduction

Abbreviations

I. GOSPELS AND RELATED TRADITIONS OF NEW TESTAMENT FIGURES

The Legend of Aphroditianus

Katharina Heyden

The Revelation of the Magi

Brent Landau

The Hospitality of Dysmas

Mark Glen Bilby

The Infancy Gospel of Thomas (Syriac)

Tony Burke

On the Priesthood of Jesus

William Adler

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 210

Brent Landau and Stanley E. Porter

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 5072

Ross P. Ponder

The Dialogue of the Paralytic with Christ

Bradley N. Rice

The Toledot Yeshu (Aramaic Fragment)

F. Stanley Jones

The Berlin-Strasbourg Apocryphon

Alin Suciu

The Discourse of the Savior and the Dance of the Savior

Paul C. Dilley

An Encomium on Mary Magdalene

Christine Luckritz Marquis

An Encomium on John the Baptist

Philip L. Tite

The Life and Martyrdom of John the Baptist

Andrew Bernhard

The Life of John the Baptist by Serapion

Slavomír Čéplö

The Legend of the Thirty Pieces of Silver

Tony Burke and Slavomír Čéplö

The Death of Judas according to Papias

Geoffrey S. Smith

II. APOCRYPHAL ACTS AND RELATED TRADITIONS

The Acts of Barnabas

Glenn E. Snyder

The Acts of Cornelius the Centurion

Tony Burke and Witold Witakowski

John and the Robber

Rick Brannan

The History of Simon Cephas, the Chief of the Apostles

F. Stanley Jones

The Acts of Timothy

Cavan W. Concannon

The Acts of Titus

Richard I. Pervo

The Life and Conduct of the Holy Women Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca

David L. Eastman

III. EPISTLES

The Epistle of Christ from Heaven

Calogero A. Miceli

The Epistle of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite to Timothy concerning the Deaths of the Apostles Peter and Paul

David L. Eastman

IV. APOCALYPSES

The (Latin) Revelation of John about Antichrist

Charles D. Wright

The Apocalypse of the Virgin

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About New Testament Apocrypha: More Noncanonical Scriptures, Volume One

This anthology of ancient nonbiblical Christian literature presents informed introductions to and readable translations of a wide range of little-known apocryphal texts, most of which have never before been translated into any modern language.

An introduction to the volume as a whole addresses the most significant features of the writings included and contextualizes them within the contemporary study of the Christian Apocrypha. The body of the book comprises thirty texts that have been carefully introduced, copiously annotated, and translated into English by eminent scholars. With dates of composition ranging from the second century CE to early in the second millennium, these fascinating texts provide a more complete picture of Christian thought and expression than canonical texts alone can offer.

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