The Other Gospels: Accounts of Jesus From Outside the New Testament

343 Pages·2013·1.522 MB·English

by  Ehrman, Bart D., Pleše, Zlatko

Th e Other Gospels
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Th e Other Gospels
Accounts of Jesus from Outside the New Testament
EDITED AND TRANSLATED BY
BART D. EHRMAN AND ZLATKO PLEŠE

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Th e other Gospels : accounts of Jesus from outside the New Testament / edited
and translated by Bart D. Ehrman and Zlatko Pleše.
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Concise edition with English text only.
Rev. ed. of: Th e Apocryphal Gospels : texts and translations. c2011.
ISBN 978-0-19-933521-3 (hardcover : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-19-933522-0 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Apocryphal Gospels. 2. Apocryphal books (New Testament).
I. Ehrman, Bart D., editor of compilation. II. Plese, Zlatko, editor of compilation.
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CONTENTS

Preface x i
Table of Technical Terms and Symbols x v
INFANCY GOSPELS
1. Th e Infancy Gospel of Th omas
3
2. Th e Infancy Gospel of Th omas C: An Alternative Beginning
15
3. Th e Proto-Gospel of James (Th e Birth of Mary, the Revelation
of James)
18
4. Th e Gospel of Pseudo-Matt hew
37
5. Th e Latin Infancy Gospels (J Composition): Arundel Form
58
6. History of Joseph the Carpenter
78
MINISTRY GOSPELS
7. Th e Jewish-Christian Gospels
99
THE GOSPEL OF THE NAZAREANS 103
THE GOSPEL OF THE EBIONITES 108
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE HEBREWS 112
8. Th e Gospel according to the Egyptians
115
9. A Gospel Harmony: Th e Diatessaron?
120
10. Papyrus Berlin 11710
123
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11. Papyrus Cairo 10735
125
12. P apyrus Egerton 2 (and Papyrus Köln 255)
127
13. Papyrus Merton 51
132
14. P apyrus Oxyrhynchus 210
134
15. P apyrus Oxyrhynchus 840
136
16. Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1224
140
17. Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 2949
143
18. Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 4009
146
19. Papyrus Vindobenensis G 2325 (Th e Fayûm Fragment)
149
SAYINGS GOSPELS AND AGRAPHA
20. Th e Gospel according to Th omas
155
THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS: THE GREEK FRA GMENTS 1 74
21. Agrapha
180
PASSION, RESURRECTION, AND
POST-RESURRECTION GOSPELS
22. Th e Gospel of Peter
191
23. Th e Gospel of Judas
201
24. Jesus’ Correspondence with Abgar
214
25. Th e Gospel of the Savior
217
26. Th e Discourse upon the Cross
226
27. Th e Gospel of Nicodemus (Th e Acts of Pilate) A
231
28. Th e Gospel of Nicodemus (Acts of Pilate) B (Including
the Descent into Hades)
254
29. Th e Report of Pontius Pilate (Anaphora Pilati)
267
30. Th e Handing Over of Pilate (Paradosis Pilati)
272
31. Th e Lett er of Pilate to Claudius
276
32. Th e Lett er of Herod to Pilate
279
Contents ix
33. Th e Lett er of Pilate to Herod
282
34. Th e Lett er of Tiberius to Pilate
285
35. Th e Vengeance of the Savior (Vindicta Salvatoris)
289
36. Th e Death of Pilate Who Condemned Jesus (Mors Pilati)
300
37. Th e Narrative of Joseph of Arimathea
305
38. Th e Gospel according to Mary
313
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARY: GREEK FRA GMENTS 3 20
39. Th e Greater Questions of Mary 3 22