The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East, Volume XIV, 1917

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THE SACRED BOOKS AND

EARLY LITERATURE OF

THE EAST

WITH HISTORICAL SURVEYS OF THE CHIEF
WRITINGS OF EACH NATION
Translations, Bibliographies, etc., by the following
Leading Orientalists:
IN AMERICA:
MORRIS JASTROW, LL.D., Professor of Semitic Languages, University of Penn-
sylvania; JAMES H. BREASTED, LL.D., Professor of Egyptology. University of
Chicago; CHARLES C. TORREY, D.D., Professor of Semitic Languages, Yale
University, A. V. W. JACKSON, LL.D., Professor of Indo-Iranian, Columbia Uni-
versity; CHARLES R. LANMAN, LL.D., Professor of Sanskrit, Harvard University;
REV. CHARLES F. AIKEN, S.T.D., Dean of the Faculty of Theology, Catholic
University; FRIEDRICH HIRTH, LL.D., Professor of Chinese, Columbia Uni-
versity; REV. WILLIAM E. GRIFFIS, D.D., former Professor at the Imperial
University, Tokio.
IN EUROPE:
E. A. W. BUDGE, F.S.A., Director of Egyptology in the British Museum; SIR
GASTON MASPERO, D.C.L., Member of the Royal Institute of France; REV. A. H.
SAYCE, LL.D., Professor of Comparative Philology, Oxford University; W.
FLINDERS-PETRIE, LL.D., Professor of Egyptology, University College, London;
STEPHEN LANGDON, Ph.D., Professor of Assyriology, Oxford University; SIR
ERNEST SATOW, LL.D., G.C.M.G., British Minister to Japan; H. OLDENBERG,
LL.D., Professor of Sanskrit, Kiel University; T. W. RHYS-DAVIDS, LL.D.,
Librarian of the Royal Asiatic Society; ARMINIUS VAMBÉRY, LL.D., Professor
of Oriental Languages, University of Budapest.
IN ASIA:
SIR M. COOMARA SWAMY, Legislative Council of Ceylon; ROMESH CHUNDER
DUTT, CI.E., Author of the History of Civilization in Ancient India; DARAB
D. P. SANJANA, Educational Society of Bombay; VISCOUNT KENCHO SUYE-
MATSU, LL.M., Japanese Minister of the Interior; SHEIK FAIZ-ULLAH-BHAI,
Head Master of the Schools of Anjuman-i-Islam; RALPH T. GRIFFITH, President
Benares College, India; JIVANJI JAMSHEDJI MODI, Fellow of Bombay Uni-
versity, Officier de l'Académie Française.
Under the editorship of a staff of specialists directed by
PROF. CHARLES F. HORNE, PH.D.
PARKE, AUSTIN, AND LIPSCOMB, INC.
NEW YORK LONDON
This Volume is one of a complete set of the Sacred Books
and Early Literature of the East, consisting of fourteen
volumes. In Volume I of the series will be found a cer-
tificate as to the limitation of the edition and the registered
number of this set.
Copyright, 1917,
Parke, Austin, and Lipscomb, Inc.
THE GRAVE OF JOSEPH.
The grave in which tradition says that the Israelites buried
the body of the Patriarch Joseph on their restoration to
Palestine.
© UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, N.Y.
THE SACRED BOOKS AND EARLY
LITERATURE OF THE EAST
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VOLUME XIV
THE GREAT REJECTED BOOKS
OF THE BIBLICAL APOCRYPHA
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In Translations by
REV. R. H. CHARLES, D.D., Fellow of the British Academy; REV.
F. C. CONYBEARE, D.D., Officier de l'Académie Française; B. HARRIS
COWPER, editor of the "Journal of Sacred Literature"; J. RENDEL
HARRIS, LL.D.; L. S. A. WELLS, M.A., of Ripon Theological Col-
lege; REV. H. MALDWYN HUGHES, D.D., and other authorities.
With a Brief Bibliography by
PROF. EDWARD H. JOHNS, Ph.D.
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With an Historical Survey and Descriptions by
PROF. CHARLES F. HORNE, PH.D.
PARKE, AUSTIN, AND LIPSCOMB, INC.
NEW YORK LONDON
"Let there be light."—GENESIS I, 3.
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"There never was a false god, nor was there ever
really a false religion, unless you call a child a
false man."—MAX MÜLLER.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME XIV

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THE REJECTED BIBLICAL BOOKS

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INTRODUCTION: The Chief Writings Which Have
Sought and Been Denied Admission to the
Bible....................................................................... 1
OLD TESTAMENT APOCRYPHA
I.—THE BOOKS OF ADAM AND EVE .................................. 7
The Lives of Adam and Eve (about A.D. 100) .......... 11
The Apocalypse of Moses (about A.D. 100) ............. 27
The Slavonic Book of Eve......................................... 43
II.—THE WRITINGS ATTRIBUTED TO ENOCH ........................ 47
The Great Prophetic Book of Enoch (about 100
B.C.)........................................................................ 52
The Lost Book of Noah (about 200 B.C.) ................. 179
III.—THE APOCALYPSE OF BARUCH (about A.D. 120) ............ 183
His Vision of Heaven................................................. 186
IV.—THE STORY OF AHIKAR................................................... 199
The Old Armenian Version (A.D. 500) ..................... 203
The New-found Ancient Book (500 B.C.) ................ 228
NEW TESTAMENT APOCRYPHA
V.—THE GOSPELS OF CHRIST'S CHILDHOOD ........................ 233
The Protevangelium, or Original Gospel of
James (about A.D. 150)........................................... 238
Gospel of Thomas the Doubter (about A.D. 200)...... 253
The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew (about A.D. 400)..... 261
An Arabic Gospel of the Infancy (about A.D. 600).... 296
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VI.—THE GOSPELS OF NICODEMUS ....................................... 325
The Greek Gospel of Nicodemus (about A.D. 440)... 328
A Later Gospel (about A.D. 600) .............................. 352
The Harrowing of Hell.............................................. 373
The Acts of Pilate..................................................... 381
The Letters of Pilate ................................................. 389
BIBLIOGRAPHY................................................................... 403
ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOLUME XIV
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FACING PAGE
The Grave of Joseph....................................................Frontispiece
The Garden of Eden................................................................. 32
The Fountain of the Virgin....................................................... 256
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