One of the cache of codices and manuscripts discovered in Nag Hammadi, the Gospel of Thomas, unlike the canonical gospels, does not contain a narrative recording Christ's life and prophecies. Instead,
Efthimiadis-Keith (Old Testament, U. of the North, South Africa) takes an entirely new approach to the Book of Judith, Currently part of the Apocrypha, Judith tells the story of a Jewish woman who sav
In 1945, a Coptic document containing sayings attributed to Jesus was discovered deep within an ancient Egyptian cave. This "lost gospel," the Gospel of Thomas, was written at the same time as the can
In this thoughtful and penetrating study, Sara Raup Johnson investigates the creation of historical fictions in a wide range of Hellenistic Jewish texts. Surveying so-called Jewish novels, including t
The relationships between the many different versions of Tobit present a famous and important problem for text-critics and historians of Judaism; however, study of the subject has been hindered by the
Holy Christ Revealed: The True Life of Jesus is a complete and accurate record of the words and deeds of Jesus the Christ. It includes intimate details surrounding his birth, early childhood, teen yea
The Gospel of Philip is best known for its portrayal of the physical relationship shared by Jesus and his most beloved disciple, Mary Magdalene. Because it ran counter to Church dogma, however, which
The Gospel of Mary, the only known gospel that is named after a woman, has aroused new interest in the figure of Mary Magdalene and the beginnings of Christianity. What was her impact and her message?
The Gospel of Thomas—a book of sayings and wisdom of Jesus compiled as early or earlier than the New Testament gospels—can transform your spiritual life.There are many academic commentaries on the Gos
Greenfield (1926-95) and Michael E. Stone (comparative religion and Armenian studies, Hebrew U. of Jerusalem) worked for nearly thirty years on the edition and commentary of the Dead Sea Scrolls fragm
The Apocalypse of Abraham is one of the most significant ancient documents to have been preserved solely in translation into Slavonic, says Kulik (Hebrew U. of Jerusalem), and its lost Hebrew, or perh
Of all the "lost" gospels of the early Christian Bible, the Gospel of St. Thomas is the most well known. According to Tau Malachi, each verse of this Holy Scripture is like an "endless well of Wisdom.
In Beyond Belief, renowned religion scholar Elaine Pagels continues her groundbreaking examination of the earliest Christian texts, arguing for an ongoing assessment of faith and a questioning of reli
Later poetry in the Hebrew Bible has been unfavorably compared to the classical poetry of Proverbs. In a study based on his 1999 dissertation, Reymond (St. John's U. and Long Island U.) reassesses Ben
Klauck (New Testament and early Christianity, U. of Chicago) selects the texts he examines pragmatically, he says, without getting bogged down too much by problems of defining apocrypha. The primary c
The Psalms of Solomon , explains Atkinson (religion, U. of Northern Iowa), is a collection of 18 Greek poems that recount one unknown Jewish community's response to a series of military attacks and p
Revising his 1999 Ph.D. dissertation for Leiden University, Peursen analyzes the morphosyntax of the tenses in Ben Sira, surveys the use of tenses in various kinds of clauses, draws conclusions about
Presents a new translation of the Gospel of Mary, discusses its presentation of the teachings of Jesus, and compares it to other early Christian writings in the context of early Church teachings.
