The Other Gospels Accounts of Jesus from Outside the New Testament [Paperback]

Bart Ehrman--theNew York Timesbestselling author ofMisquoting Jesusand a recognized authority on the early Christian Church--and Zlatko Plese--a foremost authority on Christian Gnosticism--here offer a valuable compilation of over 40 ancient gospel texts and textual fragments that do not appear in the New Testament. This comprehensive collection contains Gospels describing Jesus's infancy, ministry, Passion, and resurrection, and includes the controversial manuscript discoveries of modern times, such as the Gospel of Thomas and the most recent Gospel to be discovered, the Gospel of Judas Iscariot. Each translation begins with a thoughtful examination of important historical, literary, and textual issues in order to place the Gospel in its proper context. This volume is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in early Christianity and the deeper meanings of these apocryphal Gospels.

Preface

Infancy Gospels
1. The Infancy Gospel of Thomas
2. The Infancy Gospel of Thomas C: An Alternative Beginning
3. The Proto-Gospel of James
4. The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew
5. The Latin Infancy Gospels (J Composition): Arundel Form
6. The History of Joseph the Carpenter

Ministry Gospels
7. The Jewish Christian Gospels
The Gospel of the Nazareans
The Gospel of the Ebionites
The Gospel according to the Hebrew
8. The Gospel according to the Egyptians
9. A Gospel Harmony: The Diatessaron?
10. Papyrus Berlin 11710
11. Papyrus Cairo 10735
12. Papyrus Egerton 2 (and Papyrus K?ln 255)
13. Papyrus Merton 51
14. Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 210
15. Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 840
16. Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1224
17. Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 2949
18. Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 4009
19. Papyrus Vindobenensis G 2325 (The Fay?m Fragment)

Sayings Gospels and Agrapha
20. The Gospel according to Thomas
The Gospel according to Thomas: The Greek Fragments
21. AglSç