New Testament Apocrypha Volume I: Gospels and Related Writings By W. Schneemelcher & R. Mcl. Wilson The authoritative edition in two volumes of the apocryphal writings of the New Testament. This first volume covers the non-canonical gospels, including the Infancy Gospels and the gospels of the Gnostics. ISBN-13: 9780227679159 Specifications: 234x156mm, 568pp, Hardback Price: £51.25 • US$105.00 Publication: March 1993 Order this Title Now

About this Book

In recent years there has been so much research into extra-canonical gospel literature and, in particular, into the Coptic Gnostic library of Nag Hammadi that a completely new recasting of the seminal work, Neutestamentliche Apokryphen in Deutscher Ubersetzung (originally founded by Edgar Hennecke), seemed called for.

This is the English translation of the revised edition of that work, published in two volumes. This is an essential collection of sources for every student of the New Testament and of the history and literature of ancient Christianity.

Volume I covers the Gospels and related writings, including the various Gnostic and Infancy Gospels.

Read the Preface to the English Edition here.
Read the Preface to the Sixth German Edition here.
See the Full List of Contents for Volume I here.

Also available:
Volume II: Writings Related to the Apostles; Apocalypses and Related Subjects

Reviews and Comments

"The improvements over the previous editions are evident. The general introduction to the volume has been thoroughly revised. Here and in the revised introductions to the individual writings and updated bibliographies, the reader will find lucid accounts of the results and questions of the intensive and exciting scholarly debate of the last two decades. Moreover, the volume has been reliably and brilliantly translated by Professor R. McL. Wilson, the most eminent and distinguished scholar in the research on apocryphal and gnostic materials."
Professor Helmut Koester, Harvard University

About the Author

Wilhelm Schneemelcher is a former Professor of Bonn University.

R. McL. Wilson is Emeritus Professor of Biblical Criticism at St Mary's College in the University of St Andrew's.