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New Testament Apocrypha
By W. Schneemelcher & R. Wilson Mcl. (editors)

Full List of Contents: Volume I

Preface to the English Edition
Preface to Sixth German Edition
Abbreviations

General Introduction (Wilhelm Schneemelcher)

1. The concepts: canon, testament, apocrypha
2. On the history of the New Testament canon
 
a) Canon catalogues:
1) The Canon Muratori
2) The catalogue in the Codex Claromontanus
3) The so-called Decretum Gelasianum
4) The Stichometry of Nicephorus
5) Catalogue of the Sixty canonical books
 
b) Testimonies of Church Fathers from the 3rd and 4th centuries:
1) Origen
2) Eusebius of Caesarea
3) Athanasius
 
3. New Testament apocrypha
4. The continuance and influence of the New Testament apocrypha
5. On the history of research into the apocryphal literature
 
A. GOSPELS: NON-BIBLICAL MATERIAL ABOUT JESUS
Introduction (Wilhelm Schneemelcher)
 
I. Isolated Sayings of the Lord (Otfried Hofius)
 
II. Fragments of Unknown Gospels (Joachhim Jeremius and Wilhelm Schneemelcher)
Introduction (Wilhelm Schneemelcher)
1. Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 840 (Joachim Jeremias and Wilhelm Schneemelcher)
2. Papyrus Egerton 2 (Joachim Jeremias and Wilhelm Schneemelcher)
3. Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 1224 (Wilhelm Schneemelcher)
4. Papyrus Cairensis 10 735 (Wilhelm Schneemelcher)
5. The so-called Fayyum Fragrnent (Wilhelm Schneemelcher)
6. The Strasbourg Coptic Papyrus (Wilhelm Schneemelcher)
Appendix: the 'secret Gospel' of Mark (H. Merkel)
 
III. The Coptic Gospel of Thomas (Beate Blatz)
 
IV. Jewish-Christian Gospels (Philipp Vielhauer and Georg Strecker)
Introduction: The Testimonies of the Early Church regarding Jewish-Christian Gospels
1. The Gospel of the Nazareans
2. The Gospel of the Ebionites
3. The Gospel of the Hebrews
 
V. The Gospel of Philip (Hans-Martin Schenke)
 
VI. The Gospel of the Egyptians (Wilhelm Schneemelcher)
 
VII. The Gospel of Peter (Christian Maurer and Wilhelm Schneemelcher)
 
VIII. Dialogues of the Redeemer
Introduction (Wilhelm Schneemelcher)
1. The Book of Thomas (Hans-Martin Schenke; translated by Einar Thomassen)
2. The Freer Logion (Joachim Jeremias)
3. Epistula Apostolorum (C. Detlef G. Mailer)
4. The Apocryphon of James (Dankwart Kirchner; translated by Einar Thomassen)
5. The Dialogue of the Saviour (Beate Blatz; translated by Einar Thomassen)
6. The First Apocalypse of James (Wolf-Peter Funk)
7. The Second Apocalypse of James (Wolf-Peter Funk)
8. The Letter of Peter to Philip (Hans-Gebhard Bethge)
 
IX. Other Gnostic Gospels and Related Literature (Henri-Charles Puech; revised by Beate Blatz)
Preliminary Note (Wilhelm Schneemelcher)
 
A. Gospels under general titles
1. The Gospel of the Four Heavenly Regions
2. The Gospel of Perfection
3. The Gospel of Truth
 
B. Gospels under the name of an Old Testament figure
 
C. Gospels current, directly or indirectly, under the name of Jesus, and similar works
1. The Sophia Jesu Christi
2. The Dialogue of the Redeemer
3. The Pistis Sophia
4. The two Books of Jeu
 
D. Gospels attributed to the Apostles as a group
1. The Gospel of the Twelve (or: of the Twelve Apostles)
2. The (Kukean) Gospel of the Twelve
3. The Memoria Apostolorum
4. The (Manichean) Gospel of the Twelve Apostles
5. The Gospel of the Seventy
6. Other 'Gospels of the Twelve Apostles'
 
E. Gospels under the name of an Apostle
1. The Gospel of Philip
2. The Coptic Gospel of Thomas
3. The Book of Thomas
4. The Gospel according to Matthias; The Traditions of Matthias
5. The Gospel of Judas
6. The Apocryphon of John
7. Fragments of a Dialogue between John and Jesus
8. The Apocryphon of James (Apocryphon Jacobi)
9. The Gospel of Bartholomew
 
F. Gospels under the names of holy women
1. The Questions of Mary
2. The Gospel of Mary
3. The 'Genna Marias'
 
G. Gospels attributed to an arch-heretic
1. The Gospel of Cerinthus
2. The Gospel of Basilides
3. The Gospel of Marcion
4. The Gospel of Apelles
5. The Gospel of Bardesanes
6. The Gospel of Mani
Appendix
 
H. Gospels under the Names of their Users
 
X. Infancy Gospels (Oscar Cullmann)
General Introduction
1. The Protevangelium of James
2. The Infancy Story of Thomas
3. Gnostic Legends
4. Later Infancy Gospels
A) Extracts from the Arabic Infancy Gospel
a) Legends of the child Jesus in Egypt
b) The children who were changed into goats
B) Extracts from the Gospel of PseudoMatthew
a) Ox and ass at the manger
b) Legends of the child Jesus in Egypt
C) Extract from the Latin Infancy Gospel in the Arundel Manuscript
D) Extract from the Life of John according to Serapion
 
XI. The Relatives of Jesus (Wolfgang A. Bienert)
 
XII. The Work and Sufferings of Jesus
1. The Witness of Josephus (Testimonium Flavianum) (Wolfgang A. Bienert)
2. The Abgar Legend (Han J.W.Dnjvers)
3. The Gospel of Nicodemus. Acts of Pilate and Christ's Descent into Hell (Felix Scheidweiler)
4. The Gospel of Bartholomew (Felix Scheidweiler / Wilhelm Schneemelcher)
Introduction (Wilhelm Schneemelcher)
a) The Questions of Bartholomew (Felix Scheidweiler / Wilhelm Schneemelcher)
b) Coptic Bartholomew Texts (Wilhelm Schneemelcher)
5. The Gospel of Gamaliel (M.-A. van den Oudenrijn)

See also: List of Contents: Volume II


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