New Testament Apocrypha, Vol. 1: Gospels and Related Writings

The authoritative edition of non-canonical New Testament writings, including the Infancy Gospels and the gospels of the Gnostics.

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 Gospels and Infancy Gospels.

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. Other Contributors: Wolfgang A. Bienert Hans-Gebhard Bethge Beate Blatz Oscar Cullmann Han J.W. Drijvers Wolf-Peter Funk Otfried Hofius Joachim Jeremias Dankwart Kirchner Christian Maurer H. Merkel C. Detlef G. Muller Henri-Charles Puech Felix Scheidweiler Hans-Martin Schenke Georg Strecker Einar Thomassen M.-A. van den Oudenrijn Philipp Vielhauer