Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-425) and index.
Contents:
Part I. Infancy gospels -- Part II. Ministry gospels -- Part III. Accounts of Jesus' trial and death -- Part IV. Dialogues with the risen Jesus -- Part V. Other gospel texts -- Part VI. Two modern forgeries.
Summary:
"In the early years of Christianity, several groups produced 'hidden' or 'apocryphal' gospels, alternative versions of the story of Christ. Sometimes these texts complimented the four canonical gospels of the New Testament, sometimes they subverted them and often they were completely different. Here, in the widest selection of non-canonical gospels gathered in one volume - which also includes two modern forgeries - we see the young Jesus making live birds from clay, hear his secret words of wisdom, discover gnostic cosmologies and witness the Harrowing of Hell. Preseved by their readers and attacked by their detractors, these gospels shine a fascinating light on the early Christian church." --Back cover
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