The lost books of the Bible : being all the gospels, epistles, and other pieces now extant attributed in the first four centuries to Jesus Christ, his Apostles and their companions, not included, by its compilers, in the authorized New Testament; and, the recently discovered Syriac mss. of Pilate's letters to Tiberius, etc. / / translated from the original tongues [by Jeremiah Jones and Archbishop Wake ; with an introduction by Frank Crane].

Contributor(s): Jones, Jeremiah, 1693-1724 | Wake, William, 1657-1737 | Hone, William, 1780-1842
Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Publisher: Cleveland : World Syndicate Pub. Co., [1926]Copyright date: ©1926Description: 293 pages, 28 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeUniform titles: Apocryphal books (New Testament). English. Jones-Wake. 1926. DDC classification: 229
Contents:
The gospel of the birth of Mary.--The protevangelion.--The first gospel of the infancy of Jesus Christ.--Thomas's gospel of the infancy of Jesus Christ.--The epistles of Jesus Christ and Abgarus King of Edessa.--The gospel of Nicodemus, formerly called the Acts of Pontius Pilate.--The Apostle'ư creed.--The epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Laodiceans.--The epistles of Paul the Apostle to Seneca, with Seneca's to Paul.--The acts of Paul and Thecla.--The first epistle of Clement to the Corinthians.--The second epistle of Clement to the Corinthians.--The general epistle of Barnabas.--The epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians.--The epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians.--The epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians.--The epistle of Ignatius to the Romans.--The epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians.--The epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnæans.--The epistle of Ignatius to Polycarp.--The epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians.--The shepherd of Hermas.--Letters of Herod and Pilate.--The lost gospel according to Peter.

"Illustrated from ancient paintings and missals."

William Hone's edition, first published 1820 under title "The apocryphal New Testament," incorporating the translations of Jeremiah Jones for the apocryphal books and of Archbishop Wake for the Apostolic fathers.--cf. M. R. James. The apocryphal New Testament, p. xv.

Bound with Platt, R. H. The forgotten books of Eden. Cleveland, 1927.

"A list of all the apocryphal pieces not now extant, mentioned by writers in the first four centuries of Christ, with the several works wherein they are cited or noticed" [by Jeremiah Jones]: pages 287-290.

"A list of the Christian authors of the first four centuries, whose writings contain catalogues of the books of the New Testament" [by Jeremiah Jones]: pages 291-293.

The gospel of the birth of Mary.--The protevangelion.--The first gospel of the infancy of Jesus Christ.--Thomas's gospel of the infancy of Jesus Christ.--The epistles of Jesus Christ and Abgarus King of Edessa.--The gospel of Nicodemus, formerly called the Acts of Pontius Pilate.--The Apostle'ư creed.--The epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Laodiceans.--The epistles of Paul the Apostle to Seneca, with Seneca's to Paul.--The acts of Paul and Thecla.--The first epistle of Clement to the Corinthians.--The second epistle of Clement to the Corinthians.--The general epistle of Barnabas.--The epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians.--The epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians.--The epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians.--The epistle of Ignatius to the Romans.--The epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians.--The epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnæans.--The epistle of Ignatius to Polycarp.--The epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians.--The shepherd of Hermas.--Letters of Herod and Pilate.--The lost gospel according to Peter.

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