New Testament Apocrypha: Volume II: Writing Related to the Apostles, Apocalypse and Related Subjects

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 II covers writings related to the Apostles, the Apocalypse and related subjects.

Table of Contents:
Foreword Preface Abbreviations B. Writings Relating to the Apostles Introduction / Wilhelm Schneemelcher XIII. The Picture of the Apostle in early Christian Tradition / Wolfgang A. Bienert 1. The concept of the Apostle in primitive Christianity 2. The Apostles as bearers of the tradition and mediators of revelation 3. 'Apostolic' as a norm for orthodoxy XIV. Apostolic Pseudepigrapha Introduction / Wilhelm Schneemelcher 1. The Kerygma Petri / Wilhelm Schneemelcher 2. The Epistle to the Laodicians / Wilhelm Schneemelcher 3. The Correspondence Between Seneca and Paul / Cornelia Römer 4. The Pseudo-Titus Epistle / Aurelio de Santos Otero XV. Second and Third-Century Acts of Apostles Introduction / Wilhelm Schneemelcher and Knut Schäferdiek 1. The Acts of Andrew / Jean-Marc Prieur and Wilhelm Schneemelcher 2. The Acts of John / Knut Schäferdiek Appendix / Ruairi ó hUiginn 3. The Acts of Paul / Wilhelm Schneemelcher and Rodolphe Kasser 4. The Acts of Peter / Wilhelm Schneemelcher 5. The Acts of Thomas / Han J.W. Drijvers XVI. The Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles / Hans-Martin Schenke XVII. Later Acts of Apostles / Aurelio de Santos Otero XVIII. The Pseudo-Clementines / Johannes Irmscher and Georg Strecker Introduction 1. Introductory Writings 2. The Clement Romance 3. Kerygma Petrou C. Apocalypses and Related Subjects Introduction / Philipp Vielhauer and Georg Strecker XIX. Apocalyptic in Early Christianity Introduction / Philipp Vielhauer and Georg Strecker 1. The Ascension of Isaiah / C. Detlef G. Müller 2. Apocalypse of Peter / C. Detlef G. Müller XX. Apocalyptic Prophecy in the Early Church Introduction / Wilhelm Schneemelcher 1. The Fifth and Sixth Books of Ezra / Hugo Duensing and Aurelio de Santos Otero 2. Christian Sibyllines / Ursula Treu 3. The Book of Elchasai / Johannes Irmscher XXI. Later Apocalypses Introduction / Wilhelm Schneemelcher 1. The Coptic Gnostic Apocalypse of Paul / Wolf-Peter Funk 2. The Coptic Gnostic Apocalypse of Peter / Andreas Werner 3. Apocalypse of Paul / Hugo Duensing and Aurelio de Santos Otero 4. Apocalypse of Thomas / Aurelio de Santos Otero Index of Biblical Passages Index of Names and Subjects

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. Other Contributors: Wolfgang A. Bienert Aurelio de Santos Otero Hugo Duensing Johannes Irmscher Rodolphe Kasser Jean-Marc Prieur Cornelia Römer Knut Schäferdiek Georg Strecker Ursula Treu Philipp Vielhauer Andreas Werner

Review :
"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