No such suspicion of unorthodoxy as -rightly or wrongly- attaches to four out of the Five Acts, affects the Acts of Philip. If grotesque, it is yet a Catholic novel. In form it follows Thomas, for it is divided into separate Acts, of which the manuscripts mention...
The Books of Adam and Eve, from VITA ADAE ET EVAE and the Apocalypse of MOSES Translation from The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament by R. H. Charles, vol. II , Oxford Press 1:1 When they were driven out from paradise, they made themselves a booth, and...
Third Baruch, also known as the Greek Apocalypse of Baruch From The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament by R. H. Charles, vol. II, Oxford Press Prologue. 1 A narrative and revelation of Baruch, concerning those ineffable things which he saw by command of...
Second Baruch, from The Apocrypha and Pseudeipgrapha of the Old Testament by R. H. Charles, vol. II , Oxford Press 1 1 And it came to pass in the twenty-fifth year of Jeconiah, king of Judah, that the word of the Lord. 2 came to Baruch, the son of Neriah, and said to...
The Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs Translation below is from: The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament by R. H. Charles, vol. II, Oxford Press THE TESTAMENT OF REUBEN, THE FIRST-BORN SON OF JACOB AND LEAH 1 The copy of the Testament of Reuben, even...
The Odes of Solomon: An Ancient, Jewish Apocryphal Work The translation here is from The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden, Collins-World Publishers. Ode 1 1 The Lord is on my head like a crown, and I shall not be without Him. 2 They wove for me...
The Psalms of Solomon: The Ancient Pseudepigraphal Book I 1 I cried unto the Lord when I was in distress [ ], Unto God when sinners assailed. 2 Suddenly the alarm of war was heard before me; (I said), He will hearken to me, for I am full of righteousness. 3 I thought...
The Gospel of Thomas was discovered in Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1945. The following is a fresh translation, made from the Coptic text published by Messrs. Brill of Leiden. In the preparation of this version, the following six translations have been consulted, in addition...
The Gospel of Judas was developed by a Gnostic sect in the second century A.D and was originally written in Greek around 130-170. This fact alone tells us that it was not authored by Judas himself. The oldest extant copy is a Coptic manuscript written in Sahidic...
The Book of Enoch, From The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament by R. H. Charles, vol. I, Oxford Press 1 The words of the blessing of Enoch, wherewith he blessed the elect and righteous, who will be 2 living in the day of tribulation, when all the wicked...