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Jewish writings
Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
ANF historical edition
Read editionThe Testament of Abraham: Both Recensions
ANF historical edition
Reference onlyCommunity Rule — Hebrew / Aramaic Transcriptions
CACCHT / ETCBC dataset 2.0.1
Reference onlyDamascus Document — Hebrew / Aramaic Transcriptions
CACCHT / ETCBC dataset 2.0.1
Reference onlyWar Scroll — Hebrew / Aramaic Transcriptions
CACCHT / ETCBC dataset 2.0.1
Reference onlyThanksgiving Hymns (Hodayot) — Hebrew / Aramaic Transcriptions
CACCHT / ETCBC dataset 2.0.1
Reference onlyCommentary on Habakkuk — Hebrew / Aramaic Transcriptions
CACCHT / ETCBC dataset 2.0.1
Reference onlyBook of Giants: Selected Aramaic Fragments — Hebrew / Aramaic Transcriptions
CACCHT / ETCBC dataset 2.0.1
Reference onlyPsalms of Solomon
G. Buchanan Gray, in R. H. Charles (ed.), Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament, vol. II (1913), pp. 631–652.
Reference onlyLife of Adam and Eve: Latin Version
L. S. A. Wells, in R. H. Charles (ed.), Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament, vol. II (1913).
Reference onlyLife of Adam and Eve: Greek Version (Apocalypse of Moses)
L. S. A. Wells, in R. H. Charles (ed.), Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament, vol. II (1913).
Reference only2 Baruch: Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch
R. H. Charles, English translation; Wesley Center text edited/adapted by George Lyons (2000), mirrored by Adam Jerome.
Reference onlyTestament / Assumption of Moses
R. H. Charles, English translation; Wesley Center text edited/adapted by George Lyons (2000), mirrored by Adam Jerome.
Reference onlyThe Apocalypse of Abraham — Box and Landsman Edition
G. H. Box, with assistance of J. I. Landsman, The Apocalypse of Abraham (first edition 1918; second impression 1919).
Awaiting acquisition1 Meqabyan
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Awaiting acquisition2 Meqabyan
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Awaiting acquisition3 Meqabyan
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Apostolic Fathers
1 Clement
J. B. Lightfoot
Read edition2 Clement
J. B. Lightfoot
Read editionIgnatius: To the Ephesians
J. B. Lightfoot
Read editionIgnatius: To the Magnesians
J. B. Lightfoot
Read editionIgnatius: To the Trallians
J. B. Lightfoot
Read editionIgnatius: To the Romans
J. B. Lightfoot
Read editionIgnatius: To the Philadelphians
J. B. Lightfoot
Read editionIgnatius: To the Smyrnaeans
J. B. Lightfoot
Read editionIgnatius: To Polycarp
J. B. Lightfoot
Read editionPolycarp: To the Philippians
J. B. Lightfoot
Read editionThe Martyrdom of Polycarp
J. B. Lightfoot
Read editionThe Didache
J. B. Lightfoot
Read editionThe Epistle of Barnabas
J. B. Lightfoot
Read editionThe Shepherd of Hermas
J. B. Lightfoot
Read editionThe Epistle to Diognetus
J. B. Lightfoot
Read editionPapias: Surviving Fragments
ANF historical edition · existing translation, source record and notes
Read editionQuadratus: Surviving Apology Fragment
ANF historical edition
Christian apocrypha
The Gospel of Peter
ANF historical edition
Read editionThe Apocalypse of Peter: Greek Text and Collected Fragments
ANF historical edition
Read editionThe Protoevangelium of James
ANF historical edition
Read editionActs of Paul and Thecla
ANF historical edition
Read editionThe Ascension of Isaiah
R. H. Charles (1900) · existing translation, source record and notes
Read editionThe Epistula Apostolorum (Epistle of the Apostles)
M. R. James (1924) · existing translation, source record and notes
Read editionThe Gospel of Thomas
Mark M. Mattison
Read editionThe Gospel of Mary
Mark M. Mattison
Early interpreters
Justin Martyr: First Apology
ANF historical edition
Read editionJustin Martyr: Second Apology
ANF historical edition
Read editionJustin Martyr: Dialogue with Trypho
ANF historical edition
Read editionIrenaeus: Against Heresies, Books I–V
ANF historical edition
Read editionTertullian: Against Marcion, Books I–V
ANF historical edition
Read editionOrigen: On First Principles
ANF historical edition
Read editionOrigen: Against Celsus, Books I–VIII
ANF historical edition
Read editionIrenaeus: Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching
J. Armitage Robinson (1920)
Historical works
Philo: On the Creation
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: Allegorical Interpretation, I
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: Allegorical Interpretation, II
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: Allegorical Interpretation, III
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: On the Cherubim
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: On the Birth of Abel
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: Worse is Wont to Attack Better
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: On the Posterity of Cain and His Exile
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: On the Giants
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: On the Unchangableness of God
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: On Husbandry
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: Concerning Noah's Work as a Planter
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: On Drunkenness
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: On Sobriety
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: On the Confusion of Tongues
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: On the Migration of Abraham
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: Who is the Heir of Divine Things?
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: On Mating
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: On Flight and Finding
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: On the Change of Names
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: On Dreams
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: On Abraham
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: On Joseph
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: On the Life of Moses, I
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: On the Life of Moses, II
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: The Decalogue
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: The Special Laws, I
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: The Special Laws, II
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: The Special Laws, III
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: The Special Laws, IV
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: On the Virtues
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: On Rewards and Punishments
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: Every Good Man is Free
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: On the Contemplative Life
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: On the Eternity of the World
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: Flaccus
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: Hypothetica: Apology for the Jews
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: On Providence: Fragment I
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: On Providence: Fragment II
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: On the Embassy to Gaius
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: Questions and Answers on Genesis, I
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: Questions and Answers on Genesis, II
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: Questions and Answers on Genesis, III
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: Appendix 1: Concerning the World
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionPhilo: Appendix 2: Fragments
C. D. Yonge (1854–1855)
Read editionJosephus: Antiquities of the Jews, Books I–X
William Whiston (1737)
Read editionJosephus: Antiquities of the Jews, Books XI–XX
William Whiston (1737)
Read editionJosephus: Jewish War
William Whiston (1737)
Read editionJosephus: Against Apion
William Whiston (1737)
Read editionJosephus: Life
William Whiston (1737)
Read editionEusebius: Ecclesiastical History, Books I–X
NPNF historical edition
Church orders and canon documents
Athanasius: Festal Letter 39 (367 CE), Surviving Canonical Excerpt
NPNF historical edition
Reference onlySinodos / Statutes of the Apostles: Horner’s Ethiopic Version in English
George Horner, The Statutes of the Apostles or Canones Ecclesiastici (London: Williams & Norgate, 1904), English translation of the Ethiopic text, pp. 127–232.
Read editionSirach: The Translator’s Prologue (WEB)
World English Bible
Read editionThe Muratorian Fragment
ANF historical edition
Reference onlyThe Ethiopic Didascalia — Harden Edition (1920)
J. M. Harden, The Ethiopic Didascalia (London: SPCK; New York: Macmillan, 1920).
Awaiting acquisitionEthiopic Clement / Qalementos
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Awaiting acquisitionEthiopic Book of the Covenant / Mashafa Kidan
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