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Christian apocrypha

The Gospel of Peter

ANF historical edition

Surviving text in the selected edition

The Apocalypse of Peter: Greek Text and Collected Fragments

ANF historical edition

Greek witness and fragments printed in ANF IX; the fuller Ethiopic version is not included

The Protoevangelium of James

ANF historical edition

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Acts of Paul and Thecla

ANF historical edition

The Paul-and-Thecla episode in the selected edition; not the complete Acts of Paul

The Ascension of Isaiah

R. H. Charles (1900) · existing translation, source record and notes

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Also on the original shelf · separate edition

The Epistula Apostolorum (Epistle of the Apostles)

M. R. James (1924) · existing translation, source record and notes

Full text of the selected edition

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The Gospel of Thomas

Mark M. Mattison

114 sayings and prologue (Nag Hammadi Codex II,2)

The Gospel of Mary

Mark M. Mattison

Surviving Coptic text of Berlin Codex 8502,1; missing pages explicitly marked