The Apocryphal Texts and Translations

Bart D. Ehrman and Zlatko Plese

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Contents

Infancy Gospels / The Infancy of Thomas 3 2 The Infancy C: An Alternative Beginning 25 3 The Proto-: The Birth of Mary, the of James 4 The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew 73 5 The Latin Infancy Gospels (J Composition): Arundel Form 115 6 The History of Joseph the Carpenter 157

Ministry Gospels 7 The Jewish-Christian Gospels igj The Gospel of the Nazareans 201 The Gospel of the Ebionites 210 The Gospel according to the Hebrews 216 8 The Gospel according to the Egyptians 223 9 A Gospel Harmony. The Diatessaron? 231 10 Papyrus Berlin ujio 23J 11 Papyrus Cairo 10J35 241 12 Papyrus Egerton 2 (and Papyrus Koln 255) 245 13 Papyrus Merton 5/ 255 14 Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 210 259 15 Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 840 267 16 Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1224 275 iy Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 2949 283 18 Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 4009 28g 19 Papyrus Vindobonensis G 2325 (The Fayum Fragment) 295 xii Contents

Sayings Gospels and Agrapha 20 The Gospel according to Thomas 303 The Gospel of Thomas: The Greek Fragments 337 21 Agrapha 35/

Passion, Resurrection, and Post-Resurrection Gospels 22 The 37/ 23 The 389 24 ' Correspondence with Abgar 413 25 The Gospel ofNicodemus (The Acts of Pilate) A 419 26 The Gospel ofNicodemus (The Acts of Pilate) B (Including the Descent into Hades) 465 27 The Report of Pontius Pilate (Anaphora Pilati) 491 28 The Handing Over of Pilate (Paradosis Pilati) 501 29 The Letter of Pilate to Claudius 5/ / 30 The Letter of Pilate to Herod 5/7 31 The Letter of Herod to Pilate 523 32 The Letter of Tiberius to Pilate 529 33 The Vengeance of the Savior (Vindicta Salvatoris) ' 53 j 34 The Death of Pilate Who Condemned Jesus (Mors Pilati) 559 35 The Narrative of Joseph of Arimathea 569 36 The Gospel according to Mary 587 The Gospel according to Mary: Greek Fragments 601 37 The Greater Questions of Mary 607