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Greek New Testament

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Ancient Near Eastern Literature

Myths

Most of these links are to the excellent site Gateways to Babylon.

Mesopotamian

Atrahasis - Tablet 1

The Myth of Anzu

- or The retrieval of the Tablet of Destinies

Enuma Elish

The Eridu Genesis

Enki & the E-Engurra

Enki & the World Order

Enki & Ninmah

Enlil & Nam-zid-tara

Enlil & Ninlil

Enmerkar & En-suhgir-ana

Enmerkar & the lord of Aratta

Erra & Ishum

The Myth of Etana

Epic of Gilgamesh

Another version in verse by Robert Temple

Sumerian Prologue to Gilgamesh

Death of Gilgamesh

Inanna in Pictures, Music & Drama

- based on Wolkstein's + Kramer's work

Inanna & Ebih

Inanna & Bilulu

Inanna & Shu-kale-tuda

Descent of Ishtar to the Netherworld

Lugalbanda in the mountain cave

Lugalbanda & the anzu bird

Marduk's Ordeal

The marriage of Martu

The Journey of Nanna-Suen to Nippur

The Herds of Nanna

A Song of Praise to Nanna

Nergal & Ereshkigal

Ninurta & the Turtle

- or Ninurta & Enki

The Exploits of Ninurta

The Return of Ninurta to Nippur

The Creation of the Pickaxe

The Worm & the Toothache

How Grain came to Sumer

Canaanite

The Baal Epic

The Descent of Anat into the Underworld

Egyptian

Modern harmonized creation account

from various Egyptian sources

Ra & the Serpent

Hathor and the destruction of humankind

Isis Recieves the True & Hidden Name of Re

Osiris

The contention of Horus & Seth

(21st c. BC)

Old Assyrian divorce document

Old Assyrian marriage contract

(19th c. BC)

Abrogation of a marriage agreement

(15th c. BC)

Ugaritic Manumission and Marriage contract

Mibtahiah's marriage contracts

(5th c. BC: Aramaic Papyrus from Elephantine)

Manumission and marriage of a female slave

(5th c. BC: Aramaic Papyrus from Elephantine)

Treaties and Legal Contracts (other than marriage)

Akkadian-Hittite Treaty

Literature related to the Jewish Scriptures

Pseudepigrapha

Apocalypse of Abraham

(TAb)

Testament of Abraham

(TAb)

The First Book of Adam and Eve

Note that for this as well as the following text, you may have to set your browser to override document colors, since the last time I looked it was black text on black background

The Second Book of Adam and Eve

Life of Adam and Eve

, electronic edition (Anderson & Stone). Others include:

The Slavonic version, which is called The Life of Adam and Eve, the Latin, referred to as Vita Adae et Evae, and the Greek version is known as The Apocalypse of Moses

Ahiqar (the story)

Letter of Aristeas

Exerpt from the same with some introductory comments

2 (Syriac Apocalypse of) Baruch

Cave of Treasures

1 (Ethiopic Apocalypse of) Enoch

From Charles' APOT

for another translation, see

1 Enoch

.
For a brief discussion of 1 Enoch see

"The Enoch Literature"

by James C. VanderKam.

2 (Slavonic Apocalypse of) Enoch

The Book of Giants

, from the Dead Sea Scrolls, may be part of of the Enoch tradition (See VanderKam's article, linked above).

Apocryphon of Ezekiel

Martyrdom of Isaiah

Jannes and Jambres

Paraleipomena Jeremiou

= 4 Baruch

The same in Greek

Jubilees

Apocalypse of Moses: see

Life of Adam and Eve

, above

Apocalypse of Sedrach

Odes of Solomon

Psalms of Solomon

Testament of Solomon

Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs

Testament of Issachar

Testament of Zebulun

Testament of Dan

Testament of Naphtali

Testament of Gad

Testament of Asher

Testament of Joseph

Testament of Benjamin

The Revelation of Esdras is listed under Christian Apocalypses
The Apocalypse of Adam is located with the Nag Hammadi collection

Dead Sea Scrolls

Pentateuchal stories and commentaries

Reworked Pentateuch

(4QPP^a=4Q158). [Student Paraphrase]

Genesis Apocryphon

[Student Paraphrase]

Enoch (4Q201(En ara))

exerpt from the story of the Watchers, see 1 Enoch above

The Book of Giants

(4Q203, 1Q23, 2Q26, 4Q530-532, 6Q8)

may be part of the Enoch tradition (See VanderKam's article, "The Enoch Literature").

Enoch and the Watchers

(4Q227).

Exhortation based on the Flood

(4QFloodAp=4Q370). [Student Paraphrase]

Vision of Jacob

(4QAJa=4Q537). [Student Paraphrase]

Legal and ritual texts

A Phylactery (Mur 4 Phyl)

Ritual Purity Laws

(4QTohorot^a=4Q274). [Student Paraphrase]

A Baptismal Liturgy (4Q414)

Songs for the Sabbath Sacrifice (4Q403(ShirShabbd))

Some Torah Precepts (4Q396 (MMTc))

exerpt

Former Prophets stories and commentaries

Prayer For King Jonathan (4Q448)

Psalms, Hymns, Poetry

Apocryphal Psalms

(4QPs^f=4Q88, 4QapPs=4Q448, 11QPs^a-b=11Q5-6). [Student Paraphrase]

The Thanksgiving Psalms (Pss. 4, 5, 8, 23)

Thanksgiving Hymns #7 & 8

(1QH(odayot)^a col.10). [Student Paraphrase]

Plea for Deliverance (11QPs^a=11Q5 col.xix)

Wisdom Literature

Wisdom Text

(1Q26, 4QWisd^a=4Q410 & 4Q412-413, 4QWisdB^a-b=4Q415, 4QWisdA^a-d=4Q416-419, 4QRight^a-b=4Q420-421, 4Qfarmer=4Q423). [Student Paraphrase]

Collecton of Proverbs

(4QWisd=4Q424). [Student Paraphrase]

Wiles of the Wicked Woman

(4Q184). [Student Paraphrase]

The Parable of the Bountiful Tree (4Q302a)

Prophecy and Apocalyptic

Hosea Commentary (4Q166 (4QpHosa))

exerpt

The Chosen One

(4Qelect=4Q534, 4QarNC=4Q535-6). [Student Paraphrase]

The Book of Secrets (lQMyst=1Q27, 4QMyst^a-c=4Q299-301)

The Divine Throne Chariot

The Coming of Melchizedek (11Q13)

Redemption and Resurrection (4Q521)

Words of Michael

(4Qmich=4Q529, 6Qunidar=6Q23). [Student Paraphrase]

Sectarian literature

War Rule (4Q285 (SM) frg.5)

exerpt

Community Rule (4QSd)

exerpt

The Damascus Document (4Q271(Df))

exerpt

Tongues of Fire (1Q29, 4Q376)

Misc.

The New Jerusalem

[first part] (1QJNar=1Q32, 2QEx^c=2Q4, 4QJM^a=4Q554-5, 5QJNar=5Q15, 11QJN=11Q18). [Student Paraphrase]

The Copper Scroll

(3QTreasure^a=3Q15). [Student Paraphrase]

Physiognomic Horoscopes

(4QCryptic-4Q186, 4QPhysiogn=4Q561). [Student Paraphrase]

Calendrical Document (4Q321 (Mishmarot Ba))

exerpt

Observances

(4QCal=4Q327 (Mishmarot), 4QMMT^a4Q394). [Student Paraphrase]

Targum of Job

(4QtgJob=4Q157, 11QtgJob=11Q10). [Student Paraphrase]

DSS Links

Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature

is the site for DSS material and bibliography.

The Qumran Library

. A collection of pictures and short translation fragments related to the DSS and Qumran.

DSS anthologies in English translation

[DJD]	Various, Discoveries in the Judaean desert, [18 of 23 vols. published so far happen to be in English] (Clarendon, 1997)
[EW]	Robert Eisenman & Michael Wise, Dead Sea Scrolls uncovered (Penguin Books, 1992).
[THG]	Theodor H. Gaster, The Dead Sea scriptures (Peter Smith Pub, 1976).
[FCM]	Florentino Garcia Martinez, The Dead Sea Scrolls translated, tr. Wilfred G.E. Watson, 2nd Ed. (William B. Eerdmans, 1996).
[GV]	Geza Vermes, The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English (Penguin Press, 1997).
[WAC]	Michael Wise, Martin Abegg, Jr. & Edward Cook, Dead Sea Scrolls: A new translation (HarperSanFrancisco, 1996).

Specialty pages and exerpt collections (Related to Bible and 2nd Temple Judaism)

The Story of Noah, marked according to documentary source

Lilith Traditions

Song of Songs Interpretation Samples

Literature related to Early Christianity

Gospels

Avenging of the Savior

(The story of Veronica)

The Questions (Gospel?) of Bartholomew

Gospel of the Ebionites

Papyrus Egerton 2

, Fragments of an Unknown Gospel

Papyrus Egerton 2 home page

Gospel of the Hebrews

The Two Books of Jeu (Ieou)

The Narrative of Joseph of Arimathaea

The Secret Gospel of Mark

Secret Gospel of Mark home page

The Gospel Marcion

. While Marcion was Gnostic, his gospel is basically Luke

Gospel of Matthias

This is actually a web paper, but it includes all the pertinent quotes.

Gospel of the Nazareans

The Gospel of Nicodemos (The Acts of Pilate)

Another version, in King James English, from The Ante-Nicene fathers includes three different textual traditions:

Greek A

Greek B

, and

Latin

Oxyrhynchus 840 gospel fragment

This is actually a web paper on the Gospel of Matthias, but it includes the full text of p.Oxy. 840 about half way down the page.

The Gospel of Peter

M.R. James

Henry Barclay Swete translation

Gospel of Thomas

Also available are a translation by Thomas Lambdin (et.al), which includes the Greek fragments, Nancy Johnson's translation and an Interlinear Coptic/English presentation

Toldot Yeshu

a Medieval Jewish Anti-gospel

And a Hebrew version from the same larger tradition (but not the text from which the above was translated) -- you will need a Hebrew font

Infancy Gospels

An Arabic Infancy Gospel

An older translation, apparently of the same gospel: The first Gospel of the Infancy of Jesus Christ. The Non-canonical Homepage indentifies this as a "5th century compilaton of Thomas texts."

The Proto-Gospel of James

The History of Joseph the Carpenter

The Gospel of the Nativity of Mary

The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew

The Infancy Gospel of Thomas

: Greek Text A, B & Latin form from Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 8

Alternatively, M.R. James translation (with introductory notes) of

Greek Text A

Greek Text B

, and

Latin Text

The Dialogue of the Saviour, The Gospel of Mary, The Gospel of Philip The Gospel of the EgyptiansThe Gospel of Truth are linked from Nag Hammadi

Acts

The Acts of Andrew

The Acts and Martyrdom of Andrew

The Acts of Andrew and Matthew

The Acts of Peter and Andrew

The Acts of Barnabas

Martyrdom of Bartholomew

The Acts of John

The Mystery of the Cross

: Excerpt from The Acts of John

The Acts of John the Theologian

The Book of John Concerning the Death of Mary

The History of Joseph the Carpenter

The Book of John Concerning the Death of Mary

Related text: The Passing of Mary (1st Latin form) and 2nd Latin form

The Acts and Martyrdom of Matthew

The Martyrdom of Matthew

The Acts of Paul

Several links to a part of The Acts of Paul: The Acts of (Paul and) Thecla, and another translation

The Acts of Peter

The Act of Peter

from the Berlin Gnostic Library may have originally been a pericope from the Acts of Peter

The Acts of Peter and Paul

The Acts of Philip

The Travels and Martyrdom of Philip

, Part of the predeeding, this is another translation, apparently based on a somewhat expanded text

The Report of Pilate Greek A

and

Greek B

See the G. Nicodemus above

Related texts:

Letter of Pontius Pilate

Giving up of Pontius Pilate

Death of Pilate

The Acts of Thaddaeus

Acts of Thomas

Avenging of the Savior

: Medieval Latin stories about Veronica and Nathaniel

Epistles and Treatises

The Correspondence of Jesus and Abgar, King of Edessa

Another, older translation

The Doctrine of Addai (Addeus)

e.g. Thaddeus' teaching to the previously mentioned Agbar of Edessa

Apostolic Constitutions

(falsely ascribed to Clement of Rome)

The Epistle of the Apostles

(Epistula Apostolorum ?c. 160)

Pseudo-Clementine Recognitions

3 Corinthians
Corinthian Correspondence

Mathetes's Epistle to Diognetus

is this different from the Ep. ofDiognetus?
Book of Elchasai

Book of John the Evangelist

Paul's Epistle to the Laodiceans

The Correspondence of Paul and Seneca

(prior to 4th c.)
Preaching of Peter

Christian Revelations and Apocalypses

Note that the terms "apocalypse" and "revelation" are both translations of the same Greek term. Technically, "revelation" is a translation and "apocalypse" is a transliteration. The upshot is that the same works are often referred to by different modern writers as the "Apocalypse of x" or the "Revelation of x", creating no shortage of confusion. I would have preferred to standardize on "revelation," at least partly because "apocalypse" in modern usage carries with it the connotation of eschatological vision. While this is certainly a feature of some of the works which go by the name, it is not so of all. Never-the-less, in scholarly circles, 'apocalypse' is the standard label for some of these works, 'revelation' for others. I have used the list of abbreviations for use in Textual Criticism as an anchoring reference to scholarly standards.

**Revelation of Esdras

Apocalypsis tou hagiou Ioannou (ApIoan)

The Revelation of John the Theologian

The Apocalypse of Paul

Two other translations: from Greek version and from Latin version.
For the Gnostic Apocalypse of Paul, see under Gnostic Apocalypses

The Apocalypse of Peter

A slightly different translation of one of these texts, along with different introductory commentary is found at: The Revelation of Peter. The Gnostic Apocalypse of Peter can be found under Gnostic Apocalypses

The Apocalypse of Sedrach

The Revelation of Stephen

The Apocalypse of Thomas

The Apocalypse of the Virgin

The Rev. of Adam, the 1st Rev. of James, the 2nd Rev. of James, the Gnostic Rev. of Paul and the Gnostic Rev. of Peter are listed under Gnostic Apocalypses

Aposotlic Fathers

Note that the CCAT gopher texts display well in Netscape, but are virtually unreadable in MS Internet Explorer. These are the ones labeled "Lightfoot" (the translator)

Lightfoot

Lightfoot

Lightfoot

[Hoole]

or, alternatively, the Lightfoot translation

Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus

Lightfoot

another translation