A compilation of apocryphal Christian texts, many translated into English for the first time, with comprehensive introductions.

This second volume of New Testament Apocrypha continues the work of the first by making available to English readers more apocryphal texts. Twenty-nine texts are featured, including The Adoration of the Magi and The Life of Mary Magdalene, each carefully introduced, copiously annotated, and translated into English by eminent scholars. These fascinating texts provide insights into the beliefs, expressions, and practices of a range of Christian communities from the early centuries through late antiquity and into the medieval period.

Tony Burke is professor of humanities at York University. His academic interests include the study of Christian biographical literature of the second century (infancy gospels), children and the family in Roman antiquity, curses, and noncanonical Jewish and Christian writings.

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Calvin Theological Journal
“New Testament Apocrypha: More Noncanonical Scriptures . . . offer[s us about 1,200 pages of modern English translation text, analysis, and bibliography. But rather than repeat what is already available, Burke and Landau are giving us new texts . . . that are only now coming to us in English. However, if these texts and their origin remain mysterious, the first volume’s forty-page introduction is an ideal place to begin to understand the problems and prospects for these collections.”