Apocryphal New Testament writings

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Apocryphal New Testament writings are early Christian texts that imitate or expand upon New Testament genres such as gospels, acts, letters, and apocalypses but were not accepted into the canonical New Testament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian apocrypha
early Christian literature
religious text corpus
distinguishedFrom Apocryphal New Testament writings self-linksurface differs
surface form: New Testament pseudepigrapha

Old Testament apocrypha
evaluatedAs non-canonical by most Christian churches
function expand canonical narratives
provide alternative traditions about Jesus
provide alternative traditions about apostles
imitate New Testament genres
includeGenre acts
apocalypses
gospels
letters
includeWork 3 Corinthians
Acts of Andrew
Acts of John
Acts of Paul
Acts of Peter
Acts of Pilate
Acts of Thomas
Apocalypse of Paul
Apocalypse of Peter
Apocalypse of Thomas
Correspondence of Paul and Seneca
Dormition of the Theotokos
surface form: Dormition of Mary

Epistle of the Apostles
Gospel of Judas
Gospel of Mary
Gospel of Nicodemus
Gospel of Peter
Gospel of Philip
Gospel of Thomas
Gospel of the Ebionites
Gospel of the Hebrews
Gospel of the Hebrews
surface form: Gospel of the Nazarenes

History of Joseph the Carpenter
Infancy Gospel of Thomas
Letter of Jesus to Abgar
Protoevangelium of James
Secret Gospel of Mark
influenceOn Christian art
Christian legend and folklore
Christian liturgy
language Coptic
Ethiopic
Greek
Latin
Syriac
notPartOf canonical New Testament
partOf Apocryphal New Testament writings self-linksurface differs
surface form: New Testament apocrypha
relatedTo Acts of the Apostles
Book of Revelation
Pauline Epistles
surface form: Pauline epistles

canonical Gospels
religiousTradition Christianity
studiedIn biblical studies
early Christian studies
patristics
timePeriod 2nd century
3rd century
4th century
later antiquity

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Apocrypha (in early editions) distinguishedFrom Apocryphal New Testament writings
Apocrypha (in early editions) distinguishedFrom Apocryphal New Testament writings
this entity surface form: Pseudepigrapha
Judas Iscariot subjectOf Apocryphal New Testament writings
this entity surface form: Gospel of Judas (apocryphal text)
Protoevangelium of James category Apocryphal New Testament writings
this entity surface form: New Testament apocrypha
The Marriage of the Virgin basedOn Apocryphal New Testament writings
this entity surface form: New Testament apocrypha
Apocryphal New Testament writings partOf Apocryphal New Testament writings self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: New Testament apocrypha
Apocryphal New Testament writings distinguishedFrom Apocryphal New Testament writings self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: New Testament pseudepigrapha
Bart D. Ehrman notableWork Apocryphal New Testament writings
this entity surface form: Lost Christianities