The Other Gospels
Assignment:
what type of writing is it: a sayings gospel, a narrative gospel?
is it considered a complete document or a fragment?
provide a summary of what the gospel contains
what is the approximate date of this gospel?
what, specifically, identifies this as being gnostic? how does it contradict the canonical gospels?
The Protoevangelium of James
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas
The Gospel of the Hebrews
The Gospel of the Egyptians
The Gospel of the Savior
The Gospel of Peter
The Gospel of Thomas
The Apocryphon of James
The Dialogue of the Savior
The Gospel of Judas
The Gospel of Mary
The Epistle of the Apostles
The Gospel of Philip
- 4 BCE,
-about the birth and life of Mary, very religious and treated very holy her whole life, draws in on her pregnancy and how the church reacts, thinking that Jospeh has defiled her. Even after birth, Mary is thought to be a virgin since her hymen, as checked by the midwife is still intact, which is impossible except by miraculous means.
-is a complete document that serves as a source for other non cannonical works - is considered gnostic because was condemned as heretical by Pope Innocent I in 405 CE, also thought of Mary being from wealthy family and not peasant goes against church tradition
-provides a collection of miracle stories from the ages of 5 to 12 in Jesus' life.
- does not support any developed doctrinal abberance, shows Jesus in an unsophisticated religious way during his early life
- probably from the latter half of the second century
-second century work, -was most likely a source of other gospels, no known copies left so not sure of contents but mentioned in other gospels, - not sure if complete document or fragment originally but is now known in fragments
-no known copies left, only known about by use of quotations by Clement of Alexandria
-thought to encourage celibacy for all who wished to be truly spiritual
- second century
-used in fragments
- second or third century work ,
-containing alleged sayings of Jesus, Jesus at the last supper and then at his cruxafiction - is a narrative gospel, used pronouns like i and we.
- two fragmentary manuscripts
- second century, - account of Jesus' death and resurrection
- fragmented work remains
- forbade its use because it contained passages that could be used to support heretical ideas
- may include some material older than anything in the canonical gospels
-no copies thought to exist, yet is referenced by early church leaders
-first century - book does not contain any stories about Jesus, but just secret sayings that the living Jesus spoke and Didymus Judas Thomas recorded.
-may have been produced as early as the first half of the second century
-discourse given to James and Peter by the risen Jesus just before his ascension.
-discovered at Nag Hammadi in1945
-first half of the second century,
-only copy is incomplete,
- discovered among the Nag Hammadi documents in 1945
-putative conversation between Jesus, Judas, Matthew, and Mary
- mid-second century work
- the secret account of the judgement that Jesus pronounced to Judas over eight days, leading up to the three days before he observed passover
-only became available in 2004, but existence has been known
-series of homilies addressed by Jesus to Judas
- the secret account of the judgement that Jesus pronounced to Judas over eight days, leading up to the three days before he observed passover
- all of these homilies present Jesus as an exponent of Gnostic ideology
- mid-second century work
- writing to the church at large to describe in detail their encounter with the risen Jesus after Easter
-recounts Jesus' death and resurrection - new names present
-third century work
- not a gospel in any way,
- notes from the teachings and preaching of some unknown church leader
-does not actually purport to report the teachings of Jesus or events from his life
- An account of Jesus' revelations to his friend Mary Magdalene
- probably from the second century
-recounts what Mary had told the disciples Jesus had disclosed to her - half the pages missing form manuscript
- offers some insights into the complex cosmology of Gnosticism
-power struggles in early church to restrict roles of women in the church