The Apocryphal Acts of Paul, Peter, John, Andrew and Thomas

by Bernhard Pick

The publication of the apocryphal Acts in Greek and Latin by Lipsius and Bonnet as well as Schmidt have opened a large, but very little cultivated field of ancient Christian literature. The oldest of these Acts are those which are treated in the present volume. They give us a picture of Christianity towards the end of the second century. They are important for the history of the Christian cultus in the second and third centuries, and by their description of the divine service in the houses they supplement [the] picture delineated in the Acts of the Apostles. They are also important for the history of Christian poetry which commences among the Gnostics; in though these Acts contain both 'truth and fiction,' they cannot be ignored . . . . --from the Preface

402 pages, Paperback

Published April 30, 2006

Reviews

[Lulu]

c. 160 CE paul (earliest acts?)
Mid 2nd andrew
Second half of 2nd john
180s peter
Late 2nd/early 3rd thomas

Read Hymn of the Pearl, a passage of the apocryphal Acts of Thomas, It is believed to have been written in the 2nd century or even possibly the 1st century, and shows influences from heroic folk epics from the region

Acts of paul include acts of paul and thekla (mid 2nd)

Arabic Version of acts of paul and thekla