Hidden Scriptures: 25 Gnostic and other texts

by R.H. Charles, M.R. James, G.R.S. Mead

This a compilation of 25 hidden or non-canon Christian texts, including Pistis Sophia, and two versions of the Book of Enoch. The following is the complete EsdrasAllogenesAuthoritative TeachingBaruch 2Enthronement of the Archangel MichaelEpistle of BarnabasGospel Of BartholomewGospel Of ThomasOn the Origin of the WorldPistis SophiaThe (Ethiopian) Book of EnochThe Acts of PeterThe Apocalypse of PeterThe Apocryphon of JamesThe Apocryphon of JohnThe Aquarian Age Gospel of Jesus, the Christ of the Piscean AgeThe Ascension of IsaiahThe Essene Gospels of Peace (Index)The Gospel According To Mary MagdaleneThe Gospel Of PhilipThe Letter Of Peter To PhilipThe Sophia of Jesus ChristThe Tripartite TractateThe Works Of Dionysius The AreopagiteTotal Book of Enoch

2330 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 26, 2022

About the author

Robert Henry Charles (1855–1931) was an Irish biblical scholar and theologian. He left parochial work in 1889 to devote himself to biblical research and became the greatest authority of his time in matters of Jewish eschatology and apocrypha. He became a canon at Westminster Abbey in 1913 and archdeacon there in 1919. His books include Eschatology (1913, 2nd ed), Between the Old and New Testaments (1914), and his edition of The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament. (1913). He is known particularly for English translations of apocryphal and pseudepigraphal works, and editions including Jubilees (1895), the Book of Enoch (1906), and the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs (1908) which have been widely used. Among his other publications are The Apocalypse (1920), Divorce and Nullity (1927), and The Resurrection of Man (1930). He was educated at the Belfast Academy, Queen's College, Belfast and Trinity College, Dublin. He gained a D.D. and became Professor of Biblical Greek at Trinity College.