Best Resources for Study of the New Testament Apocrypha?

My library is rather weak on New Testament Apocrypha. I looked to see if Logos has Schneemelcher's edition and they do not. What are the must-have NTA resources? I have "The Apocryphal New Testament" by Hone and also the one by James, plus the Nag Hammadi codices and the Nag Hammadi Library in English. So far I haven't been pleased with any of the English editions, and I'm wondering if Logos has something better available. This doesn't seem to be an a strength of Logos. I noticed that there is Gnostic and Apocryphal Studies collection, but that doesn't seem to have a critical edition with it, and it doesn't seem to have the breadth of topics I would like to have available in my library (plus it's a little pricey).

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Mark Barnes

There are also some Hermeneia commentaries on The Apostolic Tradition, The Didache, Ignatius of Antioch, and Shepherd of Hermas (plus the Odes of Solomon). SESB 3.0 has an edition of the Gospel of Thomas. But I don't think there's much else. The OT Pseudepigrapha/Apocrypha is served much better.

Rick Brannan (Logos)

Hi David.

On the NT Apocrypha in English, James is better than Hone -- you'll see Hone is very early and basically Apostolic Fathers plus a few other things.

Note that Hans-Josef Klauck's excellent "Apocryphal Gospels: An Introduction" is available for Logos 4. Unfortunately it is $72 to purchase it by itself. It is also in the Gnostic collection you cite. (For the record, Klauck also has a book on the Apocryphal Acts that is very good, available from Baylor University Press in print).

On Schneemelcher, yes, do send a note with a request to suggest@logos.com. It would be excellent to have.

There are a few other options in print I could tell you about, depending on your specific interests. Also, if you search archive.org you can find Tischendorf's Evangelia Apocrphya, which has Greek and Latin for several of the Apocryphal gospels.

What, specifically, are you interested in regarding the NT Apocrypha? That is -- what is "the breadth of topics [you] would like to have available in [your] library"? Do you have titles and examples?

Dennis Parish

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Schneemelcher for sure.

Dennis

David Sloan

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/317290#Comment_317290

By "breadth of topics" I just mean something that would make a good reference or set of references. I don't normally work with the NT Apocrypha, but as I was working on the use of Psalm 118 in the New Testament I saw one author mention that it is referenced in Acts of Peter 24. I can look up the passage in Logos, but it would be nice to know more of what I'm looking at. A good introduction to the apocryphal acts would be helpful in this case. I don't really need full-length monographs on various apocryphal works, but to have a couple resources I could turn to for more background on any given book would be helpful. And it's not normally Acts of Peter; every now and then I come across a need to study another apocryphal work, and each time I become aware of my lack of knowledge as soon as I start looking at the passage.

David Sloan

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/317357#Comment_317357

Oh and having the best critical Greek texts would be helpful too. And it would be nice if all of this was linked in Logos. Sometimes a resource will mention a passage from the NT Apocrypha and the passage isn't tagged at all, so it's a hassle to pull up the passage that is being referenced.

fgh

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/317358#Comment_317358

I just posted a Suggestion thread on Commentaries on the Deuterocanonicals and OT/NT Apocrypha. Please feel free to add to it.

DMB

So as not to re-invent the wheel, I resurrected this thread.

Rick's Greek Apocryphal Gospels, Fragments, and Agrapha is about to be published: http://www.logos.com/product/17854/greek-apocryphal-gospels-fragments-and-agrapha

Chances are you probably already have some of the NT apocrypha volumes. Why one more? Morph-tagged. Comes up in your greek searches for usage around the time of the early church. And inexpensive too!

Rick Brannan (Logos)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/464357#Comment_464357

Thanks, DMB.

I should note, there will be two resources delivered with this pre-pub. One volume is the Greek Texts, morphologically analyzed. The other volume includes introductions to every writing and fragment as well as English translations (some new, some modified/updated from earlier sources) and bibliographies.

It is on schedule. We hope to run a blog post on it next week. In the mean time, here's an early review:

http://unsettledchristianity.com/2013/02/rickbrannans-greek-apocryphal-gospels-fragments-and-agrapha-from-logos/

Note also: This is just apocryphal gospels (and gospel-ish fragments, and agrapha) that are extant in Greek. So no apocryphal acts. The full list of included material is on the page DMB pointed to: http://www.logos.com/product/17854/greek-apocryphal-gospels-fragments-and-agrapha

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/464765#Comment_464765

A very nice 'thank you' to the Logos 5.1 team and Rick bird-dogging his apocryphal gospels book. The Bible Word Study Textual Search section now includes the apocryphal gospels resource. Nice! My library now supports NINE major greek morphed resource groups that bracket the general usage period from ~150bce to 250ce or thereabouts.

Now if Sophicles (sp?) will awake from his slumber, and morphed latin support appears, Logos is getting almost white-hot! It's no wonder the new Noet platform is envisioned.