Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha of the Old and New Testament

I. Subject Headings and Keywords

II. Apocrypha, General

A. Apocalyptic Literature
B. Indexes and Abstracts

III. Old Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha

A. Dead Sea Scrolls
B. Enoch
C. Translations

IV. New Testament Apocrypha

A. Nag Hammadi (Chenoboskian Manuscripts)
B. Gnosticism


I. Subject Headings or Keywords to use in the Library Catalog or on the Internet

Apocalyptic literature
Dead Sea Scrolls
Apocryphal books
Essenes
Bible. New Testament. Apocrypha
Gnosticism
Bible. Old Testament. Apocrypha
Jesus Christ. Biography. Apocryphal and legendary literature
Chenoboskian Manuscripts
Manuscripts. Aramaic [or Coptic, Greek, Hebrew, Syriac]
Church history. Primitive and early church
Nag Hammadi Codex
Coptic language. Texts
Oxyrhynchus Papyri
Coptic literature. Translations

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II. Apocrypha: General
BS 1700
.B7
Brockington, L.H. A Critical Introduction to the Apocrypha. (London: Duckworth, 1961.)
BS 1700
.M48
Metzger, Bruce M. An Introduction to the Apocrypha. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1957.)

BS 1700
.O29 I6

Oesterley, W.O.E. An Introduction to the Books of the Apocrypha. (London:1935.)

BS 1700
.T6

Torrey, Charles Cutler. The Apocryphal Literature: A Brief Introduction. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1975.)

A. Apocalyptic Literature

BS 1705
.F75x
Frost, S. B. Old Testament Apocalyptic.(London: 1952.)

BS 646
.K613

Koch, Klaus. The Rediscovery of the Apocalyptic. (London: S.C.M. Press, 1972.)
BS 646
.R59
Rowland, Christopher. The Open Heaven: A Study of Apocalyptic in Judaism and Early Christianity.(London: SPCK, 1982.)

B. Indexes and Abstracts

Ancient Studies
PA 29. A55
L'année philologique : bibliographie critique et analytique de l'antiquité gréco-latine . 1924 -- . (Also available at a Hum Ref.stand-alone computer as The Database of Classical Bibliography, covering 1976-1987; searchable by keyword.)
Ancient Studies
BS 410 .E5x
Elenchus Bibliographicus Biblicus. 1959 --.
Ancient Studies
BS 445 .X1 I57
Internationale Zeitschriftenschau für Bibelwissenschaft und Grenzgebiete (International Review of Biblical Studies). 1951 --.
Rel/Fam Ref
BS 410 .N35
New Testament Abstracts.1957 --.
Rel/Fam Ref
.X1 A53
Religion Index One. (Chicago, 1949 -- .) [Also available from 1975-current on a LAN
BL 48 computer.]

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III. Old Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha

Ancient Studies
BS 1692
.C41
Charles, R.H., ed. The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament in English. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1973-76.) 2 vols.; index in vol. 2.
BS 1830
.A3
Charlesworth, James H. The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha. (New York:Doubleday, 1983.) 2 vols. (Vol. 1: Apocalyptic Literature and Testaments; Vol. 2: Expansions of the Old Test.)
BS 1700
.C45
Charlesworth, James H. The Pseudepigrapha and Modern Research, with a Supplement. (Chico, CA: Scholars Press, 1981.)
BS 1700
.D38
DeLange, Nicholas Robert Michael. Apocrypha: Jewish Literature of the Hellenistic Age. (New York: Viking Press, 1978.)
BS 1692
1938
Goodspeed, Edgar, trans. The Apocrypha: An American Translation.(Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1938.)

BS 1692

Metzger, Bruce M., ed. The New Oxford Annotated Apocrypha: The Apocrypha/Deutero-canonical Books of the Old Testament. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.)

BS 1700
.N48

Nickelsburg, George W. E. Jewish Literature Between the Bible and the Mishnah: and Historical and Literary Introduction. (Philadelphia: FortressPress, 1981.)

BS 1692
.B47

Pfeiffer, Robert H. The Apocrypha According to the Authorized Version.(New York: Harper, 1953.

BS 1700
.R6213

Rost, Leonhard. Judaism Outside the Hebrew Canon: An Introduction to the Documents. (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1976.)
BM 176
.S94
Surburg, Raymond F. Introduction to the Intertestamental Period.(St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1975.)

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A. Dead Sea Scrolls
M 487
.A39
Allegro, J. M. The Dead Sea Scrolls. (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1956.)
BM 175
.Q6 C7
Cross, Frank Moore. The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Biblical Studies. (Garden City NY: Anchor Books, 1961.)
Rel/Fam Ref
(Ask at desk)
The Dead Scrolls on CD. (Provo: FARMS, and New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.) Searchable full text of the Dead Sea Scrolls, in Hebrew, with English translation.
Rel/Fam Ref
.BM 487 .X1
F58
Fitzmyer, Joseph A. The Dead Sea Scrolls: Major Publications and Tools for Study. (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1990.)
BM 487
.A3 G3
Gaster, Theodore H. The Dead Sea Scriptures. (Garden City, NY: Anchor Books, 1976.)
Ancient Studies
BM 487 .A1
Jordan Department of Antiquities.Discoveries in the Judaean Desert. (Oxford:
Quarto Clarendon Press, 1955-. On-going series.)
Rel/Fam Ref
BM 487
.X1 G37
García Martínez, Florentino and Donald W. Parry, eds. A Bibliography of the Finds in the Desert of Judah 1970-95. (New York: E.J. Brill, 1996.) Arranged by author with citation and subject indexes.
BX 8620.9
.L1
Parry, Donald W. and Dana M. Pike. LDS Perspectives on the Dead SeaScrolls.(Provo: FARMS, 1997.)
BM 487
.C575
Parry, Donald W. and Stephen D. Ricks, eds. Current Research & Technological Developments on the Dead Sea Scrolls. (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1996.)[Copy also in Ancient Studies.]
BM 487
.P45
Pfeiffer, Charles F. The Dead Sea Scrolls. (Grand Rapids: Baker,1957.)
Rel/Fam Ref
BM 487
.X1 R44
Reed, Stephen A., comp. The Dead Sea Scrolls Catalogue: Documents, Photographs and Inventory Numbers. (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1994.)
BM 487
.S8
Stendahl, Krister. The Scrolls and the New Testament. (New York:Harper, 1957.)
Rel/Fam Ref
BM 487
.A05x
Tov, Emanuel, ed. Companion Volume to the Dead Sea Scrolls MicroficheEdition. (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1995.) [2 vols., plus inventories.]
Rel/Fam Ref
BM 487
.A3 V4
Vermes, Geza. The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English. (New York:Penguin Press, 1997.)
BM 175
.Q6 V47
_____. The Dead Sea Scrolls: Qumran in Perspective. (London, 1978.)
BM 487
.Y22
Yadin, Yigael. The Message of the Scrolls. (New York: Simon andS chuster, 1957.)

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B. Enoch(see also Charlesworth above)
Ancient Studies
BS 1830
.E6 A3
Charles, R.H.,ed. and trans. The Book of Enoch or I Enoch, Translated from the Editor's Ethiopic Text. (Jerusalem: Makor, 1973.)
Ancient Studies
BS 1830
.E6 A3
Knibb, MichaelA. The Ethiopic Book of Enoch: A New Edition in the Light of the Aramaic Dead Sea Fragments. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978.)
Ancient Studies
BS 1830
.E7 M54
Milik, J.T.The Books of Enoch: Aramaic Fragments of Qumran Cave 4. (Oxford: Clarendon BS Press, 1976.)

C. Translations

Rel/Fam Ref
BS 1692
Kohlenberger, John R., III, ed. The Parallel Apocrypha. (New York:Oxford University Press, 1997.) Eight translations or versions of the Old Testament Catholic apocrypha are given side-by-side: Greek Text, King James Version, Douay, Knox, Today's English, New Revised 1997 Standard, New American Bible, and New Jerusalem Bible.


IV. New Testament Apocrypha

BS 2840
B47
Beskow, Per. Strange Tales about Jesus: A Survey of Unfamiliar Gospels. (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1983.) [The Book of Mormon is included as one
of these 'Strange Tales.']
BT 297
.B74
Bruce, F. F. Jesus and Christian Origins Outside the New Testament.(Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1974.)
BS 2851
O83
Cameron, Ron, ed. The Other Gospels: Non-Canonical Gospel Texts.(Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1982.)
BS 2555.5
.D62
Cartlidge, David R., and David L. Dungan, eds. Documents for the Study of the Gospels. (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1994.) [Includes Gospels of Peter and Thomas.]
BS 2851
.C76
Crossan, John Dominic. Four Other Gospels: Shadows on the Contours of the Canon. (Minneapolis: Winston Press, 1987.) [The reliability of some non-canonical Gospels.]
Ancient Studies
BS 2832
Hennecke, Edgar.New Testament Apocrypha, edited by Wilhelm Schneemelcher. (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1963.) 2 vols.
Rel/Fam Ref
BS 2832
.J36x
James, Montague Rhodes. The Apocryphal New Testament: Being the Apocryphal Gospels, Acts, Epistles, and Apocalypses, with Other Narratives and Fragments. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1975.)
BR 129
.K44
Kee, Howard Clark, comp. The Origins of Christianity: Sources and Documents. (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1973.
BS 2851
.K544
Klijn, A. F. Jewish-Christian Gospel Tradition. (Leiden: E.J. Brill,1992.) [Thorough examination of the non-canonical Jewis-Christian Gospels.]
BM 176
.P4
Pfeiffer, R. H. History of New Testament Times: With an Introduction to the Apocrypha. (New York: Harper, 1949.)
Ancient Studies
229.92043
B47a
Wright,William. Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles Edited from Syriac Manuscripts. (Amsterdam: Philo Press, 1958.)

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A. Nag Hammadi (Chenoboskian Manuscripts)
Ancient Studies
PJ 2197
.B8 1977
v.3
Budge,E. A. Wallis. Coptic Apocrypha in the Dialect of Upper Egypt. (New York: AMS Press, 1977.)
Ancient Studies
BT 1390
.C4713
Robinson,James M., ed. The Nag Hammadi Library in English. (New York: Harper & Row, 1977.)
Ancient Studies
BT 1390
.X1 S35
Scholer,David M. Nag Hammadi Bibliography, 1948-1969. (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1971.)


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B. Gnosticism

BT 1390
.D613
Doresse, J. The Secret Books of the Egyptian Gnostics. (London,1960.)
BT 1390
.G72
Grant, R. M. Gnosticism and Early Christianity. (London, 1959.)
Ancient Studies
BT 1390
.I57
Krause, Martin,ed. Gnosis and Gnosticism: Papers Read at the Seventh International Conference on Patristic Studies. [Oxford, September 8-13, 1975.](Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1977.)
Rel/Fam Ref
BT 1390
.G494
Layton, Bentley. The Gnostic Scriptures. (New York: Doubleday, 1987.)[Includes Christian and Jewish, Old and New Testament scriptures: new translations of the Gospels of Philip and Thomas, and The Hymn of the Pearl.]
BT 1390
.P3
Pagels, Elaine H. The Gnostic Gospels. (New York: Random House,1979.) [A popular account of the contents of the Gnostic Gospels discovered near Nag Hammadi.]
BT 1390
.W48
Wilson, R. McL. Gnosis and the New Testament. (Oxford, 1968.)
BT 1390
.Y35
Yamauchi, E. Pre-Christian Gnosticism. (London, 1973.)