Later compilation
The Gospel of Peter
Εὐαγγέλιον κατὰ Πέτρον
The surviving fragment narrates the trial, crucifixion and resurrection. It lays responsibility for the condemnation on Herod and the Jews rather than on Pilate, and describes Jesus's emergence from the tomb: two gigantic figures support him, followed by a speaking cross. On the cross Jesus exclaims: "My power, O power, you have left me", a variant of Mark's words.
Authorship note
Attributed to the apostle Peter, who narrates in the first person. It is known mainly from a fragment of the Akhmim codex (Egypt, found 1886–1887, a copy of the sixth to ninth centuries). Serapion of Antioch rejected it around 200 for its docetic tendencies (Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History 6.12). Scholarship dates it to the second century; whether it depends on the canonical gospels is debated.
Editions and translations
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English
The Apocryphal Gospels: Texts and Translations
Oxford University Press, 2011
Translation: Bart D. Ehrman y Zlatko Pleše
ISBN 9780199732104
Texto original y traducción.
Jesus of Nazareth
The Apocryphal New Testament
The Conscious LibraryThe Apocryphal New Testament
Clarendon Press, 1924
Translation: M. R. James
Facsímil en Internet Archive.
Español
Los Evangelios apócrifos (edición bilingüe)
Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos, 2009
Translation: Aurelio de Santos Otero
ISBN 9788422014096
Primera edición 1956; otra reedición con ISBN 9788479145040 (2001).
Other works by Jesus of Nazareth
- The Gospel according to Mark · 70
- The Gospel according to Matthew · 85
- The Gospel according to Luke · 85
- The Gospel according to John · 100
- The Q Source (Sayings Gospel Q) · 60
- The Gospel of Thomas · 125
- The Gospel of Mary (Magdalene) · 150
- The Gospel of Philip · 250
- The Gospel of Judas · 150
- The Infancy Gospel of Thomas · 150
- The Protevangelium of James · 150
- The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew · 625
- The Arabic Infancy Gospel · 550
- The History of Joseph the Carpenter · 600
- The Gospel of Nicodemus (Acts of Pilate) · 350
- The Letters of Christ and Abgar · 300
- The Epistle of the Apostles · 150
- Agrapha (Sayings of Jesus outside the Gospels)
- The Gospel according to the Hebrews · 125
- The Gospel of the Ebionites · 150
- The Gospel of the Nazareans · 150
- The Gospel of the Egyptians · 130
- The Egerton Gospel (Papyrus Egerton 2) · 150
- The Secret Book of James · 150
- The Dialogue of the Savior · 150
- The Book of Thomas the Contender · 200
- The Wisdom of Jesus Christ · 175
- The Secret Book of John · 180
- Pistis Sophia · 275
- The Secret Gospel of Mark · 200
Sources
- Ehrman, Bart D. y Pleše, Zlatko. The Apocryphal Gospels: Texts and Translations. Oxford University Press, Nueva York, 2011. ISBN 9780199732104.
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