Update on More New Testament Apocrypha, vol. 2
The first volume of New Testament Apocrypha: More Noncanonical Scriptures (co-edited with Brent Landau) was published just over a year ago. Even before the book went to press, we were planning the contents of volume 2, and included a preliminary list of its contents at the end of the introduction. There have been some changes to that list, even some changes to the names given to the texts, and I present the (hopefully) finalized table of contents below. All of the contributors are making a final push at submitting their work over the next few months and we are on track for sending the manuscript to the publisher at the end of the summer. There are 38 texts in total, at least four never before published, about ten translated for the first time in a modern language, and many of the remainder appearing in English for the first time. Of particular interest are a group of texts relating to the birth and martyrdom of John the Baptist and a selection of apocryphal apocalypses of John.
Pseudo-Eusebius of Caesarea, On the Star by Brent Landau
The Adoration of the Magi by Adam McCollum
The Rebellion of Dimas by Mark Glenn Bilby
The Hospitality and Perfume of the Bandit by Mark Glenn Bilby
A Homily on the Life of Jesus by Timothy Pettipiece
Severian of Gabala, An Encomium on the Apostles by Alin Suciu
The Book of the Rooster by Pierluigi Piovanelli
Pseudo-Evodius, On the Passion and Resurrection, by Dylan M. …