The Apocryphal New Testament
Subtitle: a collection of apocryphal Christian literature in an English translation
By: [edited by] J.K. Elliott.
Contributors: Elliott, J. K.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 747
Subjects: Apocryphal books (New Testament); Apocryphal books (New Testament) -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Description: This collection of apocryphal texts supersedes the best-selling edition by M. R. James, which was originally published in 1924, and regularly reprinted. Several new texts have come to light since 1924 and the textual base for some of the apocrypha previously translated by James is now more secure, as in several cases there are recently published critical editions available. Although a modest appendix to James's edition was added in 1953, no thorough revision has previously been undertaken.

In this volume, J. K. Elliott presents new translations of the texts and has provided each of them with a short introduction and bibliography directed to those who wish to pursue further the issues raised in the texts, or to consult the critical editions, other versions, or general studies. The translations are in modern English, in contrast to James's deliberate imitation of the language of the Authorized Version.

The collection is designed to give readers the most important and famous of the Christian apocrypha, together with a select sample of gnostic texts. Full translations of the earliest texts are printed.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Rev. and newly translated ed. of: Apocryphal New Testament / translated by Montague Rhodes James. 1924.