LibGuides: Biblical Studies: Extra-Canonical Studies

Online Resources

A History of Early Christian Literature
Hypertext version of Edgar J. Goodspeed's classic text describing the literature of the early church.
Guide to Early Church Documents
Pointers to Internet-accessible files relating to the early church, including canonical documents, creeds and writings of the Apostolic Fathers .
The Gnostic Society Library
Vast collection of primary documents relating to the Gnostic tradition, in-depth audio lectures, and archive notes.
Non-Canonical Literature
Many apocryphal and pseudepigraphic texts for both Old and New Testaments.

Warner Catalog Keyword = Apocryphal Books,

Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas by Elaine Pagels
Call Number: BS2860.T52 P34
ISBN: 0375703160
Relates traditions embodied in Judaism and Christianity that powerfully affect the human heart, mind, and spirit
The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha & the New Testament by James H. Charlesworth
Call Number: BS1700 .C44
ISBN: 1563382571
Demonstrates how the O.T. Pseudepigrapha is essential to understand the world in which the N.T. originated. Explains the proper method for studying the early Jewish writings
The Nag Hammadi Library in English by James McConkey Robinson
Call Number: BT 1391 .A3
ISBN: 9004088563
Presents the work of major importance on the evolution of Christianity and the Bible
The aquarian gospel of Jesus the Christ : the philosophic and practical basis of the religion of the aquarian age of the world, by Levi
Call Number: BT520 .D75 1979
ISBN: 0875161685

Biblical Interpretation
Articles on various aspects of current biblical criticism. Practical demonstration of literary approaches . Includes feminist and post-structuralist readings