Liz MeltonMartin Luther described the Apocrypha as “books which are not considered equal to the Holy Scriptures, while at the same time . . . are profitable and good to read.” Luther translated these books and included them between the Old and New Testaments...
Jonathan WatsonTobit, Judith, Sirach, Bel and the Dragon—these and all the other books of the Apocrypha aren’t in the Protestant Old Testament, but they are important pieces of literature that help inform our biblical studies. Many Christians may be nervous about...
Rick BrannanI know. I can hear the groaning already. "Greek Apocryphal Gospels? Rick, I thought we were done hearing about that. Really, why keep bringing it up? This stuff isn't the Bible, so why mention it so often?" True, it isn't the Bible. But that doesn't...
As the Greek Apocryphal Gospels, Fragments and Agrapha project is now in the "Under Development" stage of the pre-pub process, and since I've done some work on it, I thought it would be fun to write about some of the material. Most folks aren't...
You may have seen an announcement for a new Pre-Pub called Greek Apocryphal Gospels, Fragments and Agrapha. Yes, that's a mouthful. But what are they? And are these things actually useful to me in my study? I think they are, and I'm pretty excited...