The Anglican parson best known for “Onward, Christian Soldiers” examines what early Jewish and Christian sources said about Jesus outside the canon. He begins with the silence of Josephus, the Jew of Celsus and the Talmud, then reconstructs from fragments the lost Petrine and Pauline gospels, including the Gospel of the Hebrews, the Clementine Gospel and the Gospel of the Egyptians.
A learned Victorian guide to the apocryphal gospels and the medieval Jewish counter-gospel, for readers of early church history. Download the free EPUB.