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Primary Sources

On-line Resource Montague Rhodes James [1862-1936], The Apocryphal New Testament, being the Apocryphal Gospels, acts, Epistles, and Apocalypses with other narratives and Fragments. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924. Hbk. pp.584. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]

Commentaries

On-line Resource William Oscar Emil Oesterley [1866-1950], II Esdras (The Ezra Apocalypse) with Introduction and NotesWilliam Oscar Emil Oesterley [1866-1950], (The Ezra Apocalypse) with Introduction and Notes. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1933. Hbk. pp.194. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]

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On-line Resource Richard Bauckham, "The Study of Gospel Traditions Outside the Canonical Gospels: Problems and Prospects," David Wenham, ed., Gospel Perspectives, Vol. 5. The Jesus Tradition Outside the Gospels. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1985. pp. 369-403.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource G.R. Beasley-Murray, "Doctrinal Developments in the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha," The Evangelical Quarterly 19.3 (July 1947): 178-195.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
On-line Resource Roger Beckwith, "Intertestamental Judaism, its Literature and its Significance," Themelios 15.3 (April/May 1990): 77-81.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Henri Blocher, "Helpful or Harmful? The 'Apocrypha' and Evangelical Theology," European Journal of Theology 13.2 (2004): 81-90.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Rev. Leonard Herbert Brockington [1906-1978], Ideas of Mediation Between God and Man in the Apocrypha. The Ethel M. Wood lecture delivered before the University of London on 6 March 1962. London: The Athlone Press, 1962. Pbk. pp.23.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource F.F. Bruce, "The Apocrypha, Revised and Introduced," Eternity (November 1957): 18-19, 42.View in PDF format pdf
Book or monograph Dennis D. Buchholz, Your Eyes Will Be Opened. Society of Biblical Literature Dissertation Series, 97. Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 1988. Pbk. ISBN: 1555400256. pp.496.
Book or monograph The Other Gospels: Non-canonical Gospel TextsRon Cameron, ed., The Other Gospels: Non-canonical Gospel Texts. Lutterworth Press, 1983. ISBN: 0718825969. pp.192.
On-line Resource David W. Chapman & Andreas J. Köstenberger, "Jewish Intertestamental and Early Rabbinic Literature: An Annotated Bibliographic Resource," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 43.4 (Dec. 2000): 577-618.View in PDF format pdf
Book or monograph deSilva: Introducing the ApocryphaDavid A. deSilva, Introducing the Apocrypha: Message, Context, and Significance. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2002. Pbk. ISBN: 080102319X. pp.384.
Book or monograph The Apocryphal New TestamentJ.K. Elliott, ed., The Apocryphal New Testament: A Collection of Apocryphal Christian Literature in an English Translation. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993. Hbk. ISBN: 0198261829. pp.772.
Article in Journal or Book Charles Lee Feinberg, "Are There Maccabean Psalms in the Psalter?," Bibliotheca Sacra 105: 417 (1948): 44-55.
On-line Resource Wayne A. Grudem, "Alphabetical reference list for Old Testament apocrypha and pseudepigrapha," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 19.4 (Fall 1976): 297-313. View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Donald Guthrie, "Acts and Epistles in Apocryphal Writings," W.Ward Gasque & Ralph P. Martin, eds., Apostolic History and the Gospel. Biblical and Historical Essays Presented to F.F. Bruce on His 60th Birthday. Exeter: The Paternoster Press, 1970. Hbk. ISBN: 085364098X. pp.328-345.View in PDF format pdf
Article in Journal or Book R.G. Hall, "The Ascension of Isaiah: Community Situation, Date and Place in Early Christianity," Journal of Biblical Literature 109 (1990): 289-306.
Book or monograph Harrington: Invitation to the ApocryphaDaniel J. Harrington, Invitation to the Apocrypha. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999. Pbk. ISBN: 0802846335. pp.224.
On-line Resource James Rendel Harris [1853-1941], The Doctrine of Immortality in the Odes of SolomonJames Rendel Harris [1853-1941], The Doctrine of Immortality in the Odes of Solomon. London: Hodder & Stoughton, n.d. Hbk. pp.75. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
On-line Resource James Rendel Harris [1853-1941], The Newly Recovered Gospel of St. PeterJames Rendel Harris [1853-1941], The Newly Recovered Gospel of St. Peter. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1893. Hbk.pp.97. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
On-line Resource James Rendel Harris [1853-1941], editor, The Gospel of the Twelve Apostles, Together with the Apocalypses of Each of Them. From the Syriac MS. with a Translation and Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1900. Hbk. pp.39. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
On-line Resource Joseph H. Hellerman, "Purity and nationalism in the Second Temple literature: 1-2 Maccabees and Jubilees," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 46.3 (Sept. 2003): 401-421.View in PDF format pdf
Book or monograph New Testament Apocrypha: Gospels and Related Writings, Vol. 1Edgar Hennecke & W. Schneemelcher, eds., New Testament Apocrypha: Gospels and Related Writings, R.M. Wilson, translator, Vol 1. London: James Clarke & Co., Ltd., 1991. Hbk. ISBN: 0227679156. pp.568.
Book or monograph New Testament Apocrypha: Gospels and Related Writings, Vol. 2Edgar Hennecke & W. Schneemelcher, eds., New Testament Apocrypha: Gospels and Related Writings, R.M. Wilson, translator, Vol. 2. London: James Clarke & Co., Ltd., 1993. Hbk. ISBN: 0227679172. pp.800.
Book or monograph Edith M. Humphrey, Joseph and Aseneth. Guides to the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha. Sheffield: Continuum International Publishing Group - Sheffield Academic Press, 2000. Pbk. ISBN: 1841270830. pp.128.
Book or monograph M.R. James, ed., The Apocryphal New Testament. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924. Hbk. ISBN: 0198261217. pp.616.
Book or monograph Kaiser: The Old Testament ApocryphaOtto Kaiser, The Old Testament Apocrypha: An Introduction. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2004. Pbk. ISBN: 1565636937. pp.125.
Article in Journal or Book George E. Ladd, "The Kingdom of God in the Jewish Apocryphal Literature, Part 1," Bibliotheca Sacra 109: 433 (1952): 55-62.
Article in Journal or Book George E. Ladd, "The Kingdom of God in the Jewish Apocryphal Literature, Part 2," Bibliotheca Sacra 109: 434 (1952): 164-174.
Article in Journal or Book George E. Ladd, "The Kingdom of God in the Jewish Apocryphal Literature, Part 3," Bibliotheca Sacra 109: 436 (1952): 318-331.
Article in Journal or Book George E. Ladd, "The Kingdom of God in the Jewish Apocryphal Literature, Part 4: The Kingdom of God in 1 Enoch," Bibliotheca Sacra 109: 437 (1953): 32-49.
Article in Journal or Book Alan Kirk, "Examining Properties: Another Look at the Gospel of Peter's Relationship to the New Testament Gospels," New Testament Studies 40 (1994): 572-95.
Book or monograph Fred Lapham, Introduction to the New Testament Apocrypha. Edinburgh: Continuum International Publishing Group - T & T Clark International, 2003. Pbk. ISBN: 0826469795. pp.200.
On-line Resource Eugene H. Merrill, "Odes of Solomon and the Acts of Thomas: a comparative study," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 17.4 (Fall 1974): 231-234.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Adolf Neubauer [1832-1878], editor, The Book of TobitAdolf Neubauer [1832-1878], editor, The Book of Tobit. A Chaldee text from a Unique MS. in the Bodleian Library with other Rabbinical Texts, English Translations and the Itala. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1878. Hbk. pp.xcii+43. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
On-line Resource William Oscar Emil Oesterley [1866–1950], An Inroduction to the Books of the ApocryphaWilliam Oscar Emil Oesterley [1866–1950], An Inroduction to the Books of the Apocrypha. London: SPCK, 1935, 1958. Hbk. pp.345. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
On-line Resource Charles L. Quarles, "The Protevangelium of James as an Alleged Parallel to Creative Historiography in the Synoptic Birth Narratives," Bulletin for Biblical Research 8 (1998): 139-149.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Streane - The Age of the MaccabeesA.W. Streane [1844-1915], The Age of the Maccabees with Special Reference to the Literature of the Period. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1898. Hbk. pp.227. [This material is in the Public Domain]
On-line Resource Henry Barclay Swete [1835-1917], The Akhmîm Fragment of the Apocryphal Gospel of St. PeterHenry Barclay Swete [1835-1917], The Akhmîm Fragment of the Apocryphal Gospel of St. Peter, with an Introduction and Indices. London & New York: Macmillan and Co., 1893. Hbk. pp.xlviii+34. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
On-line Resource Edward Carl Unmack [?-1939], "Why we Reject the Apocrypha," The Evangelical Quarterly 1 (1929): 361-366.View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
Book or monograph James C Vanderkam, Enoch and the Growth of an Apocalyptic Tradition. The Catholic Biblical Quarterly. Monograph Series, 16. Washington, DC: Catholic Biblical Association of America, 1984. Pbk. ISBN: 0915170159. pp.217.
Article in Journal or Book R. McL. Wilson, "The Gospel of Philip," C.W. Dugmore & Charles Duggan, eds., Studies in Church History, Volume 1. Papers read at the first winter and summer meetings of the Ecclesiastical History Society. London: Thomas Nelson and SOns Ltd., 1964. Hbk. pp.98-103.
On-line Resource G. Douglas Young, "The Apocrypha," Carl F.H. Henry, ed., Revelation and the Bible. Contemporary Evangelical Thought. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1958 / London: The Tyndale Press, 1959. pp.171-185.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]

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