The Apocalypse (Revelation) of Peter is quite the interesting text. Not to be confused with the “Coptic” Apocalypse of Peter that was found in Nag Hammadi (gotta love similar titled texts), this apocalyptic work almost made it into the canon and was used in some early churches. If you are unfamiliar with it, the text …
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Gospel of the Savior (2 of 2)
To continue on with the Gospel of the Savior, we start at page 108, which continues the narrative from the previous page. This page is fragmented thus disrupts the flow of text. Here are some highlights. Jesus speaks of the plan against him and that he is a stranger to him. The person he is …
Gospel of the Savior (1 of 2)
I love finding new “lost manuscripts” that don’t get the publicity they should. Some discoveries make headlines for decades and others barely a mention. This particular text is one that has been over looked. The so called “Gospel of the Savior” is from a collection of fragments at the Berlin Egyptian Museum and was purchased …
The Flight into Egypt
Recently I read the “Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew”, which is a text that combines the “Protoevangelium of James” and “Infancy Gospel of Thomas” but bridges the two with a flight into Egypt narrative. With this post I would like to highlight that middle storyline. The other two stories will be covered on this blog at some …
Lefāfa Ṣedeḳ: Book of Life (3 of 3)
If you haven’t read the previous two posts regarding the Lefāfa Ṣedeḳ, check them out. Now to the final post! The fifth section starts with a prayer for the journey of the soul from the earth to heaven. Here’s part of the prayer: Protect thou me, O Christ, so that the angels of darkness may …
Lefāfa Ṣedeḳ: Book of Life (2 of 3)
Now we continue with the Lefāfa Ṣedeḳ! Please refer to post 1 if haven’t already. Section three starts “In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost, One God” and follows with a prayer concerning the carry of the deceased. It is as follows: DEKÂS BATRÔN KÛGÛYÂ, GÂNÔN, KÂWES KÎREL This …
Lefāfa Ṣedeḳ: Book of Life (1 of 3)
This post (part 1 of 3) is about the “Lefāfa Ṣedeḳ: Book of Life”, also known as the “Bandlet of Righteousness” with the subtitle “An Ethiopic Book of the Dead.” The book of the dead subtitle is definitely a play on the Egyptian Book of the Dead, but is this a similar style text? Actually, …
The Virgin Mary’s Vision of Hell
Here lately I have been going down the rabbit hole of Ethiopic Christianity, particularly the apocrypha texts from that tradition. It has been a fascinating journey and I am only getting started. I am working on a blog entry about the “Lefāfa Ṣedeḳ” but in the meantime, I wanted to post about this text that …
Christ’s descent into Hell
Holy week passed earlier this month and with this post, I wanted to reference the Saturday between crucifixion and resurrection, that being the “Harrowing of Hell”. I always thought of the idea of Jesus going to Hell on a “rescue” mission to save souls was quite intriguing. So where does one go to read about …
The Nativity of Jesus – Expanded Edition
With it being near the time of Christmas, I thought it’d be interesting to see how the story of the Nativity of Jesus plays out in apocrypha texts versus the canonical storyline. Below are the two canonical sources, the first being from the Gospel of Matthew (ESV translation): The Birth of Jesus Christ Now the …
Culmination of Wisdom 