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The New Testament Apocrypha

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i bought this book because all of the other Apocryphile Press books are awesome. there are to many books inside to list. it has 594 pages. the Apocryphile Press series contains all of the books of the apocrypha you would ever want. if you get the new testament apocrypha, the apcocrypha vol.1 (red book) and pseudepigrapha vol.2 (light blue book). you will have them all except the book of jasher.
UPDATED 06-14-2009
here is the listing of the contents, some titles are only 1-3 pages.
the gospel according to the hebrews
the gospel of ebionites
the gospel according to the eygyptians
the gospel of phillip
the gospel of traditions of matthias
the gospel of peter
the gospel of thomas
the preaching of peter
the birth of mary
the lesser question of mary
the accents of james and other lost books
the memoria of the apostles
the gelsian decree
list of the 66 books
the stichometry of nicephorus
the sunopsis of pseudo-athanasius
the fayoum gospel fragment
fragment of another gospel
sthe strasburg papyrus
fragment preserved with the pistis sophia
fragment preserved with the acts of paul

M. R. James at the time of the first edition of this book in 1924 by Oxford Press was Provost of Eton and formerly had held the same position at King's College, Cambridge. A corrected edition was issued in 1953 and has been reprinted. While it represents the virtues of British scholarship of its time, readers may wish to consider newer works which have the benefit of more recent scholarship and which, for some, may appear in a more accessible format. One other reviewer mentions "books not included" with the Old and New Testaments. James is concerned with the New Testment apocryphal books and not those of the Old Testament. They are two separate matters as is as well the Old Testament pseudepigrapha.

This book is another must have for anyone studying Christian theology or just curious about the time period immediately following the era of Jesus Christ's ministry. This book is not really for the novice reader of theology since the material may confuse some not familiar with the books that are not in the canonized Biblical Scripture. However, if you are looking to study heretical doctrines and myths that plagued the church in the early era of the church, this book is a great place to start. I recommend this book to all scholars.

This book is a little known works to the masses. Only the clergy for centuries have had access to this material. The information begins to fill in the gaps of missing information in the New Testament.