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· Faith / Ancient Texts
3/11 • Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew A palm tree bends to feed Mary during the flight into Egypt. Dragons and wild animals recognize the child Jesus. These are some of the memorable scenes in this early medieval Latin Christian infancy gospel, w...
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2/11 • Arabic Gospel of the Infancy What did later Christians imagine about Jesus' childhood and the family's journey through Egypt? This collection answers with healings, encounters with robbers, and miracles involving the child's clothes...
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1/11 • Acts of Paul and Thecla Thecla hears Paul teach, refuses the marriage expected of her, and survives attempts to execute her. This Greek Christian story probably took shape in the later second century CE. Its questions about faith, fa...
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I just got a little further into the main quest in Kingdom Come: Deliverance. It's merged Jothed and it's got a nice freaky weird atmosphere (I don't want to use the word "vibe") with the plague going on and with the city itself kind of qui...
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11/11 · History of Joseph the Carpenter The History of Joseph the Carpenter gives Joseph’s final days unusual attention. Told largely in Jesus’ voice, it explores family, fear of death, prayer, and comfort at the end of life. Its origins li...
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10/11 · Gospel of the Nativity of Mary The Gospel of the Nativity of Mary follows Joachim and Anna, Mary’s childhood, her betrothal to Joseph, and the announcement of Jesus’ birth. This Latin Christian work is generally placed in the ninth...
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9/11 · Zadokite Fragments The Zadokite Fragments preserve an ancient Jewish community’s teachings about covenant, discipline, and daily life. Now associated with the Damascus Document, they belong to Second Temple Jewish tradition, though t...
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8/11 · Fourth Maccabees Can devotion and reason help someone remain faithful under extreme suffering? Fourth Maccabees builds its argument around Eleazar, seven brothers, and their mother as they face persecution. Usually dated to the first...
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7/11 · Greek Apocalypse of Baruch / Third Baruch Third Baruch takes a grieving Baruch through five heavens with an angel as his guide. Among its memorable sights are the sun’s chariot and a vast phoenix. Usually placed somewhere in the firs...
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6/11 · Testament of Moses In the Testament of Moses, an aging Moses entrusts Joshua with a vision of Israel’s future: failed leaders, persecution, endurance, and eventual divine intervention. The surviving Jewish work is commonly dated to t...
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5/11 · Psalms of Solomon The eighteen Psalms of Solomon come from Jewish life in the first century BCE, with several poems reflecting the upheaval of Roman intervention in Jerusalem. They move between confession, anger at corrupt leadership...
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4/11 · Second Baruch Second Baruch asks how a community can keep living faithfully after Jerusalem has fallen. Written around the late first or early second century CE, this Jewish apocalypse speaks through Jeremiah’s companion Baruch while...
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3/11 · Letter of Aristeas The Letter of Aristeas tells how Jewish scholars came to Alexandria to translate the Law into Greek for a royal library. Usually dated to the second century BCE, it presents an idealized origin story for the Greek...
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2/11 · Jubilees Jubilees retells Genesis and the opening of Exodus through a carefully ordered calendar of weeks of years. Composed in Hebrew in the second century BCE, it gives familiar stories new details while placing Sabbath, festivals,...
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1/11 · Apocalypse of Abraham The Apocalypse of Abraham begins with a young man questioning the idols in his father’s workshop. It then carries him into a heavenly vision with the angel Yahoel. Usually dated to the late first or early second...
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11/11 · Cave of Treasures The Cave of Treasures retells sacred history from creation through the story of Christ, connecting generations through genealogies, relics, and expanded biblical narratives. This Syriac Christian work is commonly p...
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10/11 · Philo’s On the Contemplative Life What might a life built around study, prayer, and shared meals look like? Writing in the first century CE, the Jewish philosopher Philo describes the Therapeutae, a community of men and women near A...
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9/11 · Testament of Job The Testament of Job retells Job’s suffering as a farewell account to his children. Usually placed around the first century BCE or CE, this Jewish work gives his wife and daughters much more room in the story. Its cl...
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8/11 · Ascension of Isaiah The Ascension of Isaiah joins an account of the prophet’s martyrdom with a journey through seven heavens and a vision of the Beloved’s descent into the world. Its Jewish and Christian traditions developed in stage...
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7/11 · Joseph and Asenath Genesis briefly names Joseph’s Egyptian wife. Joseph and Asenath gives her a story of her own: a priest’s daughter confronting her inherited worship, seeking a new life, and encountering a mysterious heavenly visit...
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