Publicity Roundup for More New Testament Apocrypha 2

New Testament Apocrypha: More Noncanonical Scriptures, vol. 2 (which I edited) was released just a few weeks ago. It is a follow-up to the first volume, which appeared in 2017. My personal web site, tonyburke.ca, features pages for both volumes (vol. 1; vol. 2) providing tables of contents and previews of the introductions. For vol. 2, I have included also a link to an article on editing the volume (“Even More Christian Apocrypha”) published in the latest issue of the Bulletin for the Study of Religion.

To help promote the volume, I appeared in an interview with Shirley Paulson on her podcast The Bible and Beyond. You can hear the episode by clicking on the image to the right. Our conversation covered the Book of Bartholomew, the Acts of Thomas and His Wonderworking Skin, the Healing of Tiberius, and the Homily on the Building of the First Church of the Virgin (attributed to Basil of Caesarea).

I also sent a copy of the book to Benito Cereno and Chris Sims, who host the podcast Apocrypals, described as “A podcast where two non-believers read through the Bible but aren’t, you know, jerks about it.” They dedicated three episodes to discussing texts from the volume. They can be accessed at the links below (or wherever you go for podcasts).

Episode 66: JeSuS With Two Cool Ses (The Acts of Thomas and his Wonderworking Skin)

Episode 67: Bad Things to Call Your Mother (The Book of Bartholomew)

Episode 68: The Scent of Jesus (The First, Second, and Third Apocryphal Apocalypses of John)

Several of the contributors to the volume and a number of people who have purchased it have posted photos of their copy on Facebook and Twitter. And @RickBrannan has been tweeting short summaries of each text.

My thanks to everyone who has helped spread the word about the volume. Some additional promotion is in the works and I will post here and on Twitter when they appear.