Christian Apocrypha Books to Look for at SBL 2022
The SBL Annual Meeting presents an ideal opportunity to check out new books on Christian apocrypha. As you make your way through the publishers’ exhibition, keep an eye out for these publications. If there is a book missing in the list, please pass along the details.
Bloomsbury
Robertson, David G. Gnosticism and the History of Religions.
Brepols
McCollum, Joey, and Brent Niedergall. Acts of John.
Brill
Lanzillotta, Lautaro Roig, and Jacques van der Vliet. The Apocalypse of Paul (Visio Pauli) in Sahidic Coptic.
Cambridge
Baker, Robin. Mary Magdalene: A Cultural History.
Dabiri, Ghazzal, and Flavia Ruani. Thecla and Medieval Sainthood: The Acts of Paul and Thecla in Eastern and Western Hagiography.
Norman, Dawn LaValle. Early Christian Women. (Includes discussion of Thecla).
Eerdmans
Burke, Tony, ed. New Testament Apocrypha: More Noncanonical Scriptures. Vol. 3. (Page proofs available for preview).
Fortress
Vanden Eykel, Eric. The Magi: Who They Were, How They’ve Been Remembered, and Why They Still Fascinate.
Mohr Siebeck
Reed, Annette Yoshiko. Jewish-Christianity and the History of Judaism: Collected Essays.
Oxford
Le Boulluec, Alain. The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries. (French original 1985; newly translated into English).
Litwa, M. David. The Evil Creator. Origins of an Early Christian Idea.
Mendez, Hugo. The Cult of Stephen in Jerusalem: Inventing a Patron Martyr.
Peeters
Calzolari, V.M. The Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles in Armenian. Studies on Early Christian Apocrypha 18.
SBL Press
Lehtipuu, Outi, and Silke Petersen, eds. Ancient Christian Apocrypha. Marginalized Texts in Early Christianity.
Wipf & Stock
Moseley, James Allen. The Biographies of Jesus’ Apostles: Ambassadors in Chains.
Paulson, Shirley. Illuminating the Secret Revelation of John.
Schröter, Jens. The Apocryphal Gospels: Jesus Traditions Outside the Bible.
Zondervan
Edwards, J. Christopher, ed. Early New Testament Apocrypha.