Information about a new publication in apocrypha studies has appeared on the Eerdmans website, featuring the forthcoming Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: More Noncanonical Scriptures, vol. 2, edited by James R. Davila and Richard Bauckham. The table of contents on the website reveals some exciting new translations of pseudepigrapha from experts in the field. Here I want … Continue reading Preview: Fifteen Signs before Judgment in MOTP2
Have you heard the NEW Good News? Back in the day, when Jesus was still just a guy people were figuring out what to do with, the word "gospel" meant something like "good news." Just this week, all sorts of news outlets are reporting about a gospel fragment in the Carl von Ossietzky State and … Continue reading A Response to the New Good News about Jesus’s Childhood
In my book Apocrypha for Beginners, I introduced biblical apocrypha and highlighted a variety of representative works. But this book is only a beginning. This post contains useful resources—some of which were used in the research of my book—to further explore the world of apocrypha. Online Sources to Read Original Apocrypha There are many websites … Continue reading An Annotated Bibliography for Apocrypha for Beginners
One year ago today my book Apocrypha for Beginners: A Guide to Understanding and Exploring Scriptures Beyond the Bible was officially released. Over the past year, I have been so happy to see the book out in the world so that more people can learn about biblical apocrypha. In the last year, more than 3,000 … Continue reading A Year in the Life of Apocrypha for Beginners
Today I had the honor and pleasure of presenting a review response to the recently published book The Oxford Handbook of the Apocrypha, edited by Gerbern S. Oegema (2021), as part of a Virtual Book Review event through the Enoch Seminar. Below are the comments I shared with thoughts about the volume and some avenues … Continue reading Response to The Oxford Handbook of the Apocrypha
I started drafting this piece a while back, intending to publish it somewhere, but then various things happened and I never finished it up. With the release of the first episode of The Book of Boba Fett in the last week, I decided to go back to it. It turns out that I had a … Continue reading Canonizing Star Wars
I recently had the honor of participating in a Primary Text Lab on the Protevangelium of James hosted by The Brane Collective. It was a great seasonally appropriate event and a lot of fun to think about the Protevangelium in a way I haven't before. So I decided to post here what I presented at the event. … Continue reading Fictionality and the Protevangelium of James
Apocrypha for Beginners is meant to cover many representative works, but I was only able to include so many. There are, of course, myriad more. This is part of a series of "B-sides": posts about apocrypha that weren't included in the book. Dormition of Mary Facts Also known as: Assumption of Mary, Book of Rest, … Continue reading AFB B-Sides: Dormition of Mary
Apocrypha for Beginners is meant to cover many representative works, but I was only able to include so many. There are, of course, myriad more. This is part of a series of "B-sides": posts about apocrypha that weren't included in the book. Letters of Christ and Abgar Facts Also known as: Epistles of Christ and … Continue reading AFB B-Sides: Letters of Christ and Abgar
Apocrypha for Beginners is meant to cover many representative works, but I was only able to include so many. There are, of course, myriad more. This is part of a series of “B-sides”: posts about apocrypha that weren’t included in the book. Sibylline Oracles Facts Author: Unknown, various Jewish and Christian authors Date written: Various, between … Continue reading AFB B-Sides: Sibylline Oracles
Brandon W. Hawk 