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
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. This particular "b-sides" post is about an apocryphon that I learned about a … Continue reading AFB B-Sides: Jesus-Messiah Sutra
Apocrypha for Beginners includes over 50 different apocrypha, but 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. Letter of Aristeas Facts Also known as: Letter of Pseudo-Aristeas, Letter to Philocrates Author: Unknown, a Hellenistic Jew living in diaspora in Alexandria; attributed … Continue reading AFB B-Sides: Letter of Aristeas
https://youtu.be/CNs77xyE2kw As the marketing description promises, Apocrypha for Beginners features "More than 50 apocrypha―Delve into a variety of apocrypha from different eras and cultures, like the Book of Enoch, the Gospel of Judas, and more." In the introduction, I say that the book includes "some of the most important for the histories of Judaism and … Continue reading What’s Featured in Apocrypha for Beginners?
Brandon W. Hawk 