The Epistle
of the Apostles

Julian V. Hills

The first English translation
directly from the original languages

Together with

• an extensive introduction that summarizes the document's contents, locates the writing within the early battle between "Catholic" and "Gnostic" Christians, and examines the Epistle's potential contribution to our understanding of the early church
• a side-by-side presentation of the Ethiopic and Coptic versions that allows easy comparison of the two
• detailed notes to the translation that bring out verbal and thematic connections between the Epistle and other religious and secular writings
• textual notes that explore possible reconstructions where the single Coptic manuscript is fragmentary and identify significant differences among the Ethiopic manuscripts

Also included

• an up-to-date bibliography for further study
• a comprehensive index of canonical, apocryphal, pseudepigraphical, classical, gnostic, and early church texts quoted and discussed

Vol 1, The Acts of Andrew
Vol 2, The Epistle of the Apostle
Vol 3, The Acts of Thomas
Vol 4, Acts of Peter (forthcoming 2011)

Polebridge Press
Paperback, 140 pages
 2009 ISBN 978-1-59815-017-9

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