Apocryphal Acts Homepage

Introduction and Resources

Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies

© 2002–2009
I. Czachesz

Online Resources

• Early Christian Writings is a major collection of Early Christian texts and related resources, maintained by Peter Kirby. The site contains the major Acts plus the Acts of Peter and the Twelve. (Note: The site has been down several times recently.)
• Several Acts are found in English translation on the New Advent website.
• The Gnostic Society Library offers various Acts in English.
• English translations of many Apocryphal Acts on the Noncanonical Homepage
• I. Czachesz, Apostolic Commission Narratives in the Canonical and Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles. PhD dissertation (Groningen 2002).
• I. Czachesz, As God Counseled Socrates. Apostolic Commission Narratives in an Intertextual Perspective
• I. Czachesz, "Eroticism and Epistemology in the Apocryphal Acts of John"
• Geoff Towbridge, The Whole Bible: Analysis of the Canonical and Apocryphal New Testament Scriptures gives short introductions to the five major Apocryphal Acts.
• Check out the homepage of the Society of Biblical Literature Christian Apocrypha Section.