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Tables of Contents for After the New Testament
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xi
1 General Introduction
1
6
2 The Spread of Christianity: Early Christians and their Converts
7
18
1. The Acts of John
10
3
2. The Acts of Thomas
13
5
3. Justin: Dialogue with Trypho
18
7
3 The Attack on Christianity: Persecution and Martyrdom in the Early Church
25
26
4. The Letter of Ignatius to the Romans
28
2
5. The Martyrdom of Polycarp
30
5
6. The Letter of the Churches of Vienne and Lyons
35
6
7. The Acts of the Scillitan Martyrs
41
1
8. The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas
42
9
4 The Defense of Christianity: The Early Christian Apologists
51
44
9. Minucius Felix: Octavius
54
3
10. Justin: First Apology
57
8
11. Athenagoras: Plea Regarding the Christians
65
6
12. The Letter to Diognetus
71
4
13. Tertullian: Apology
75
7
14. Origen: Against Celsus
82
13
5 Anti-Judaic Polemic: The Opposition to Jews in Early Christianity
95
36
15. The Epistle of Barnabas
98
8
16. Justin: Dialogue with Trypho
106
9
17. Melito of Sardis: On the Passover
115
14
18. Tertullian: Answer to the Jews
129
2
6 The Diversity of Early Christianity: Writings Later Deemed Heretical
131
62
Jewish-Christian Texts
19. The Gospel According to the Ebionites
134
2
20. The Letter of Peter to James and Its Reception
136
3
21. The Homilies of Clement
139
7
Gnostic-Christian Texts
22. The Secret Book of John
146
8
23. The First Thought in Three Forms
154
6
24. The Gospel of Truth
160
5
25. Ptolemy's Letter to Flora
165
5
26. On the Origin of the World
170
7
27. The Wisdom of Jesus Christ
177
5
28. The Treatise on the Resurrection
182
3
29. The Hymn of the Pearl
185
2
30. The Gospel of Philip
187
6
7 The Internal Conflicts of Christianity: Writings Against the "Heretics"
193
42
Proto-Orthodox Heresiologists
31. Irenaeus: Against the Heresies
196
15
32. Tertullian: Prescription of the Heretics
211
7
33. Tertullian: On the Flesh of Christ
218
6
34. Tertullian: Against Praxeas
224
3
Gnostic Heresiologists
35. The Coptic Apocalypse of Peter
227
3
36. The Second Treatise of the Great Seth
230
5
8 "Apostolic" Writings Outside the Canon: New Testament Apocrypha/Pseudepigrapha
235
74
Apocryphal Gospels
37. The Gospel of Thomas
237
7
38. The Gospel of Peter
244
3
39. The Proto-Gospel of James
247
8
40. The Infancy Gospel of Thomas
255
4
41. The Epistle of the Apostles
259
4
Apocryphal Acts
42. The Acts of Peter
263
12
43. The Acts of Paul
275
3
44. The Acts of Thecla
278
6
45. The Acts of John
284
6
Apocryphal Epistles
46. Paul's Third Letter to the Corinthians
290
2
47. The Correspondence Between Paul and Seneca
292
3
48. Paul's Letter to the Laodiceans
295
1
Apocryphal Apocalypses
49. The Apocalypse of Peter
296
5
50. The Apocalypse of Paul
301
8
9 The New Scriptures: Canonical Lists in Early Christianity
309
8
51. The Muratorian Canon
311
2
52. Irenaeus: Against the Heresies
313
1
53. Origen of Alexandria
314
1
54. Eusebius: Ecclesiastical History
315
2
10 The Structure of Early Christianity: The Development of Church Offices
317
26
55. First Clement
320
3
56. The Didache
323
2
57. The Letters of Ignatius to the Ephesians, Magnesians, and Smyrneans
325
3
58. Hippolytus: The Apostolic Tradition
328
5
59. The Didascalia
333
7
60. Cyprian: On the Unity of the Catholic Church
340
3
11 The Development of the Liturgy: Ritual Practices in Early Christianity
343
18
61. The Didache
346
1
62. Justin: First Apology
347
2
63. Tertullian: Apology
349
3
64. Tertullian: On the Crown
352
1
65. Hippolytus: The Apostolic Tradition
353
3
66. The Didascalia
356
5
12 The Proclamation of the Word: Homilies in Early Christianity
361
22
67. Second Clement
363
6
68. Origen: Homilies on Luke
369
6
69. Origen: Homilies on Genesis
375
8
13 Leading the Upright Life: The Role of Ethics in Early Christianity
383
22
70. The Didache
385
2
71. Clement of Alexandria: The Educator
387
12
72. Tertullian: To His Wife
399
6
14 The Emergence of Orthodoxy: Theological Writings of Proto-Orthodox Christians
405
73. Tertullian: Against Praxeas
408
5
74. Origen: On First Principles
413
17
75. Novatian: On the Trinity
430
5
76. Dionysius of Rome: Letter to Dionysius of Alexandria
435