An alternative theory of the history of the "Hidden Books"
The New Testament Apocryphal Corpus: What do the Greek Papyri say?
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"Religion is regarded
by the common people as true,
by the wise as false,
and by the ruler as useful"

---- Seneca the Younger

The New Testament Apocryphal Corpus What do the Greek Papyri tell us?

Brief Summary Index of Papyri

                                   Estimated
Manuscript     Papyri Reference    Chronology     Comments
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gPeter         p.oxy.2949          "early"        "Far from certain that these three fragments
               p.oxy.4009                          are from the gP mentioned by Bishop Serapion.
               p.Vinbob G 2325                     --- p,258, FN:11; "Fabricating Jesus" -
                                                       Craig A Evans.

                                                  "They are possibly but not conclusively
                                                   from the Gospel of Peter."
               p.849               325 CE

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gThomas        p.oxy.654
               p.oxy.655
               p.oxy.1
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gMary          2525 ?
               p.Rylands.463
               p.oxy.3525

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igJames        p.3524 ?
               p.Bodmer
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aPaul          p.oxy.6             450 CE
               p.Antlin.13         450 CE
               MS 2634/1           3rd CE?        fragment "pastedown" in book cover
                                                  Egypt, 4th century

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aJohn          p.850               350 CE
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Didache        p.1782              350 CE
               p.London.Or.9271

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Unknown G      210
               840				   350 CE         Egypt: citation
               1224

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