Selected Noncanonical Gospels
Sidebar to: The Gospels that Didn’t Make the Cut
Date of Composition | Language of Composition | Where Written | Earliest Extant Copies | |
Precanonical Gospels | ||||
Signs (Hypothetical-thought to be imbedded in John) | mid-1st century | Greek | not known | none |
Sayings Gospel Q (Hypothetical-thought to be imbedded in Matthew and Luke) | mid-1st century | Greek | Galilee | none |
Infancy Gospels | ||||
James | c. 150 | Greek | not known | 150 copies in several languages(4th–5th cent.) |
Thomas | 2nd century | Greek | not known | 6th century Syriac manuscripts |
Sayings Gospels | ||||
Gospel of Thomas | mid-1st century–mid-2nd century | Greek | Syria? | Nag Hammadi (Coptic) (3rd–4th cent.) |
Secret Book of James | c. 100–150 | Greek | not known | Nag Hammadi (Coptic) (3rd–4th cent.) |
Dialogue of the Savior | c. 150 | Greek | not known | Nag Hammadi (Coptic) (3rd–4th cent.) |
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