Category: e-Clavis

With today’s addition of the Gelasian Decree, the e-Clavis: Christian Apocrypha, NASSCAL’s comprehensive bibliography of Christian apocrypha research, has reached the landmark number of 250 complete entries.

The site was created in 2015 by Tony Burke, Mark Bilby, and Bradley Rice. The goal was to work with other scholars to compile bibliographies for every known apocryphal Christian text. The individual pages were soon enhanced with links to manuscript images and to various related material objects (iconography, artifacts, holy sites, etc.). There are now almost 500 Manuscripta apocryphorum pages and another 36 Materiae apocryphorum pages.

Of course, the success of a project like the e-Clavis must be measured by its utility. Do people use it? It seems they do: 26000 separate users visited the site in 2022. The editors would like to thank all of the contributors to e-Clavis for their work and everyone who has supported the site—by using it, recommending it to others, and citing it in their publications—over the past eight years.

E-Clavis: Christian Apocrypha, NASSCAL’s comprehensive bibliography of Christian Apocrypha research, was created in 2015. As of today, the clavis contains entries for 200 texts, with another 30 in different stages of development. The site also features 400 Manuscripta apocryphorum pages, which contain full descriptions and links to images, and another 26 Materiae apocryphorum pages with information on pilgrimage souvenirs, book covers, and other apocryphal-related artifacts. A work of this scope cannot be done alone; the editors would like to thank the following contributors for their work:

In May of 2019 e-Clavis: Christian Apocrypha, NASSCAL’s comprehensive bibliography of Christian Apocrypha research, celebrated a landmark with the completion of its one hundredth entry. Today, that number has reached 150 and another 50 are currently in development. There are also over 350 related Manuscripta apocryphorum pages, which contain full descriptions and links to images. From its start in October 2015, the e-Clavis has been an open-access resource—no fees are charged for its use and the contributors volunteer their time and expertise to compile and edit the entries. The editors would like to thank the following contributors for their work:

E-Clavis: Christian Apocrypha, NASSCAL’s comprehensive bibliography of Christian Apocrypha research, was created in 2015—the first entry, for the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, is dated October 27. As of today, the clavis contains entries for 100 texts.  There are still many more to do—Maurice Geerard’s Clavis apocryphorum Novi Testamenti lists 346 texts, and that was in 1992. But work on the clavis will never truly end, with new bibliographical entries, manuscript images, and other resources to be added over time. The Manuscripta apocryphorum pages, which contain full descriptions and links to images, now number 196, and these too will continue to grow as new manuscripts become digitized every day. A project of this scope cannot be done by one person alone; the editors would like to thank the following contributors for their work:

Four new entries have been added to e-Clavis: Christian Apocrypha, the comprehensive bibliography of Christian Apocrypha research assembled and maintained by members of NASSCAL. The new entries are:

Acts of Mar Mari by Jacob Lollar

Doctrine of Addai by Jacob Lollar

History of John (Syriac) by Jacob Lollar

Nativity of Mary by Brandon Hawk

Eight new entries have been added also to the Manuscripta apocryphorum resource (each entry highlights a manuscript with one or more apocryphal texts).

e-Clavis is always looking for volunteers to contribute entries for unassigned texts. Contact members of the editorial board for more information.

Five new entries have been added to e-Clavis: Christian Apocrypha, the comprehensive bibliography of Christian Apocrypha research assembled and maintained by members of NASSCAL. The new entries are:

Acts of Barnabas by Tony Burke, based upon work by Glenn E. Snyder

Apocalypse of the Virgin by Tony Burke, based upon work by Stephen Shoemaker

Epistle of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite to Timothy by David L. Eastman

Legend of Aphroditianus by Tony Burke, based upon work by Katharina Heyden

Life and Conduct of the Holy Women Xanthippe, Polyxena and Rebecca by David L. Eastman

Several new entries have been added also to the Manuscripta apocryphorum resource (each entry highlights a manuscript with one or more apocryphal texts).

e-Clavis is always looking for volunteers to contribute entries for unassigned texts. Contact members of the editorial board for more information.

Four new entries have been added to e-Clavis: Christian Apocrypha, the comprehensive bibliography of Christian Apocrypha research assembled and maintained by members of NASSCAL. The new entries are:

Arabic Infancy Gospel by Tony Burke

Freer Logion by Calogero Miceli

History of John (Syriac) by Jacob Lollar

Vision of Theophilus by Tony Burke

Several new entries have been added also to the Manuscripta apocryphorum resource (each entry highlights a manuscript with one or more apocryphal texts).

e-Clavis is always looking for volunteers to contribute entries for unassigned texts. Contact members of the editorial board for more information.

Four new entries have been added to e-Clavis: Christian Apocrypha, the comprehensive bibliography of Christian Apocrypha research assembled and maintained by members of NASSCAL. The new entries are:

Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles by Calogero Miceli

Acts of Thomas by Jonathan Henry

Epistle of Christ from Heaven by Calogero Miceli

Vengeance of the Savior by Stephen C. E. Hopkins

and expansions to the entry for the Pseudo-Clementines by Patricia Duncan

In addition, the Manuscripta apocryphorum pages (each one highlighting a manuscript with one or more apocryphal texts) now number 78, with many of the new entries provided by Brandon Hawk and Janet Spittler.

e-Clavis is always looking for volunteers to contribute entries for unassigned texts. Contact members of the editorial board for more information.

Six new entries have been added to e-Clavis: Christian Apocrypha, the comprehensive bibliography of Christian Apocrypha research assembled and maintained by members of NASSCAL. The new entries are:

Acts of Nereus and Achilleus by Richard I. Pervo

Apocalypse of Paul (Coptic) by Michael Kaler

Apocalypse of Peter (Coptic) by Pamela Mullins Reaves

Decapitation of John the Forerunner by Tony Burke

Martyrdom of Zechariah by Sarah Veale

Wisdom of Jesus Christ by Chance Bonar

e-Clavis is always looking for volunteers to contribute entries for unassigned texts. Contact members of the editorial board for more information.

Each entry for the e-Clavis: Christian Apocrypha, the online Christian Apocrypha clavis constructed and maintained by members of NASSCAL (North American Society for the Study of Christian Apocryphal Literature), contains branch pages for manuscripts that contain the text of the entry. The pages feature links to online images (where available) and other databases, along with such information as physical description, provenance, date of composition, contents, and catalogs.

All of these branch pages can be accessed via the Manuscripta apocryphorum page (now accessible via the menu to the left of your screen). At present pages have been created for 45 manuscripts and there are many, many more to come. Libraries throughout the world are releasing images of their manuscripts online; unfortunately, manuscripts of apocryphal texts seem to be low on their priorities. Nevertheless, they are appearing ever-so-slowly and Manuscripta apocryphorum is a helpful resource to consult when looking to see what materials are available.

e-Clavis is always looking for volunteers to contribute entries for unassigned texts. Contact members of the editorial board for more information.