The Grand Bible Index

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Name(s) Of The Book Or Manuscript

P A R T   1 -  General Information

TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE GRAND BIBLE (GB).

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THE FOREWORD

THE EXPLANATORY INTRODUCTION ON HISTORY

THE GENERAL GLOSSARY

 

P A R T   2 -  Hebrew Scripture

THE TANAKH / The Hebrew Bible / The Old Testament

THE TORAH (meaning "Instruction", "Teaching")

• 1 Moses: Genesis (Bereshit = In the Beginning); Creation
• 2 Moses: Exodus (Shemot = Names of the Sons); Migration
• 3 Moses: Leviticus (Vayikra = And 'He' Called); Basic Law
• 4 Moses: Numbers (Bemidbar = In the Desert); Arrival
• 5 Moses: Deuteronomy (Devarim = Moses' Words); Civil Law

 

THE NEVI'IM or The Prophets

THE NEVI'IM RISHONIM / The Primary Major Prophets

• Joshua (Yehoshua)
• Judges (Shofetim)
• 1 Samuel and 2 Samuel (Shemuel)
• 1 Kings and 2 Kings (Melakhim)

 

THE NEVI'IM AHARONIM / The Secondary Major Prophets

• Isaiah, Isaias (Yeshayahu)
• Jeremiah (Yirmeyahu)
• Ezekiel, Hesekiel (Yekhezkel, Yacheskel)

 

TREI ASAR or The Book of the (12) Minor Prophets

• Hosea, Osee (Hosea)
• Joel
• Amos
• Obadiah, Abdiah
• Jonah
• Micah, Micheas, (Mikayahu)
• Nahum
• Habakkuk, Habacuc, (Havakuk)
• Zephaniah, Sophonias
• Haggai, Aggeus, (Khagai)
• Zechariah, Zacharias, (Zekharyah)
• Malachi, Malachias, Malahi, (Malakhi) (My Messenger)

 

THE KETUVIM or The Writings

SIFREI EMET or The Three Poetic Books

• Psalms 1–150 (Tehillim = 'Praises')
• Psalm 151
• Psalms 152–155
• Book of Proverbs (Mishle, Mishlei, Mishlei Shlomo)
• Book of Job (Iyob, Iyov)

 

HAMESH MEGILLOT or The Five Lectionary Scrolls

• Song of Solomon or Song of Songs (Shir Hashirim)
• Ruth (Rut)
• Lamentations of Jeremiah (1–5) (Eikhah)
• Ecclesiastes (Kohelet)
• Esther (Ester)
• Additions to Esther

 

THE UNCOVERING OF KNOWLEDGE

• Daniel (Daniyel)
• Susanna and the Elders (Daniel 13)
• Bel and the Dragon (Daniel 14)
• Book of Ezra (1 Ezra)
• Book of Nehemiah (2 Ezra)
• 1 Chronicles, Paralipomenon (1 Divrei Hayamim)
• 2 Chronicles, Paralipomenon (2 Divrei Hayamim)

 

THE HEBREW DEUTEROCANON

• 1 Esdras (3 Ezra) Greek
• 2 Esdras 3–14 (4 Ezra) from Hebrew
• 2 Esdras 1–2 (5 Ezra); 15–16 (6 Ezra) from Latin
• Book of Tobit, Tobias, Tobi
• Book of Judith
• Additions to Esther
• Wisdom of Solomon or Book of Wisdom or Wisdom
• Sirach (Ecclesiasticus 1–51) or Wisdom of Jesus ben Sira
• Prayer of Solomon (Sirach 52)
• 1 Baruch (Extant original: Greek)
• Epistle (Letter) of Jeremiah (Addition to 1 Baruch)
• The Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children
• Susanna and the Elders (Addition to Daniel)
• Bel and the Dragon (Second addition to Daniel)
• Prayer of Manasseh
• 1 Maccabees (Origin: Hebrew)
• 2 Maccabees (Origin: Greek)

 

PSEUDEPIGRAPHA

Primitive History Rewritten From The Standpoint Of The Law

• The Book of Jubilees / Lesser Genesis / Little Genesis

 

PSEUDEPIGRAPHA, APOCALYPSES (Visions)

• 1 Enoch (Origin: Hebrew)
• 2 Enoch (Origin: Slavonic)
• 2 Baruch 1–77 / Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch
• 2 Baruch 78–87 / The Epistle (Letter) of Baruch
• 3 Baruch / Greek Apocalypse of Baruch
• 4 Baruch / Things left out of the Book of Jeremiah
• The Apocalypse of Esdras (Greek) / Revelation of Esdras
• The Apocalypse of Zephaniah

 

PSEUDEPIGRAPHA, SACRED LEGENDS AND HISTORY

• Life Of Adam And Eve / The Apocalypse Of Moses
• Testament of Moses / Assumption of Moses
• The Testament of Abraham (Long Version)
• The Testament of Abraham (Short Version)
• The Testament of Isaac (Script: Ge'ez; Source: JTS N.S. 18)
• The Testament of Jacob (Script: Greek; Cod. Vat. Copt. 61)
• The Ascension of Isaiah
• The Ladder of Jacob
• Testament of Job
• Testament of Solomon
• Joseph and Asenath
• The Letter of Aristeas

 

POETIC BOOKS

• Psalms of Solomon
• The Odes of Solomon

 

ETHICS AND WISDOM LITERATURE

• Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
• The Story of Ahikar / The Story of Ahiqar
• Pirkei Avot or Ethics of the Fathers
• 3 Maccabees
• 4 Maccabees

 

THE TEXTS OF AND ABOUT THE JEWISH NATIONS

• The Hebrew Gospel of Matthew / Sefer Matityahu
• The Book of Generations / Sefer Toledoth Yeshu
• Story And Life of Jesus
• The Scroll of Antiochos / The Hanukah Scroll
• The Book of Joshua / The Samaritan Chronicle
• The Asatir - The Samaritan Book of the Secrets of Moses

 

P A R T   3 - (Hebrew) Qumran Library

THE QUMRAN LIBRARY, PART 1

1. The Rules and Laws
2. Hymns and Poems
3. Calendars, Liturgies and Prayers
4. Historical and Apocalyptic Works
5. Wisdom Literature
6. Bible Interpretation
7. Biblically Based Apocryphal Works
8. Miscellanea

• Supplement 1: The Book of Enoch, Fragments, Qumran
• Supplement 2: Manual of Discipline / The Community Rule

 

THE QUMRAN LIBRARY, PART 2

1. Messianic and Visionary Recitals
2. Prophets and Pseudo-Prophets
3. Biblical Interpretation
4. Calendrical Texts and Priestly Courses
5. Testaments and Admonitions
6. Works Reckoned as Righteousness-Legal Texts
7. Hymns and Mysteries
8. Divination, Magic and Miscellaneous

• Supplement: The Letters of Shimon bar Kokhba

 

P A R T   4  Christians Scripture

THE 4 CANONICAL GOSPELS

INTRODUCTION TO JESUS

• The Gospel according to Matthew / Matityahu / Matathias
• The Gospel according to Mark / Marcus
• The Gospel according to Luke / Lucius / Lucas
• The Gospel according to John / Yohanan

 

NON-CANONICAL GOSPELS

• The Gospel of Didymus Judas Thomas / Gospel of Thomas
• The Gospel of Mary Magdalene
• The Gospel of Philip
• The Gospel of Judas
• The Apocryphon (Secret Book) of James
• The Apocryphon (Secret Book) of John
• The (lost) Gospel of Peter
• The First Gospel of The Infancy of Jesus Christ
• The Syriac Gospel of the Boyhood of our Lord Jesus
• The Infancy Gospel of Thomas: Greek Text A
• The Infancy Gospel of Thomas: Greek Text B
• The Infancy Gospel of Thomas: Latin Text
• The First Arabic Infancy Gospel
• The Second Arabic Infancy Gospel
• The Gospel of Truth / The Gospel of Valentinus of Rome
• The (Infancy) Gospel of James /The Protevangelion
• The Gospel of the Birth of Mary
• The Infancy Gospel of Matthew / Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew
• The Gospel of Nicodemus / The Acts of Pilate
• The Gospel (Questions) of Bartholomew
• The Resurrection of Jesus Christ, by Bartholomew Text A
• The Resurrection of Jesus Christ, by Bartholomew Text B
• The Gospel of Marcion / The Gospel of the Lord
• The Gospel of Tatian / The Diatessaron Fragment
• The Gospel of Tatian / The (Arabic) Diatessaron
• The Greek Gospel of the Egyptians
• The Coptic Gospel of the Egyptians
• The Oxyrhynchus 1224 Gospel
• The Miniature Gospel
• The Gospel of the Hebrews
• The Gospel of the Nazoreans
• The Gospel of the Ebionites
• Unknown Gospel / Egerton Gospel

 

HISTORY OF THE APOSTLES

• The Book of Thomas the Contender / The Book of Thomas
• The Consummation of Thomas
• The Acts of Thomas
• The (Syriac) Acts of Judas Thomas & The Hymn of the Pearl
• The Acts of John
• The (Syriac) History of John, the Son of Zebedee
• An Account of The Decease of Saint John (Syriac)
• The Acts of Peter
• The Acts of Andrew
• The Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles
• The Acts of Paul and Thecla
• The History of Thecla, the Disciple of Paul the Apostle
• The Acts and Martyrdom of Andrew
• The Acts of Andrew and Matthias (Matthew)
• The History of Mar Matthew and Mar Andrew (plus extension)
• The Acts of Peter and Andrew
• The Acts of Barnabas
• The Acts of John the Theologian
• The Acts and Martyrdom of Matthew
• The Martyrdom of Matthew
• The Acts of Paul (Greek Version)
• The Acts of Paul (Paul's Third Epistle to the Corinthians)
• The Acts of Peter and Paul
• The Acts of Philip
• The History of Philip, the Apostle and Evangelist
• The Life of Saint Bartholomew the Apostle
• The Repose of Saint John the Evangelist and Apostle
• The Mysteries of Saint John the Apostle and Holy Virgin
• An Encomium on John the Baptist, by John Chrysostom
• The Healing of Tiberius / Cura Sanitatis Tiberii
• The History of Joseph the Carpenter
• The Story of Joseph (of Arimathea)
• The Vengeance of the Saviour
• Prayer of Jesus, Son of Mary
• The Story of Veronica
• The Acts of Perpetua and Felicitas
• The History of the Virgin Mary, the Holy Mother of God.
• The Obsequies of the Holy Virgin
• Homily concerning the Holy Mother of God
• The Falling Asleep of Mary, by John the Theologian
• The Acts of the Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian
• The Book of Acts / The Acts (of the Apostles)

 

GENERAL EPISTLES

• The Epistle of James the Brother of Jesus
• Peter's First Epistle from Babylon to Asia Minor
• Peter's Second Epistle to Asia Minor
• The First Epistle of John
• The Second Epistle of John
• The Third Epistle of John
• The Epistle of Jude the servant (brother) of Jesus and James
• The Epistle of the Apostles / Epistula Apostolorum

 

THE EPISTLES OF PAUL

• Paul's Epistle to the Romans
• Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians
• Paul's Second Epistle to the Corinthians
• Paul's Epistle to the Galatians
• Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians
• Paul's Epistle to the Philippians
• Paul's Epistle to the Colossians
• Paul's First Epistle to the Thessalonians
• Paul's Second Epistle to the Thessalonians
• Paul's First Epistle to his disciple Timothy
• Paul's Second Epistle to his disciple Timothy
• Paul's Epistle to the Greek Missionary Titus
• Paul's Epistle to Philemon the Bishop of Collosae
• Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews
• Paul's Epistle to the Laodiceans

 

NON-CANONICAL EPISTLES

• The Epistles of Abgarus to Jesus
• The Letters of Abgarus to Jesus / The Legend of Abgar
• The Doctrine of Addai (with letters of Jesus and Abgarus)
• The Epistles of Herod and Pilate
• The Letters of Herod (Antipas) and (Pontius) Pilate
• Letter of Pilate to Tiberius
• The Report of Pontius Pilate
• The Trial and Condemnation of Pilate
• The Death of Pilate, who condemned Jesus
• The Epistle of the Corinthians to Paul
• Paul's Third Epistle to the Corinthians
• Epistle of Peter to James the Just, Brother of Jesus
• The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
• The Second Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
• The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians
• The Martyrdom of Polycarp
• The Epistle of Barnabas
• The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians
• The (Syriac) Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians
• The Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians
• The Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians
• The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans
• The (Syriac) Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans
• The Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians
• The Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans
• The Epistle of Ignatius to Polycarp
• The Syriac Epistle of Ignatius to Polycarp
• The Martyrdom of Ignatius
• The Epistle to the Tarsians
• The Epistle to the Antiochians
• The Epistle to Hero, a Deacon of Antioch
• The Epistle to the Philippians
• The Epistle of Maria the Proselyte to Ignatius
• The Epistle to Mary at Neapolis, near Zarbus
• The First Epistle to John the Presbyter
• The Second Epistle to John the Presbyter
• The Epistle to the Virgin Mary
• The Epistle to Diognetus, tutor of Marcus Aurelius

 

JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN LAW

• The Holiness Code
• The Covenant Code and The Ritual Decalogue
• The Ethical Decalogue / Aseret Ha-Dvarim
• Commandments of the Parashah
• The Priestly Code / Torat Kohanim
• The 613 Mitzvoh or The 613 Jewish Commandments
• Rabbinical Mitzvot and The Six Constant Mitzvot
• Noahidism or The Laws Of Noah
• The Halakha / Jewish Law
• The Mishnah Sanhedrin, and explanations to Jewish Law
• The Babylonian Talmud / The Talmud Bavli / Shisha Sedarim
• Didache or Teaching of the twelve Apostles
• The Didascalia Apostolorum
• The Apostolic Constitutions
• The Didesqelya / The Ethiopic Didascalia
• The Nicene Creed, Apostles’ Creed, Jewish Creed, Islamic Creed
• Martin Luther: The Ninety-Five Theses, 31 Oct. 1517
• Letter to the Archbishop Albrecht of Mainz, 31 Oct. 1517
• Letter to John Staupitz accompanying . . . , 1518
• Letter to Pope Leo X, accompanying . . ., 1518
• Letter of Martin Luther to Pope Leo X, 6th September, 1520
• Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation
• An Open Letter on Translating, 8th of September, 1530
• The Augsburg Confession (1530) / Confessio Augustana
• The (39) Articles of Religion / TheThirty-nine Articles

 

CHRISTIAN LITERATURE

• The First Book of Adam and Eve
• The Second Book of Adam and Eve
• The Third Book of Adam and Eve
• The Fourth Book of Adam and Eve
• The Life of Adam and Eve [Slavonic Version 1]
• The Life of Adam and Eve [Slavonic Version 2], Fragments
• The Penitence of Adam [Armenian Version]
• The Book of Adam [Georgian Version]
• The Shepherd (or Pastor) of Hermas, Three Books
• Pistis Sophia, The Book of the Saviour
• The Instructions of Apa Pachomius, The Archimandrite
• First Book of Meqabyan / 1 Ethiopic Maccabees
• Second Book of Meqabyan / 2 Ethiopic Maccabees
• Third Book of Meqabyan / 3 Ethiopic Maccabees
• Dialogue of the Saviour
• The Sophia of Jesus Christ
• The Teachings of Silvanus (Silas)
• The Sentences of Sextus / The Wisdom (Precepts) of Sextus
• The Epistle of Eugnostos
• The Trimorphic Protennoia
• The Interpretation of Knowledge
• Allogenes / The Stranger
• Zostrianos / Zarathrustra
• Marsanes
• The Testimony of Truth
• The Thought of Norea
• Melchisedek
• The Letter of Peter to Philip
• The Three Steles of Seth
• The Second Treatise of the Great Seth
• The Paraphrase of Shem
• The Prayer of Thanksgiving
• The Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth
• The Concept of Our Great Power
• Authoritative Teaching
• The Hypostasis of the Archons
• The Thunder, Perfect Mind
• The Tripartite Tractate
• The Treatise on the Resurrection
• On the Origin of the World
• The Exegesis on the Soul
• The Testament of Solomon
• The Sibylline Oracles / Christian Sibyllines
• The Apology of Aristides (Text A in Greek)
• The Apology of Aristides (Text B in Syriac-Aramaic)
• Theodotus, Excerpts from: Clement of Alexandria Text A
• Theodotus, Excerpts from: Clement of Alexandria Text B
• Heracleon's Commentary on the Gospel of John
• The Homilies of Clement (Titus Flavius Clemens)
• The Recognitions of Clement (Titus Flavius Clemens)
• The (Arabic) Book of The Rolls, Kitab Al-Magall
• The Recognitions of Clement, Arabic Epitome from Sinai.

 

APOCALYPSES OR REVELATIONS OR  VISIONS

• The Apocalypse of Thomas
• The Apocalypse of James (First)
• The Apocalypse of James (Second)
• The Apocalypse of Peter (Greek)
• The Apocalypse of Peter (Coptic)
• The Apocalypse of Paul (Greek)
• The Apocalypse of Paul (Coptic)
• The Apocalypse of Elijah (Hebrew)
• The Apocalypse of Elijah (Coptic)
• The Apocalypse of Adam
• The Apocalypse of Abraham
• The Apocalypse of Abraham
• The Apocalypse of Sedrach / The Word of Sedrach
• The Apocalypse of the Virgin
• The Apocalypse or Revelation of Stephen
• The Apocalypse or Revelation of John the Theologian
• The Apoclypse of John (Armenian)
• The Apocalypse of John / Revelation of John of Patmos

 

P A R T   6  - Zoroastrian and Manichaean Scripture

THE SCRIPTURES OF PERSIA

• The Zend Avesta
• Sad Dar - The One Hundred Precepts (or Commandments)
• The Book of Arda Viraf Namak
• The Fundamental Epistle of Mani (Manichaeus)
• The Gospel of Mani or the Living Gospel
• The Manichaean Psalms of Thomas
• The Sweet Teaching of The Sinless
• Psalms to Jesus
• Manichaean Parables
• The Kephalia of the Lord Mani
• Hymns and Writings Ascribed to Mani (Excerpt)
• The Psalms of the Festival of Bema
• Separate Psalms
• Miscellaneous Manichaean Texts and Fragments
• The Manichaean Book of the Giants or The Kawan
• The Cologne Mani-Codex / Codex Manichaicus Coloniensis

 

P A R T   5 - Artefacts and Historical Documents; 3 segments

1.) ARTEFACTS AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS

• The Autobiography of Weni the Elder
• The Amarna Letters / The Tell Amarna Tablets
• Ea 1 - The Pharaoh Complains To The Babylonian King
• Ea 2 - From King Kadashman-Enlil I To Pharao Amenhotep III
• Ea 3 - From Kadashman Enlil Of Babylon To Amenhotep Of Egypt
• Ea 4 - Royal Deceit And Threats
• Ea 5 - Gifts Of Egyptian Furniture For The Babylonian Palace
• Ea 6 - An Offer Of Friendship
• Ea 7 - A Lesson In Geography
• Ea 8 - From Burnaburiash, King Of Karaduniash (Babylon) To Napkhururia (Akhenaten)
• Ea 9 - Ancient Loyalties, New Request
• Ea 10 - Egyptian Gold And Carpenters
• Ea 15 - From Ashur-Uballit, King Of Ashur To An Unnamed Egyptian Pharaoh
• Ea 16 - From Ashur-Uballit, King Of Ashur (Assyria) To Napkhororia (Akhenaten)
• Ea 17 - From Tushratta, King Of Hatti To Nibmuaria (Amenhotep III)
• Ea 19 - Love And Gold
• Ea 23 - Letter Of Tushralta Of Mitanni To Amenhetep III.
• Ea 23 - From Tushratta, King Of Hatti To Nibmuaria (Amenhotep III)
• Ea 26 - To The Queen Mother: Some Missing Gold Statues
• Ea ? - From Tushratta To Akhenaten
• Ea 35 - The Hand Of Nergal, From The King Of Alashiya (Cyprus) To Napkhururia (Akhenaten)
• Ea 38 - A Brotherly Quarrel, From The King Of Alashiya (Cyprus) To Akhenaten
• Ea 41 - From Suppiluliuma, King Of Hatti [Mitanni] To Akhenaten
• Ea 44 - From A Hittite Prince
• Ea 59 - From The Citizens Of Tunip
• Ea 68 - Letter Of Rib-Adda Of Byblos
• Ea ? - Fragment From Suppiluliuma, King Of Hatti To Akhenaten
• Ea 79 - From Rib-Addi Of Gubla (Byblos) To Akhenaten
• Ea 83 - Letter Of Rib-Adda Of Byblus (Byblos)
• Ea 100 - The City Of Irqata To The King
• Ea 103 - From Abdi-Hiba Of Jerusalem To The King (Amenhotep IV Akhenaten)
• Ea 137 - From Rib-Addi Of Gubla (Byblos) To Akhenaten
• Ea 144 - Zimreddi Of Sidon
• Ea 147 - A Hymn To The Pharaoh
• Ea 149 - Neither Water Nor Wood
• Ea 153 - Ships On Hold
• Ea 156 - Aziru Of Amurru (The Amorites, N. Canaan)
• Ea 158 - Father And Son
• Ea 161 - An Absence Explained
• Ea 164 - Coming, On Condition
• Ea 170 - To Aziru In Egypt
• Ea ? - Other Earlier Letters From Ribb-Addi
• Ea ? - From Yabitiri (Governor Of Joppa And Gaza) To Amemhotep Iii
• Ea ? - From Abi Milku (Governor Of Tyre) To Akhenaten
• Ea 205 - Ready For Marching Orders
• Ea 223 - Compliance With Orders
• Ea 244 - Plea For Rescue
• Ea 245 - Assignment Of Guilt
• Ea 252 - Sparing One's Enemies
• Ea 254 - Neither Rebel Nor Delinquent
• Ea 256 - Oaths And Denials
• Ea 270 - Extortion
• Ea 271 - The Power Of The Apiru
• Ea 273 - From A Queen Mother
• Ea 274 - Another City Lost
• Ea 282 - Alone
• Ea 283 - "Oh To See The King"
• Ea 285 - From Abdi-Hila Of Jerusalem To The King
• Ea 286 - A Throne Granted, Not Inherited
• Ea 287 - A Very Serious Crime
• Ea 288 - From Abdi-Hiba Of Jerusalem To The King
• Ea 289 - A Reckoning Demanded
• Ea 290 - Three Against One
• Ea 298 - Letter From Yapahu Of Gazru* To The Pharaoh
• Ea 323 - A Royal Order For Glass
• Ea 325 - Preparations Completed
• Ea 333 - Letter From Lachish
• Ea 362 - A Commissioner Murdered
• Ea 364 - Justified War
• Ea 365 - Furnishing Corvée Workers
• Ea 366 - "A Rescue Operation"
• Ea 367 - From The Pharaoh To A Vassal
• The Book of Gates
• The Epic of Aqhat / The Original Canaanite Book of Daniel
• The Myth of Baal / The Baal Cycle / Baal battles Yahm
• The Legend of Kret (Keret) / Epic of Kirta (Kret) by Elimelek
• The Piyama-radu Letter / The Tawagalawa Letter
• The Horse Training Manual of Kikkuli
• Manapa-Tarhhunta Letter
• Treaty between the Hittites and Egyptians
• The Merneptah Stele / The Israel Stela
• The Khirbet Qeiyafa Ostracon
• The Report of Wen-Amun (Wenamun)
• The Gezer Calendar
• The Mesha Stele
• The Tel Dan Stele
• The Siloam Inscription
• The Annals of Sennacherib / The Sennacherib Prism
• Assarhaddon's Treaty with Baal of Tyre
• The Cyrus Cylinder by Cyrus the Great
• Eshmunazar II Sarcophagus Inscription, Phoenicia
• The Rosetta Stone
• The Temple Warning Inscription
• Res Gestae Divi Augusti / The Deeds of the Divine Augustus
• The Gabriel Inscription or Gabriel's Revelation
• The Creation of The Phoenician Pantheon by Eusebius
• Philo of Alexandria - Complete Works
• Titus Flavius Josephus: The War of the Jews
• The Life of Josephus / The Life of Titus Flavius Josephus
• Titus Flavius Josephus: The Antiquities of the Jews
• Titus Flavius Josephus against Apion
• Discourse to the Greeks concerning Hades; T. Flavius Josephus
• The Lives of The Prophets
• The Census Edict of Gaius Vibius Maximus
• The Biblical Antiquities of Philo / Pseudo-Philo
• The Letters of Pliny the Younger and Emperor Trajan
• The Muratorian Fragment (on the official Bible canon)
• Hegesippus Memoranda / Hypomnemata / Memoirs
• Pseudo-Hegesippos (on the Ruin of the City of Jerusalem)
• The Chronography of Sextus Julius Africanus
• The Behistun Inscription of King Darius of Persia
• The Book of Zarathushtra / Zardosht-Nameh / Zartusht Nama
• The Book of the Deeds of Ardashir Son of Babag
• The Trilingual Inscription of Shabuhr at Kaaba i Zardusht
• The Inscription of Shapur I at Naqsh-E Rustam in Fars
• The Inscriptions or Edicts of King Ashoka
• The Questions of King Milinda / The Milinda Panha
• Barlaam and Josaphat (Lives of Buddha; Analysis)
• Barlaam and Josaphat / The Balavariani (from Georgia)
• The Naneghat Cave and its Inscriptions
• The Hathibada Ghosundi Inscriptions
• Plutarch's Morals by Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus
• Seneca's Moral Letters To Lucilius
• Lucius Flavius Arrianus' Discourses Of Epictetus
• Meditations by Emperor Marcus Aurelius
• The Stromata by Titus Flavius Clemens, Clement of Alexandria
• The Edict of Toleration / Edict of Serdica
• The Edict of Milan by Constantine and Licinius
• The Imperial Decrees of Flavius Constantinus
• The Life of Flavius Constantinus
• The Writings of Arius; Athanasius' History of the Arians
• The 39th Festal Letter of Athanasius (on the Bible canon)
• Flavius Julianus Against The Galileans (Christians)
• The Edict of Thessalonica / Christianity becomes state religion
• Doctrina Jacobi / The Teaching of Jacob Newly Baptised
• James the Just and Josephus
• Inscription of the Nestorian Stele; (Xi'an, China)
• The Chronicles of Jerahmeel / The Hebrew Bible Historiale
• Evagrius' Ecclesiastical History from 431 to 594 AD
• Sebeos' History, Armenian History of the seventh-century AD
• History of the House of the Artsrunik by Thomas Artsruni
• The Book of the Bee by Solomon of Akhlat
• The Prince / Analysis on Political Power and Realpolitik
• The Art of War / Dialogue on the Art of War
• Letter On Secret Mark / The Mar Saba Letter

 

2.) EXPLORATION ACCOUNTS

• The Voyage of Hanno Commander of the Carthaginians
• The Indika of Megasthenes - The Fragment Collection
• The Natural History by Gaius Plinius Secundus
• The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea (Indian Ocean), Arrianus
• The Periplus of the Euxine Sea by Lucius Flavius Arrianus
• The Indica of Arrian (Lucius Flavius Arrianus)
• The Weilüe, Wei Lue, The Peoples of The West, by Yu Huan
• Faxian - A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms / Faxian's Foguo Ji
• The Xiyu Juan, Chapter on the Western Regions, by Fan Ye
• Zhufan Zhi (Chu-fan-chi) by Zhao Rukuo (Chau Ju Kua)
• The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela / Sefer ha-Masa'ot
• The Journey of John of Pian de Carpine to the Mongols
• The Yasa / The Yassa - Mongol Laws and Precepts
• The Mission of Friar John of Pian de Carpine
• William of Rubruck's Account of the Mongols
• The (Nestorian) Monks of Kublai Khan by Rabban Bar Sauma
• The Book of the Marvels of the World by Marco Polo
• The Trilingual Inscription of Admiral Zheng He
• Admiral Zheng He's Changle Stele

 

3.) NEW CREATIONS AND FABRICATIONS

• The Gospel of Jesus’s Wife
• The Jefferson Bible, The Jefferson Gospel
• A Collection of the Teachings or Sayings of Jesus
• The Correspondence of Paul and Seneca
• The Book of Mormon
• The Book of Jasher
• The Gospel of the Holy Twelve
• The Jesus Sutra
• The Epistle of Lentulus / The Letter of Lentulus
• The Kiteba Cilwe (Book of Revelation) and The Mishefa Res
• The Shri Guru Granth Sahib
• The Persian Bayan, Teachings of the Bab
• The Call of the Divine Beloved / the 7 Valleys, the 4 Valleys
• The Book of Law (Kitáb-i-Aqdas) by Baha'u'llah, 1873
• The Book of Certitude (Kitáb-i-Íqán) by Baha'u'llah, 1861

 

P A R T   7 -  Islamic Scripture and Documents

THE SCRIPTURES OF ISLAM and Modern Documents

• Conversion List of Islamic Year and Christian Year (West)
• The 99 Names of Allah / Asma-Ul-Husna
• The 99 Names of Mohammed / Asma-E-Muhammad
• The Basic Islamic Glossary
• Martin Luther on Islam and the Koran; 2 Prefaces
• Islam: What the West Needs to Know
• The Logic of Islam / Lecture by Carl Goldberg
• Clash of Civilzations? by Samuel P. Huntington
• Dawa, Islamic Proselytisation / The Pocket Dawah Manual
• The Koran, The Recitation (in Chronological Order)
• The Life of Mohammed / Sirat Rasul Allah by Ibn Ishaq
• The Constitution of Medina
• The Edict of Umar / The Treaty of Umar
• The Hadith, The Sahih al-Bukhari
• Nawawi's Forty Hadith
• Statistics on Islamic Scripture (plus all verses as evidence)
• Misconceptions and Lies about Islam
• Manual to Sharia Law / Reliance of the Traveller
• The Constitution of Saudi Arabia, 1992 (Amendments 2005)
• The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1979 (1989)
• The Hamas Covenant, 1988 (18 August 1988)
• The Hamas Charter, 2017
• The Islamic Declaration on Human Rights, 1990
• The Arab Charter on Human Rights, 2004
• The Muslim Brotherhood Memorandum
• The UN Declaration and Programme of Action

 

P A R T   8 - Documents from the Ancient World

THE SCRIPTURES OF EGYPT 

• The Teaching of Kagemna
• The Teachings (or Commandments) of Ptah-Hotep
• The Commandments Of Maat
• The Teaching of Tuauf, to the son of Khattai
• The Teaching of King Khati for his son Merikara
• The Philosophy of Antef (Intef), the son of Sent
• The Teaching of the Scribe Ani, for his son Khensu-Hotep
• The Admonitions Of Ipuwer
• The Teaching of Sehetepabra, overseer of Amenemhat III.
• The Story of Sinuhe / The Narration of Sanehat
• The Tempest Stele by Ahmose
• The Teaching of Amen-Em-Apt (Amenemopet)
• The Book of The Dead
• The Great Hymn to Aten / Pharao Akhenaten's Praise to God
• The Tale Of Two Brothers
• El Arish Stone / El Arish Inscriptions
• The Corpus Hermeticum / The Hermetica
• The Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth
• Prayer of Thanksgiving
• Asclepius (chapter 21-29)

 

THE SCRIPTURES OF MESOPOTAMIA 

CREATION MYTH (Babylonian, Akkadian)

• The Enuma Elish, Translation A
• The Enuma Elish, Translation B

 

MESOPOTAMIAN PRECEPTS AND LAWS

• The Instructions of Shuruppak (Sumer)
• The Law Code of Ur-Nammu (Sumer)
• The Law Code of Lipit-Ishtar (Akkadian)
• The Law Code of King Hammurabi (Babylonian)
• The Code of the Nesilim (Hittite)

 

THE ENKI CYCLE (Sumer)

• Enki and Ninhursaga
• Enki and Ninmah
• Enki and the World Order
• Enki's Journey to Nibru

 

THE ENLIL CYCLE (Sumer)

• Enlil and Ninlil
• Enlil and Sud

 

THE INANNA AND DUMUZID CYCLE (Sumer)

• A Hymn To Inana
• Inanna and the Mes
• Inanna and Ebih
• Inanna and Shukaletuda
• Inanna and Gudam
• Inanna and An
• Inanna and Enki
• The Descent of Inanna into the Underworld
• The Dream of Dumuzid
• Dumuzid and Gestin-ana
• Dumuzid and his sisters
• Inana and Bilulu: an ulila to Inana

 

THE NINURTA CYCLE

• Ninurta's Return To Nibru - A sir-gida to Ninurta
• Ninurta's Exploits - A sir-sud to Ninurta
• Ninurta And The Turtle

 

THE OTHER GODS (Sumer)

• Nanna-Suen's Journey To Nibru
• The Marriage of Martu
• Ningiszida's Journey to the Nether World
• How Grain came to Sumer
• The Sumunda Grass
• Pabilsag's Journey to Nibru

 

THE TEMPLE CYCLE (Sumer)

• The Kesh Temple Hymn
• A Hymn To Nisaba (Nisaba A)
• A Shir-Namshub To Nisaba (Nisaba B)
• The Temple Hymns Of Enheduanna

 

THE ENMERKAR CYCLE (Sumer)

• Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta;
• Enmerkar and En-Suhgir-Ana;

 

THE LUGULBANDA CYCLE (Sumer)

• Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave;
• Lugalbanda and the Anzud Bird;

 

THE GILGAMESH CYCLE (Sumer)

• The Epic of Gilgamesh
• Gilgamesh and Huwawa (Version A);
• Gilgamesh and Huwawa (Version B);
• Gilgamesh and The Bull Of Heaven;
• Gilgamesh and Aga;
• Gilgamesh, Enkidu and the Nether World;
• The Death of Gilgamesh;
• The Flood Story (The Eridu Genesis)
• The Epic Of Atra-Hasis (another Gilgamesh Epic; Akkad.)

 

KINGS (Sumer)

• The Building of Ningirsu's Temple by Gudea

The Ur-Nammu Cycle:

• The death of Ur-Namma (Ur-Namma A)
• A tigi to Enlil for Ur-Namma (Ur-Namma B)
• praise poem of Ur-Namma (Ur-Namma C)
• Ur-Namma the canal-digger (Ur-Namma D)
• A sir-namsub to Nanna for Ur-Namma (Ur-Namma E)
• A sir-namsub to Nanna for Ur-Namma (Ur-Namma F)
• The victory of Utu-hegal

The Shulgi Cycle:

• Shulgi on Righteousness, War and Purification
• Shulgi On Righteousness, Purity, And Strength
• Shulgi On Cornelian From India
• Shulgi On Justice And Wealth
• Shulgi On Achievements, Hunger, And Arts
• Shulgi "The Shepherd" On Kingship
• Lullaby For A Son Of Shulgi
• Shulgi, The Good Shepherd Of Sumer
• Shulgi And The Royal Mother
• Shulgi The Heavenly And Radiant Augustus
• Shulgi And Ninlil's Barge
• Shulgi's Dedication Of A Statue
• Shulgi's Erotic Poem To His Wife

 

LETTERS OF THE KINGS

(Shortened Titles; search for the first 5 or 6 words!)

Third Dynasty of Ur:

• Letter from Aradgu to Shulgi about Apillasa
• Letter from Shulgi to Aradgu about Apillasa
• Letter from Aradgu to Shulgi about irrigation work
• Letter from Aradgu to Shulgi about the country
• Letter from Aradgu to Shulgi about missing troops
• Letter from Aradgu to Shulgi about fortress Igi-hursaga
• Letter from Shulgi to Aradgu about Aba-indasa's letter
• Letter from Puzur-Shulgi to Shulgi about enemy advance
• Letter from Shulgi to Puzur-Shulgi about the fortress
• Letter from Shulgi to Puzur-Shulgi about waterways
• Letter from Aradgu to Shulgi about bandits and Apillasa
• Letter from Ur-Dun to Shulgi about Apillasa
• Letter from Shulgi to Aradgu about troops
• Letter from Shulgi to Isbi-Erra about purchase of grain.
• Letter from Sarrum-bani to Su-Suen about the Martu
• Letter from Su-Suen to Sarrum-bani about a trench
• Letter from Isbi-Erra to Ibbi-Suen about grain purchase
• Letter from Ibbi-Suen to Isbi-Erra about his bad conduct.
• Letter from Puzur-Shulgi to Ibbi-Suen about Isbi-Erra
• Letter from Ibbi-Suen to Puzur-Shulgi about Isbi-Erra
• Letter from Aba-indasa to Shulgi about his neglect

 

Isin, Larsa, and other dynasties:

• Letter from Sin-illat to Iddin-Dagan about the Martu
• Letter from Iddin-Dagan to Sin-illat about the troops
• Letter from Nanna-ki-ag to Lipit-Estar about troops
• Letter from Lipit-Estar to Nanna-ki-ag about the enemy
• Letter from Sin-iddinam to the god Utu

 

Other letters and letter-prayers:

• Letter from Ur-saga to a king on his father's household
• Letter from Lugal-nesage to a king radiant as the moon
• Letter from Lugal-nesage to a king radiant as the sun
• Letter from Ur-Enlila to a governor
• Letter from a governor to a king
• Letter from Aba-tah-lugalga to his brothers
• Letter from Ugubi to his mother
• Letter from Samas-ṭab to Ilak-ni’id
• Letter from Lugal-nesage to Enlil-massu
• Letter from Inanaka to the goddess Nintinuga
• Letter from Inim-Inana to Enlil-massu
• Letter from Inim-Inana to Lugal-ibila
• Letter from Gudea to his personal deity
• Letter from the scribe Nanna-mansum to Ninisina
• Letter from X to the god Nanna
• Letter from Inim-Enlila to a king
• Letter from Kug-Nanna to the god Ninsubur

 

THE FIVE CITY LAMENTS (Sumer)

• The Lament for Urim (Ur);
• The Lament for Sumer and Urim (Ur);
• The Lament for Nibru (Nippur);
• The Lament for Unug (Uruk);
• The Lament for Eridug (Eridu).

 

CHRONICLES

• The Sumerian King List (CM 1 + 2)
• Chronicle of Early Kings (ABC 20)
• Esagila (or Weidner) Chronicle (ABC 19)
• The History of the Tummal (Tummal Inscription)
• The Assyrian King List (CM 5)
• Walker Chronicle (ABC 25)
• Nabu-suma-iskun (CM 52)
• From Nabu-Nasir to Samas-suma-ukin (ABC 1)
• Esarhaddon Chronicle (ABC 14)
• Jerusalem Chronicle (ABC 5)
• Nabonidus Cylinder from Sippar
• Alexander Chronicle (ABC 8; BCHP 1)
• Diadochi Chronicle (BCHP 3)
• Antiochus, Bactria, India Chronicle (BCHP 7)
• Antiochus Cylinder
• Uruk King List, Kinglist 5

 

MANDAEAN SCRIPTURE (Manadaic Aramaic)

• The Gnostic Book of John The Baptiser
• The Haran Gawaita and the Baptism of Hibil-Ziwa
• Ginza Rba - The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans

 

THE SCRIPTURES OF INDIA 

• The Ramayana / The Ramayana Epic of Valmiki
• The Mahabharata / The Great Epic of the Bharata Dynasty
• The Harivamsha / The Lineage of Hari (Krishna)
• The Arthashastra / The Political Science of Wealth
• The Chanakya Niti-Shastra / The Ethical Science of Chanakya
• The Laws Of Manu / Manusmruti / Manava-Dharmashastra
• The Yoga Sutras Of Patanjali
• The Bhagavata Purana
• The Bhagavad Gita
• The Akaranga Sutra
• The Kalpa Sutra / The Gospel (or Life) of Mahavira
• The Uttaradhyayana Sutra
• The Sutrakritanga Sutra / The Suyagadamga Sutra
• The Naladiyar / The Instructions of the Tamil Jains
• The Dravyasamgraha (by Acarya Nemicandra)
• The Inscriptions of Emperor Ashoka in Greek and Aramaic
• The Lalitavistara Sutra / The Gospel of the Buddha
• The Buddha-Karita of Asvaghosha / The Acts of the Buddha
• The Larger Sukhâvatî-Vyûha / The Longer Mahayana Sutra
• The Smaller Sukhâvatî-Vyûha / The Shorter Mahayana Sutra
• The Vagrakkhedika / The Diamond Sutra
• The Amitayus Meditation Sutra
• The Dhammapada / The Path of Righteousness
• The Lotus Sutra

 

THE SCRIPTURES OF  CHINA

• The Shi Jing / The Book of Odes / The Book of Songs
• The Shu Jing / The Book of Documents
• The Sayings of Laozi / Lao Tzu
• The Dao De Jing / Tao Te King / Tao Te Ching
• The Liezi - Taoist teachings from the book of Lieh Tzu
• The Zhuangzi / Chuang Tzu
• The Lun Yu / The Analects of Confucius (Kongfuzi)
• The Li Ji / The Classic of Rites / Precepts of Confucius
• The Xiao Jing / Hsiao Ching / The Classic of Filial Piety
• The Mengzi / Mencius / The Conversations of Meng Tzu
• The Zhong Yong / The Doctrine of the Mean
• The Sunzi Bingfa / The Art of War by General Sunzi
• The Wuzi / The Wu Tzu (by General Wu Qi)
• Han Feizi / Han Fei Tzu / The Ancient Law of China
• The Mozi / The Mojing / The Mohist Canon
• The Fahua San Bujing / The Threefold Lotus Sutra (Zhu Fahu)

 

APPENDICES

Appendix A: Additional Maps (2 Family Trees, 1 Timeline)

Appendix B: Additional Images

Appendix C: Additional Texts

• C-1: The Laws Of Eshnunna
• C-2: The Indika of Ctesias, Ancient India as described by Ktesias of Knidos
• C-3: Rabatak Inscription Of Emperor Kanishka The Great
• C-4: The Mithras Liturgy from the Paris Codex
• C-5: The Cologne Mani-Codex / Codex Manichaicus Coloniensis
• C-6: The Popol Vuh The Counsel Book of the Maya
• C-7: A Sermon On Indulgences And Grace, Luther's 95 Theses in short
• C-8: The Obedience of a Christen Man, William Tyndale

Appendix D: Selection of Bibliographies / Bibliography