Layer 3 — Full Word of God
Full Word of God
Biblical-world ancient texts — Apocrypha, Enochic and apocalyptic writings, Qumran, Ethiopian, Coptic, and apostolic witnesses.
316 texts in this layer.
3.1 Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical Books
Tobit5,609 wordsJudith4,377 wordsGreek Esther - Additions to Esther782 wordsWisdom of Solomon4,517 wordsSirach - Ecclesiasticus16,358 wordsBaruch1,727 wordsLetter of Jeremiah779 wordsSusanna1,218 wordsBel and the Dragon941 words1 Maccabees4,947 words2 Maccabees5,614 words3 Maccabees2,745 words4 Maccabees5,511 words1 Esdras2,872 words2 Esdras - 4 Ezra3,900 wordsHidden Foundations (Section Introduction)369 words2 Esdras - 5 Ezra (component)275 words2 Esdras - 6 Ezra (component)601 words
3.2 Hidden Foundations — Adam, Patriarchs, and Early Sacred Memory
Life of Adam and Eve1,217 wordsPrayer of Joseph443 wordsBook of Jubilees9,436 wordsTestament of Abraham3,532 wordsTestament of the Twelve Patriarchs4,748 wordsTestament of Adam657 wordsAdam Octipartite - Adam Septipartite226 wordsPrayer of Adam and Eve320 wordsPenitence and Testament of Adam — Variant Traditions284 wordsPrayer of Enosh and the Enos Traditions207 wordsBook of Noah — Fragmentary Witness Dossier284 wordsTreatise of Shem417 wordsThe History of Melchizedek310 words(dup) Apocalypse of Adam (duplicate copy)391 wordsThe Apocalypse of Paul300 wordsThe First Apocalypse of James337 wordsThe Second Apocalypse of James273 wordsMelchizedek177 words
3.3 Secrets of Time, Judgment, and the End of the Age — Apocalyptic and Visionary Texts
1 Enoch9,594 words2 Enoch6,044 wordsEnoch and Elijah311 words3 Enoch - Hebrew Enoch - Sefer Hekhalot4,638 words2 Baruch - Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch18,021 words3 Baruch - Greek Apocalypse of Baruch3,099 wordsApocalypse of Peter524 wordsApocalypse of Paul514 wordsApocalypse of Adam2,419 wordsApocalypse of Thomas778 wordsAscension of Isaiah480 wordsMartyrdom of Isaiah475 wordsVision of Ezra921 wordsGreek Apocalypse of Ezra3,066 wordsApocalypse of Zephaniah2,484 wordsApocalypse of Elijah3,549 wordsApocalypse of Sedrach2,622 wordsTestament - Assumption of Moses2,857 wordsSibylline Oracles Book I813 wordsSibylline Oracles Book II589 wordsSibylline Oracles Book III862 wordsSibylline Oracles Book VIII705 wordsSibylline Prayer and Hymn Extracts202 wordsMandaean Book of John — Prayer and Hymn Extracts159 words
3.4 Voice of Wisdom and Hidden Messiah — Early Gospel Wisdom Witnesses
Odes of Solomon1,931 wordsGospel of Thomas4,176 wordsGospel of Philip781 words(dup) Gospel of Mary Magdalene (duplicate copy)1,090 wordsGospel of Mary Magdalene726 wordsGospel of Hebrews336 wordsDialogue of the Savior733 wordsGospel of Truth423 wordsGospel of Egyptians - Greek fragments319 wordsGospel of Peter361 wordsProtoevangelium of James720 wordsInfancy Gospel of Thomas508 wordsEarly Life of Yeshua1,053 words
3.5 Writings of the Way — Early Christian and Apostolic Community Witnesses
Didache1,342 wordsShepherd of Hermas1,964 wordsEpistle of Barnabas788 words1 Clement755 words2 Clement492 wordsDidascalia Apostolorum543 wordsApostolic Constitutions678 wordsEpistle to the Laodiceans199 wordsLetters of Ignatius12,199 wordsPolycarp — Letter to the Philippians894 wordsThe Martyrdom of Polycarp1,091 wordsThe Epistle to Diognetus1,059 wordsPapias — Fragments378 wordsQuadratus — Fragment92 wordsThe Apology of Aristides943 words
3.6 Songs, Prayers, Psalms, and Praise
Songs, Prayers, Psalms and Praise (Section Introduction)89 wordsPsalms of Solomon825 wordsHodayot - Thanksgiving Hymns644 words(dup) Prayer of Manasseh (duplicate copy)305 wordsPrayer of Manasseh267 wordsDead Sea Scroll Psalms592 wordsPsalm 151209 wordsPsalms 152–155386 wordsMore Psalms of David - Apocryphal Psalms of David282 wordsSyriac Apocryphal Psalms239 wordsGreek Psalmic Additions341 wordsFragmentary Psalm Witness Index91 wordsHellenistic Synagogal Prayers275 wordsThe Prayer of Jacob145 wordsThe Prayer of Thanksgiving192 wordsThe Prayer of the Apostle Paul236 wordsThe Hymn of the Pearl899 words
3.7 Qumran — The Wilderness Library
Qumran Introduction286 wordsCommunity Rule7,597 wordsDamascus Document6,213 wordsWar Scroll6,100 wordsTemple Scroll14,307 wordsMMT - Some Works of the Law1,302 wordsRule of the Congregation584 wordsRule of Blessings318 wordsGenesis Apocryphon3,692 wordsBook of Giants253 wordsAramaic Levi Document339 wordsTestament of Qahat264 wordsVisions of Amram271 wordsNew Jerusalem Text208 wordsSongs of the Sabbath Sacrifice - Angelic Liturgy314 wordsCopper Scroll261 wordsCalendrical Documents226 wordsPriestly Courses - Mishmarot178 words4QInstruction - Musar leMevin321 wordsBook of Mysteries218 wordsSongs of the Sage223 wordsWords of the Luminaries276 wordsPrayer of Nabonidus156 wordsPseudo-Ezekiel211 wordsPseudo-Daniel182 wordsApocryphon of Joshua154 wordsApocryphon of Jeremiah207 wordsHabakkuk Pesher365 wordsNahum Pesher269 wordsIsaiah Pesharim221 wordsPsalms Pesharim264 wordsMessianic Anthology - Testimonia328 wordsQumran Blessings and Prayers169 wordsDaily Prayers from Qumran189 wordsFestival Prayers from Qumran171 wordsPrayers for Deliverance from Qumran149 wordsPurification Prayers and Ritual Fragments149 wordsConfessional Prayers from Qumran155 wordsLamentation Prayer Fragments137 wordsPriestly Blessing Traditions from Qumran172 wordsBlessings of the Wise113 wordsThe Beatitudes159 wordsThe Apostrophe to Zion208 wordsThe Plea for Deliverance297 wordsThe Hymn to the Creator143 wordsThe Self-Glorification Hymn193 wordsThe Wiles of the Wicked Woman236 wordsSapiential Work A92 wordsSapiential Work B193 wordsSapiential Work C128 wordsSapiential Admonitions115 wordsWays of Righteousness127 wordsTwo Ways Material from Qumran296 wordsAdmonition Based on the Flood206 wordsInstructional Parables and Admonitions137 wordsHousehold and Discipline Wisdom Fragments133 wordsEschatological Wisdom Fragments148 wordsCommunity Rule Prayer and Blessing Material290 wordsWar Scroll Prayers and Blessings217 wordsTemple Scroll Prayer Purity and Liturgical Material202 wordsCalendrical Prayer and Sacred Time Fragments166 words11Q Psalms Scroll Additional Psalms216 wordsDavidic Compositions Notice145 wordsNon-Canonical Psalms from Qumran173 wordsHebrew Psalmic Additions from Qumran184 wordsQumran Apocalypses - Apocalyptic Fragments1,498 wordsQumran Fragmentary Witness Index405 wordsQumran Fragmentary Wisdom, Prayer, and Hymn Index253 wordsProtective Liturgies from Qumran152 words
3.8 Wider Jewish Pseudepigrapha and Jewish-Hellenistic Witnesses
Testament of Job5,809 wordsTestament of Solomon7,001 wordsLives of the Prophets363 wordsThe Ladder of Jacob304 wordsJoseph and Aseneth4,601 wordsAseneth’s Prayer and the Honeycomb Vision314 wordsBiblical Antiquities - Pseudo-Philo66,020 wordsJannes and Jambres177 wordsEldad and Modad108 wordsHistory of the Rechabites - Narrative of Zosimus3,772 wordsAhiqar - Story and Proverbs of Ahiqar3,231 wordsPseudo-Phocylides243 wordsThe Sentences of the Syriac Menander164 wordsThe Sentences of the Pseudo-Greek Poets189 wordsJewish Orphic Fragments201 wordsAristobulus — Fragments216 wordsDemetrius the Chronographer — Fragments135 wordsAristeas the Exegete — Fragments113 wordsEupolemus — Fragments142 wordsPseudo-Eupolemus — Fragments143 wordsCleodemus Malchus — Fragments90 wordsArtapanus — Fragments172 wordsPseudo-Hecataeus — Fragments137 wordsPhilo the Epic Poet — Fragments106 wordsTheodotus — Fragments118 wordsEzekiel the Tragedian — Exagoge405 wordsJewish-Hellenistic Fragmentary Witness Index112 wordsJewish Pseudepigrapha Fragmentary Witness Index130 words
3.9 Ethiopian Witness
Ethiopian Witness Introduction212 words1 Meqabyan4,668 words2 Meqabyan2,801 words3 Meqabyan3,032 words4 Baruch - Paraleipomena Jeremiah4,940 wordsEthiopic Didascalia49,907 wordsBook of the Covenant23,874 wordsEthiopic Sinodos48,402 wordsQalementos - Ethiopic Clement23,701 wordsEthiopian Canon Comparison Table168 wordsEthiopian Fragmentary and Related Witness Index123 words
3.10 New Testament Apocrypha — Acts, Letters, Gospels, and Jesus Traditions
New Testament Apocrypha Introduction225 wordsActs of John18,685 wordsActs of Peter18,186 wordsActs of Andrew4,055 wordsActs of Thomas35,722 wordsActs of Philip3,330 wordsActs of Paul11,679 wordsActs of Paul and Thecla519 wordsActs of Peter and the Twelve Apostles1,941 words3 Corinthians642 wordsThe Correspondence of Paul and Seneca306 wordsThe Letter of Peter to Philip383 wordsGospel of Judas725 wordsGospel - Questions of Bartholomew1,132 wordsBook of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ by Bartholomew733 wordsGospel of Nicodemus - Acts of Pilate649 words(dup) Descent of Christ into Hell (insert-ready duplicate)767 wordsDescent of Christ into Hell678 wordsArabic Infancy Gospel1,285 wordsHistory of Joseph the Carpenter4,566 wordsLife of John the Baptist4,808 wordsGospel of the Savior937 wordsSecret Gospel of Mark — Disputed Witness Appendix1,006 wordsNew Testament Apocrypha Fragmentary Witness Index2,044 words
3.11 Coptic Books of Light — Nag Hammadi, Sophia, Jeu, and Related Coptic Witnesses
Coptic Books of Light Introduction236 wordsApocryphon of John8,201 wordsApocryphon of James - Secret Book of James2,902 wordsThe Treatise on the Resurrection529 wordsTripartite Tractate3,556 wordsHypostasis of the Archons2,960 wordsOn the Origin of the World6,243 wordsThe Exegesis on the Soul467 wordsThe Book of Thomas the Contender400 wordsGospel of the Egyptians - Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit4,474 wordsEugnostos the Blessed297 wordsSophia of Jesus Christ3,293 wordsThunder, Perfect Mind222 wordsAuthoritative Teaching300 wordsThe Concept of Our Great Power257 wordsPlato — Republic, an Excerpt246 wordsThe Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth321 wordsAsclepius 21–29343 wordsParaphrase of Shem9,842 wordsThe Second Treatise of the Great Seth293 wordsTeachings of Silvanus6,729 wordsThe Three Steles of Seth212 wordsZostrianos11,982 wordsThe Thought of Norea154 wordsTestimony of Truth3,379 wordsMarsanes159 wordsThe Interpretation of Knowledge197 wordsA Valentinian Exposition and Related Fragments229 wordsOn the Anointing72 wordsOn Baptism A84 wordsOn Baptism B66 wordsOn the Eucharist A81 wordsOn the Eucharist B79 wordsAllogenes218 wordsHypsiphrone89 wordsThe Sentences of Sextus190 wordsTrimorphic Protennoia281 wordsPistis Sophia28,941 wordsFirst Book of Jeu1,864 wordsSecond Book of Jeu10,157 wordsUntitled Bruce Codex Text3,778 wordsBerlin Codex Texts Not Already Filed205 wordsCoptic Books of Light — Discernment Guide341 wordsThe Ascent of the Soul — Bridge Document390 wordsCoptic Fragmentary Wisdom, Prayer, and Hymn Index349 words
3.12 Ancient Textual Witnesses — Source Traditions and Bible Transmission
The Samaritan Pentateuch206 wordsThe Septuagint216 wordsThe Targums177 wordsThe Peshitta154 wordsThe Old Latin Witnesses152 wordsThe Vulgate151 wordsThe Masoretic Text Witness171 wordsThe Dead Sea Scrolls Biblical Manuscripts192 wordsMT, DSS, and LXX — A Comparison295 wordsAncient Language Source Index289 wordsTextual Variants Appendix330 wordsAncient Language Source Index573 words
3.13 Full Word of God — Orientation, Interpretive Tools, and Back Matter
Sealed Writings main intro91 wordsWhat Are the Sealed Writings446 wordsUnified Tableto restoreTimeline of Sacred Revelation254 wordsSection intro91 wordsThematic Links564 wordsMessianic Patterns563 wordsRestored Theological Terms Index466 wordsCross-Scripture Messianic Timeline574 wordsWisdom Literature Concordance643 wordsLiving Completion Statement187 wordsScope and Limitations339 wordsBack Matter main heading166 wordsHistorical Context Notes383 wordsWhy These Texts Were Excluded367 wordsHow They Support the Original Message399 wordsKey Restored Terms and Glossary515 wordsClosing Blessing237 wordsCanon History Overview416 wordsComparative Canon Table425 wordsConclusion of the Sealed Writings212 wordsCross-Reference Map for Key Themes265 words