The Apocrypha Gospels

In addition to the four biblical gospels, numerous texts on Jesus were written in early Christianity, which did not find their way into the Bible. Above all the "childhood gospels" had a lasting influence on Christian piety - liturgy, festive traditions, pictorial representations. Other texts such as the Gospel of Thomas were only rediscovered in the 20th century. Jens Schröter describes the most important apocryphal writings on Jesus, sheds light on their relationship to the canonical gospels and explains their significance for the history of Christianity.