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1774 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.
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42 works
Jewish core, Christian recension c. AD 100–200
Greek
Anonymous
Each of Jacob's sons gathers his children and confesses the sin that defined him — Reuben lust, Simeon envy, Judah greed and drink — then warns against it and foretells what will come. Passages about a saviour from Levi and Judah sit in the text as it stands.
c. 90–110
Greek
Didache ton dodeka apostolon
Anonymous
A short manual of Christian practice for a congregation still finding its footing: the Two Ways of life and death, then plain instructions for baptism, fasting, the eucharistic prayers, and how to tell a true travelling prophet from a freeloader.
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