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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

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.

801–900

The Ninth Century

1 work

first attested c. 830; earlier material, date disputed

Hebrew and Aramaic

The Life of Jesus

Toledot Yeshu

Anonymous

A counter-gospel circulated among medieval Jews: Jesus is conceived in adultery, steals the ineffable Name from the Temple and works his miracles by it, is bested by a rabbi who learns the same trick, and is executed and buried in a gardener's cabbage patch.

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