The Library
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.
1–100
1 work
c. 100 BC – AD 200
Greek
Anonymous
Genesis says Joseph married the daughter of an Egyptian priest and says nothing else. This fills the gap: Aseneth's seven days in sackcloth, the angel who gives her a honeycomb made by the bees of paradise, and her rebirth as a City of Refuge.
401–500
1 work
c. 400–500
Coptic
Anonymous
Jesus tells the apostles on the Mount of Olives how his foster father died at a hundred and eleven, afraid at the last, with Mary holding his feet and Jesus his hands, and Death waiting at the door until permitted to enter.
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