The Library
1577 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.
101–200
4 works
c. 110–130; survives in fragments
Greek
Papias of Hierapolis · c. 60–c. 130
Five lost books gathering what Papias could learn from those who had heard the apostles, surviving only where Irenaeus and Eusebius quote him — including his notes on how Mark and Matthew came to be written.
c. 124–125; one fragment survives
Greek
Quadratus
The first Christian defence addressed to an emperor, of which Eusebius preserves a single paragraph noting that some healed by Jesus had lived into the writer's own lifetime.
c. 144; lost, known through opponents
Greek
Marcion of Sinope · c. 85–c. 160
A systematic set of contradictions between the Old Testament and the gospel, arguing that the creator God of Israel is a lesser being than the alien God of love revealed by Jesus. Known only from the refutations of Tertullian and others.
c. 175–185; survives in fragments
Greek
Hypomnemata
Hegesippus · c. 110–c. 180
Five lost books of travel and enquiry into what the churches actually taught, preserved where Eusebius quotes them — including the account of the death of James the brother of Jesus.
201–300
1 work
c. 235–245; survives in fragments
Greek
Origen of Alexandria · c. 185–c. 253
The Old Testament laid out in six parallel columns — Hebrew, Hebrew in Greek letters, and four Greek versions — with marks showing where the Septuagint added to or omitted from the Hebrew.
5 of 1577 works