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.
100–1 BC
1 work
c. 100 BC
Hebrew
11QMelch
Anonymous
A reading of the jubilee release in Leviticus as the final release at the end of the tenth jubilee, when Melchizedek — a heavenly figure, not a Canaanite king — will proclaim liberty, execute judgement among the gods, and atone for the sons of light.
201–300
1 work
c. 200–275
Greek, surviving in Coptic
Anonymous
Badly damaged throughout. The priest of Salem receives a revelation of the end, is told to keep the book hidden, and appears to become the returning saviour figure himself — while the text insists, against docetists, that Christ truly ate, drank, was circumcised, suffered, and rose in the flesh.
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