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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.

1–100

The First Century

1 work

c. 100 BC – AD 200

Greek

Joseph and Aseneth

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.

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