The Apocryphal Acts of Paul, Peter, John, Andrew and Thomas: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Apocryphal Acts of Paul, Peter, John, Andrew and Thomas, credited to Bernhard Pick, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Apocryphal Acts of Paul, Peter, John, Andrew and Thomas by Bernhard Pick. Read in English by JoeD The full title of this book is, The Apocryphal Acts of Paul, Peter, John, Andrew and Thomas, published in 1909. As early as the second century, numerous legends concerning the fates of the Christian apostles were in circulation. These Acts, widely regarded as originating circa 150 CE, are among the earliest accounts still in existence of the lives, preaching and martyrdoms of the apostles Paul, Peter, John, Andrew and Thomas. They are written in a fantastic and romantic style, and although they were influential in later Christian conceptions of these apostles, they are historically worthless as biographies. They do, however, reflect many of the beliefs of earliest, pre-Nicene Christianity. Bernhard Pick translated the most complete versions of the Apocryphal Acts available to him in 1909. Although more complete manuscripts of these Acts have since been discovered, Pick was sometimes working with incomplete texts. Several large lacunae, or gaps in the text, are present in Pick’s translation, and this Librivox recording has attempted to make these lacunae obvious without being intrusive. The Acts of Andrew, in particular, is fragmentary. Also included in this recording are Bernhard Pick’s introductions to each Acts, which reflect the state of scholarly opinion at the time of publication. (summary by JoeD)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Apocryphal Acts of Paul, Peter, John, Andrew and Thomas
• Author credits: Bernhard Pick
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 49
• Listed recording duration: 13:00:18

Catalogue topics

• christian apocrypha

Opening tracks: first 24 of 49

1. 00 - Section 00 – Preface — 4:23
2. 01 - Section 01 – General Introduction to Apocryphal Acts — 16:37
3. 02 - Section 02 – Introduction to the Acts of Paul — 21:33
4. 03 - Section 03 – Introduction to the Acts of Paul and Thecla — 11:42
5. 04 - Section 04 – Acts of Paul and Thecla, chapters 1 - 21 — 17:20
6. 05 - Section 05 – Acts of Paul and Thecla, chapters 22 - 43 — 19:22
7. 06 - Section 06 – Longer Endings to the Acts of Paul and Thecla — 9:21
8. 07 - Section 07 – Introduction to Paul’s Correspondence with the Corinthians — 6:17
9. 08 - Section 08 – Paul’s Correspondence with the Corinthians — 9:05
10. 09 - Section 09 – Martyrdom of the Holy Apostle Paul — 13:51
11. 10 - Section 10 – Introduction to the Acts of Peter — 5:17
12. 11 - Section 11 – The Acts of Peter - The Deed of Peter — 8:49
13. 12 - Section 12 – The Acts of Peter - Peter’s Affair with Simon – chapters 1 – 6 — 24:34
14. 13 - Section 13 – The Acts of Peter - Peter’s Affair with Simon – chapters 7 – 13 — 25:12
15. 14 - Section 14 – The Acts of Peter - Peter’s Affair with Simon – chapters 14 – 20 — 23:15
16. 15 - Section 15 – The Acts of Peter - Peter’s Affair with Simon – chapters 21 – 29 — 32:03
17. 16 - Section 16 – The Acts of Peter – Martyrdom of the Holy Apostle Peter – chapters 30 – 32 — 8:18
18. 17 - Section 17 – The Acts of Peter – Martyrdom of the Holy Apostle Peter – chapters 33 – 35 — 4:55
19. 18 - Section 18 – The Acts of Peter – Martyrdom of the Holy Apostle Peter – chapters 36 – 41 — 12:43
20. 19 - Section 19 – Introduction to the Acts of John — 7:19
21. 20 - Section 20 – Acts of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian – chapters 1 – 17 — 19:06
22. 21 - Section 21 - The Acts of John – Arrival at Ephesus and Work There – chapters 18 – 25 — 13:38
23. 22 - Section 22 - The Acts of John – The Picture of John - Healing of the Old Women – chapters 26 – 36 — 13:12
24. 23 - Section 23 - The Acts of John – Destruction of the Artemis Temple – The Raising of the Priest – chapters 37 – 47 — 12:06

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