"The author of more than ten books on New Testament history and early Christian writings, Ehrman has established himself as an expert on early Christianity. These two works should soundly solidify his stature, as they illuminate the flavor and varieties of early Christian belief."--Library Journal (on Lost Christianities and Lost Scriptures)
"History, it's often said, is written by the victors. Bart Ehrman argues in a pair of intriguing new books that the same could be said of the Bible's New Testament.... Will shock more than a few lay readers."--The Boston Globe
"Lost Scriptures provides a good sample of the literature and illustrates nicely the complex and often exotic world of second- and third-century Christianity."--America
"Fresh authoritative translations of the texts that fell outside in the canon."--Christian Science Monitor

Bart D. Ehrman chairs the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. An authority on the early Church and the life of Jesus, he has appeared on A&E, the History Channel, CNN, and other television and radio shows. He has taped several highly popular lecture series for the "Teaching Company" and is the author of The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings (Third Edition, OUP, 2003) and Jesus, Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium (OUP, 1999).

General Introduction; NON-CANONICAL GOSPELS; The Gospel of the Nazareans; The Gospel According to the Ebionites; The Gospel According to the Hebrews; The Gospel According to the Egyptians; The Coptic Gospel of Thomas; Papyrus Egerton 2: The Unknown Gospel; The Gospel of Peter; The Gospel of Mary; The Gospel of Philip; The Gospel of Truth; The Gospel of the Savior; The Infancy Gospel of Thomas; The Proto-Gospel of James; The Epistle of the Apostles; The Coptic Apocalypse of Peter; The Second Treatise of Great Seth; The Secret Gospel of Mark; NON-CANONICAL ACTS OF THE APOSTLES; The Acts of John; The Acts of Paul; The Acts of Thecla; The Acts of Thomas; The Acts of Peter; NON-CANONICAL EPISTLES AND RELATED WRITINGS; The Third Letter to the Corinthians; Correspondence of Paul and Seneca; Paul's Letter to the Laodiceans; The Letter of 1 Clement; The Letter of 2 Clement; The "Letter of Peter to James" and its "Reception"; The Homilies of Clement; Ptolemy's Letter to Flora; The Treatise of the Resurrection; The Didache: The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles; The Letter of Barnabas; The Preachings of Peter; Pseudo-Titus; NON-CANONICAL APOCALYPSES AND REVELATORY TREATISES; The Shepherd of Herman; The Apocalypse of Peter; The Apocalypse of Paul; The Secret Book of John; On the Origin of the World; The First Thought in Three Forms; The Hymn of the Pearl; CANONICAL LISTS; The Muratorian Canon; The Canon of Origen of Alexandria; The Canon of Eusebius; The Canon of Athansius of Alexandria; The Canon at the Third Synod of Carthage