The Apocryphal Jesus
Season 1
Ep 14. Hope and Adventure in the Acts of John
- TV-PG
- March 31, 2017
- 32 min
Many of the apocryphal gospels were essentially novels written during the early Christian era, and they were filled with adventurous tales of shipwrecks, necrophilia, self-mutilation, and other wild stories. Dive into the Acts of John to consider this fascinating genre of literature and what it offered audiences of the time - as well as historians today.