A comprehensive collection of early New Testament Apocrypha, which were later excluded from the canonical Bible. This book includes additional accounts about the birth and youth of Jesus from the the Gospel of Mary and the Protevangelion. Also of note are the letters of Paul and Seneca, and the letters of Herod and Pilate. Also included are a number of epistles, such as Laodiceans, and the three books of the Shepherd of Hermas.