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Acts of John

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Acts

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Estimated Range of Dating: 150-200 A.D.

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English Translation by M.R. James

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Books

Wilhelm Schneemelcher, ed., translation by R. McL. Wilson, New Testament Apocrypha : Writings Relating to the Apostles Apocalypses and Related Subjects (Louisville: John Knox Press, 1992), pp. 152-212.
Stevan Davies, The Revolt of the Widows: The Social World of the Apocryphal Acts (Southern Illinois Univ Pr 1980).

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The Acts of John was written in the second century.

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