Timeline of the New Testament Apocryphal “Hidden Books” - Scholarly Chronology #1664474 (License: Personal Use)

This diagram presents an alternative scholarly chronology for the New Testament apocryphal texts known as “The Hidden Books,” mapping their composition, preservation, and concealment across centuries. Key phases include initial authorship (yellow), preservation of authorship records (green), and later burial of texts in Coptic/Syriac traditions and by the Earth itself (orange), with a notable marker at the Council of Nicaea (325 CE). The vertical bars labeled 1 and 2 denote overlapping periods of textual transmission and safeguarding, while box 3 identifies the role of the Burial of Codices in preserving these works.

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