Shit. What The Hell. Jesus Never Existed

[Secular Elf]

I have just completed a list of Early Christian literature.  This list is probably not exhaustive, for this is what I have come across in my readings about Early Christianity which is mainly what I gathered on the Web, in large part Wikipedia articles.   From what I remember, some of the authorships regarding what made it into New Testament, are questionable.  The dates given are the time frame in which it is thought that these texts were written.  Some dates are exact while others are estimates.  The question marks are dates unknown.  Anyone interested in the details of any of the listed writings can check it out on Wikipedia.

To quote from my own unpublished essay about the history of Christianity, from the part of the Apostolic Period (33-115 CE):

V.   Early Christian Literature, Diversity of the Religion, and Continued Pagan Influences
During this period Early Christian literature emerged as texts were used for the instruction of local congregations in proper ritual and etiquette regarding inter-communal behavior.  Scholarly study has determined that what is now regarded as the New Testament had not yet been set.  There were many texts used at this period that some can be reliably asserted to be written by Paul while other texts cannot with any reliability be asserted to be actually penned by any of the Apostles.  And many other texts with Gnostic theological ideas had been considered important by quite a few Early Christians.   A few would become canon while many other books would later be rejected. Collectively Paul's writings can be dated between 52 and 62 CE.  The fact that there were so many texts in circulation of various theological flavorings only reflects upon the wider diversity of Christianity in its early days.

The List of Early Christian Literature:

Shepherd of Hermas (1st or 2nd Century CE)

Epistle of Barnabas (70-131 CE)

Didache (mid to late 1st Century CE)

2nd Epistle of John (c. mid to late 1st Century CE)

Epistle to Diognetus (late 2nd Century CE)

Epistle of James (late 1st to early 2nd Century CE)

2nd Epistle of Peter (c. 100-150 CE)

Epistle of Jude (early 2nd Century CE)

Apocalypse of Peter (ca. 134 CE)

Gospel of Thomas (40-140 CE)

Gospel of the Ebionites

2nd Epistle of Clement (140-160 CE)

The Gospel of Marcion (144 CE)

The Pauline Epistles (Ten of which were part of Marcion's Apostolikon)

The Protoevangelium of James [Gospel of James] (145 CE)

Dialogue of the Savior (late 1st Century to 150 CE)

Greek Gospel of the Egyptians (120-150 CE)

Acts of Paul (ca. 160 CE)

Gospel of Peter (2nd half of 2nd Century CE)

Third Epistle of the Corinthians (160-170)

Diatessaron (ca. 160-175)

The Gospel of Mary (120-180 CE)

Infancy Gospel of Thomas (mid to late 2nd Century CE)

The Gospel of Philip (180-350 CE)

Gospel of the Hebrews (2nd Century CE)

The Gospel of Judas (2nd Century CE)

1st Timothy (2nd Century CE)

The Book of Thomas the Contender (1st half of 3rd Century CE)

Nag Hammadi Library (80 CE-300 CE)

Gnostic Gospels (2nd-4th Centuries CE)

Epistle of the Laodiceans

Philemon (?)

1st Epistle of Peter (?)

Gospel of the Twelve (?)