The Papyrii Library of Oxyrhynchus 

Secret Sayings   Jackson Snyder

About 1900, two Oxford professors went to Oxyrhynchus in Upper Egypt to search for treasure among the ancient tombs. In the course of their excavation, they found alarge, subterranean room filled with thousands of stuffed crocodiles. By accident, one of the crocodiles was dropped and split open. Inside was found papyrii with writing on Christian and many other subjects.  The Oxyrhynchus fragments were later dated to about the same time as the New Testament autographs!   (The first example was released by BAR in the March 2011 issue, p. 67.  Much of this issue is dedicated to the find, which is still yielding much valuable information yet today.)

In December 1905—the sixth season at Oxyrhynchus—Grenfell and Hunt registered the discovery of a very small parchment book measuring approximately 3.3 by 2.75 inches (8.5 x 7 cm). Such a relic was likely valued as much as an amulet as for its content, which was written in the tiniest of scripts. The contents, however, turned out to be quite interesting: parts of two episodes from a heretofore-unknown gospel, the identity of which remains a mystery to this day. The manuscript is housed in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. In the first episode, we hear Jesus warning the disciples against imitating certain "evildoers," who are to be punished in this life and in the next. In the second episode, Jesus and his disciples wander into the Temple precinct and are confronted by a
Pharisaic priest.

Text of POxy 840

SIDE1
He took [the disciples] and went into the place of purification itself and walked around in the Temple. And a certain Pharisee, a high priest named [...] approached them and fell in with them and said to the savior, "Who allowed you to set foot in this place of purification and look upon these holy vessels when you have not bathed and your disciples have not even washed their feet? In spite of being unclean, you have set foot in this temple which is clean, in which no one may walk unless he has bathed and changed his clothes, nor dare to look at these holy vessels." And
standing with his disciples, the savior answered him,
 

SIDE2
"Then are you, being in the Temple, clean?' He [the Pharisee] said to him, "I am clean, for I have bathed in the pool of David. I went down into it by
one flight of stairs and came up out of it by another. Then I put on clean,
white clothes. Only then did I come and view these holy vessels." The savior answered him, "Woe to the blind who cannot see! You have bathed in these gushing waters, in which dogs and pigs lie night and day! And you have washed and scraped the outer layer of skin, just where prostitutes and flute girls anoint, bathe, cleanse and adorn in order to arouse the desires of men—but they are filled with scorpions and all kinds of evil on the inside. But I and my disciples, whom you say have not washed, have been dipped in waters [of which you know nothing ...]

(Some of the biblical texts found at Oxyrhynchus were later identified as passages from the Gospel of Thomas once it was found nearby a generation later.)

He who has found the meaning of these words (of Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas) will not experience death. 

The one who is far from you today will be near tomorrow.

The splinter that is in your brother's eye you see; but the beam that is in your own eye you cannot. When you pull the beam out of your eye, then you may see clearly enough to remove your brother's splinter.

If you do not fast as to the things of this world, you will not find the kingdom of Yahweh. If you do not keep the Sabbath, you will not see the Father.

Jesus says: A prophet is not acceptable in his own country, neither does a doctor cure those who know him well.

The Pharisees have obtained the keys of the kingdom, but they have hidden them. They do not go in themselves, and they do not allow those in who desire to go. But you, be wise as serpents and meek as doves.

The scribes, the Pharisees, and the priests were angry when they saw that Jesus reclined at the table with sinners. Jesus heard of their anger and said: The healthy do not need a doctor.

Pray for your enemies. The one who is not against you is for you. The one who is today far away will be near you tomorrow.

His disciples asked him, When will we again be able to see you? He said, When you have undressed and are not ashamed. 

The Odes of Shalomé (The Odes of Solomon)

Shalomé of the Cross was the daughter of Mary and sister of Yahshua of Nazareth. She is mentioned several times in the New Testament Scriptures as a witness to the crucifixion. The Egyptian Scriptures portray her as a person much more important than a mere onlooker. In them, she is a fervent disciple who harbors and nurtures her brother as she learns the Way of the True Worshipper. To this same Shalomé tradition has attributed forty-one songs composed in the Aramaic language of the holy family. Her spiritual insight has much in common with that of the Beloved Disciple and the Teacher of Righteousness. Yet Shalomé has more to offer than a religious comparison of darkness and light. Her songs comprise a young woman’s unique and often mystical vision of the ‘divine feminine,’ love both mundane and ethereal, and hope that reaches far beyond the boundaries of earth and sky.

The Authentic Peter: The Preaching of Simeon Kefa from the Journal of T. Flavius Clemens (Clement)

THE AUTHENTIC PETER: Ever wonder why Simon Peter only got a couple short letters in our Scriptures? Wouldn’t someone have recorded Peter’s AUTHENTIC acts and preaching? Of course his preaching was recorded! By Clement, an affluent Gentile convert, at the command of James the Just. So why would the Church Fathers bury the preaching of their first pope since Clement was their second pope? Because Peter's teachings are HEBRAIC. This volume is one-of-a-kind, containing teachings on many subjects, including deliverance, healing, true worship, and lost doctrines. We dispensed with churchy language in restored the original Hebraic names and titles of people, places and concepts - and a full GLOSSARY.