24 APRIL 1897, Page 12

Studia Binaitica and Apocrypha Sinaitica. Edited and trans- lated into

English by Margaret Dunlop Gibson. (C. J. Clay and Sons.) —The apocryphal tracts here given are seven,—(l) The Anaphora and Paradosis Pilati, i.e., his report to Tiberius and his subsequent history, possibly as early as the second century ; (2) the Recognition of Clement, which may be assigned to the same date ; (3) Martyrdom of Clement ; (4) Preaching of Peter ; (5) Martyrdom of James, son of Alphasns ; (6) Preaching of Simon, son of Cleophas ; (7) Martyrdom of Simon, son of Cleophas. Then one of less consequence, and probably much later in date. We have one Syriac text and two Arabic texts of the Pilate tracts; the rest are Arabic.