The Book of the Cave of Treasures

A History of the Patriarchs and the Kings, from the Creation to the Crucifixion of Christ

Anon, E. A. Wallis Budge

• Publisher: Patavium Publishing
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN: 9781805232223
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Egyptian Ancient History
• Index: History

Despite its Harry Potter-like title, The Book of the Cave of Treasures is actually a rich seam of Jewish and Christian apocryphal lore, by means of which its 5th century author frames the story of Jesus in a truly cosmic context – as the inevitable conclusion of God's redemptive plan for humanity, set in train since the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise.Along the way we are treated to a feast of extra-Biblical details: of the life of the Patriarchs; of the Wind-Flood that overthrew Ur of the Chaldees, Abraham's home; of the mysterious Priest-King Melchizedek; the origin of the Magi; the genealogy of Mary; and Adam's secret burial at the 'navel of the world', the very spot where Christ was later crucified.Translated from the Syriac by Sir E. A. Wallis Budge, former curator of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum, the book is extensively annotated, and contains 21 illustrations.-Print ed.

Table of contents

• Title page
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• THE CAVE OF TREASURES
• [THE SECOND THOUSAND YEARS: YÂRÊD TO THE FLOOD.]
• [THE THIRD THOUSAND YEARS: FROM THE FLOOD TO THE REIGN OF REU.]
• [THE FOURTH THOUSAND YEARS-FROM THE REIGN OF REU TO THE TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR OF THE LIFE OF EHUD.]
• [THE FIFTH THOUSAND YEARS. FROM THE TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR OF EHUD'S LIFE TO THE SECOND YEAR OF THE REIGN OF CYRUS.]
• THE FIVE HUNDRED YEARS FROM THE SECOND YEAR OF CYRUS TO THE BIRTH OF CHRIST.
• TESTAMENTUM ADAMI.
• SUPPLEMENTARY TRANSLATIONS FROM THE "BOOK OF THE BEE."
• ABRAHAM AND THE CITY OF UR.
• BIBLIOGRAPHY