Letters of Jesus and Abgarus

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A short series of letters, claimed to have been exchanged between Abgar V of Edessa and Jesus of Nazareth. They were published in the Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius, who claimed to have translated them from Syriac records found in the archives of Edessa.

2756183Letters of Jesus and Abgarus — Jesus of Nazareth and Abgar V

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Quoted in Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History, book 1, chapter 13; for versions, see Ecclesiastical History (Eusebius)
Quoted in "Legend of Abgar," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
"The Epistles of Jesus Christ and Abgarus King of Edessa", in The suppressed Gospels and Epistles of the original New Testament of Jesus the Christ (1863).
The Letters of Christ and Abgarus, in The Apocryphal New Testament (1924) by M. R. James