The Jesus Archive
About this place

Capital of the small kingdom of Osrhoene in upper Mesopotamia and an early centre of Syriac-speaking Christianity. Eusebius reports a correspondence between Jesus and King Abgar of Edessa, found in the city’s archives; the letters are legendary but show the city’s claim to an apostolic founding, which tradition linked with Thomas and Thaddaeus (Addai).

Where to start

The Other GospelsHone’s Apocryphal New Testament: the Arabic Infancy Gospel and the Abgar LettersArabic Infancy 5th–6th c.; Abgar letters by c. 300; Hone 1820 · William Hone (ed., 1820), from the translations of Jeremiah Jones and William Wake
The Early ChurchEusebius, Church History, Book IEarly 4th century AD (completed c. 325) · Eusebius of Caesarea

Every mention

4 writings
  1. AD 320Eusebius, Church History, Book IThe Early Church5×
  2. AD 550Hone’s Apocryphal New Testament: the Arabic Infancy Gospel and the Abgar LettersThe Other Gospels8×
  3. 2026Registry of Gospels and Their Canonical StatusThe Other Gospels1×
  4. 2026The documentary record of Jesus and the movements that interpreted himThe Dossier2×