Several of her plays draw on the so-called apocryphal gospels.
An apocryphal gospel, which describes the progress of the soul through the next world, bears his name.
A special emphasis was given to the apocryphal gospels.
Contrast this with what happened when the fanciful apocryphal gospels were written much later.
The Gnostic tradition was a prolific source of apocryphal gospels.
There is an apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus that purports to be written by him.
And if the work is of Jewish origin, would a Jew read and use the apocryphal gospel?
Furthermore, some of the sayings can be found in the apocryphal Gospel of Thomas.
Some of these apocryphal gospels are from the Nag Hammadi library, made available only recently.
In the apocryphal Gospel of Peter the events are further elaborated upon and there are witnesses to the resurrection itself.