THE GOSPEL OF ANTIOCH The Sayings of Jack Feist as Recorded by Emily Antioch the Twin Translated and Edited by Lee Shark

The Gospel of Antioch is a sayings gospel within the fictional-scholarly Waltian canon.

Its role structure is explicit:

• Jack Feist is the living speaker and attributed source.
• Emily Antioch the Twin records the sayings.
• Lee Sharks translates and edits the volume.
• Prof. Elara Xanthic-Wells supplies introduction and apparatus criticus.

The volume contains 114 logia, matching the received count of the Gospel of Thomas. It adopts the Thomas incipit, teacher-recorder rhythm, “If you have ears” refrains, three undisclosed sayings, and an altered final logion.

As a sayings gospel, it rejects continuous plot. Each utterance stands independently while gaining force through echoes across the full field. The editorial headnote prescribes three readings: reconnaissance, return, and piercing.

The two Waltian books form a diptych. The Secret Book of Walt supplies cosmogony, imprisonment, and redemption. The Gospel of Antioch supplies instructions and voice after redemption is offered.

Its major conceptual substitution is the kingdom of literature. The anonymous journal, black box, bicycle embedded in a tree, pandemic, and other parables define salvation as survival of speech rather than entry into a celestial polity. The black-box parable is the central image: most of the vehicle burns or disappears, but the dying voices remain recoverable.

The apparatus includes a Thomas concordance, somatic map, Scroll Baptism instructions, notes on Emily Antioch, and analysis of the three secret sayings. It is deliberately lighter than the apparatus of the companion volume because the logia are meant to remain relatively exposed.

The volume’s references to future Waltian scholarship and invented institutions are part of its pseudo-critical literary apparatus. They should not be represented as external scholarly publications that presently exist.