Questions of Bartholomew

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The Questions of Bartholomew is a work of Christian New Testament apocrypha which describes a dialogue between Jesus and Bartholomew the Apostle. In two versions of the work, it is a post-resurrection dialogue with the Risen Jesus, while the Church Slavonic version places the dialogue during Jesus's ministry before his death. In it, various topics are discussed, notably an expansion on the role of the Devil and a version of the Harrowing of Hell.

The work is not to be confused with the Coptic Book of Bartholomew, a separate work. Additionally, Jerome mentions a mysterious Gospel of Bartholomew in one of his writings, albeit dismissively as a "source of heresies." It is not known whether Jerome (or the source Jerome was trusting) was referring to the Questions of Bartholomew with this comment, as no further details are provided.