user7309: 
Monks, there is the case where some worthless men study the Dhamma:
  dialogues, narratives of mixed prose and verse, explanations, verses,
  spontaneous exclamations, quotations, birth stories, amazing events,
  question & answer sessions [the earliest classifications of the Buddha's teachings]. MN22

It's probably a hazy endeavour, but has anyone attempted to reconstruct such a classification from either the suttas or agamas? 

user8157: Is this a dodgy quote (despite coming from the exalted MN 22) because birth stories appear to be later additions? 
This said, I did try to compile 'birth stories' and only found around a dozen in the Buddhavaca suttas, such as AN 3.15; MN 50; MN 81; MN 123; MN 143; etc; which seem to be in the style of later works, such as the Jataka Tales, Buddhavamsa & Apadana.  
The lokuttara dhamma in SN 22.79 says all memories of the past are mere aggregates & not-self. 

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  <p>Monks, there is the case where some worthless men study the Dhamma:
  dialogues, narratives of mixed prose and verse, explanations, verses,
  spontaneous exclamations, quotations, birth stories, amazing events,
  question &amp; answer sessions [the earliest classifications of the Buddha's teachings]. <a href="http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.022.than.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">MN22</a></p>
</blockquote>

<p>It's probably a hazy endeavour, but has anyone attempted to reconstruct such a classification from either the suttas or agamas? </p>
 8157: <p>Is this a dodgy quote (despite coming from the exalted MN 22) because birth stories appear to be later additions? </p>

<p>This said, I did try to compile 'birth stories' and only found around a dozen in the Buddhavaca suttas, such as AN 3.15; MN 50; MN 81; MN 123; MN 143; etc; which seem to be in the style of later works, such as the Jataka Tales, Buddhavamsa &amp; Apadana.  </p>

<p>The <em>lokuttara</em> dhamma in SN 22.79 says all memories of the past are mere aggregates &amp; not-self. </p>
