Across the world, people have been turning to ‘The Good Book’ in noticeably larger numbers, with increases in the UK and more copies than usual selling in Ireland and the USA.įurthermore, there was a global increase in downloads of the Bible app and in March, across Google Play and App Store, the most popular English-language Bible was installed on smartphones more than two million times – the highest number ever for that month. But one that stood out recently was that there has been a sharp rise in the online sales of Bibles during the coronavirus pandemic. This book contains translations of all of the texts found in volume I of the weighty Oxford University Press Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, without any of the apparatus.We are living in a time of unlikely headlines. This isn't to say that these documents are forgeries, just that for one reason or another they were not considered part of the Biblical text by the first millenium (C.E.) compilers.
This is a popularized translation of the OT pseudepigrapha, quasi-Biblical writings which never achieved canonical status (or inclusion in any of the official Apocrypha). The Forgotten Books of Eden by Rutherford H. This collection is an invaluable selection of portions of the New Testament which illustrates the fluid nature of the early Biblical canon, and provides access to all of the 'spare parts.' Also worth a close read are the three books of the Shepherd of Hermas, which uses apocalyptic and symbolic imagery. There are also a number of non-canonical epistles, such as Laodiceans. Of note are the letters of Paul and Seneca, and the letters of Herod and Pilate, which are most likely a forgery, but add more depth to the question of the historicity of Jesus.
It includes accounts of the young Jesus, particularly the Gospel of Mary and the Protevangelion, which provides additional folklore about the birth and youthful adventures of Jesus and which are missing now. This is a collection of New Testament Apocrypha, including many works which were admired and read by the early Christians, but which were later excluded from the canonical Bible. The Lost Books of the Bible by Rutherford H. The Lost Books of the Bible and The Forgotten Books of Eden
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