The Lost Books of the Bible
The Lost Books of the Bible
INTRO & MY CONJECTURE: ................................................................................................................. 1 OLD TESTAMENT APOCRYPHAL WRITINGS................................................................................... 3 BOOKS MENTIONED, BUT NOT FOUND, IN THE BIBLE ................................................................ 4 BOOKS REMOVED FROM, OR ASSOCIATED WITH, THE BIBLE ................................................ 7 ANOMALIES IN THE LOST BOOKS.....................................................................................................11
THE LETTERS AND WRITINGS OF PONTIUS PILATE ........................................................................ 12 THE GOSPEL OF NICODEMUS AKA THE ACTS OF PONTIUS PILATE ............................................. 22 THE GOSPEL OF THE BIRTH OF MARY........................................................................................... 25 THE PROTEVANGELION................................................................................................................ 28 THE ACTS OF PAUL AND THECLA ................................................................................................ 31 THE FIRST GOSPEL OF THE INFANCY OF JESUS CHRIST............................................................... 34 THE LOST GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PETER .................................................................................. 43 THE SHEPHERD OF HERMAS ........................................................................................................ 44 EPISTLES OF CLEMENT TO THE CORINTHIANS.............................................................................. 54 THE BOOKS OF ADAM AND EVE .................................................................................................. 58 THE BOOK OF THE SECRETS OF ENOCH ...................................................................................... 78 THE TESTAMENTS OF THE TWELVE PATRIARCHS .......................................................................... 92 THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF BARNABAS....................................................................................... 100 ANOMALIES IN THE APOCRYPHA ...................................................................................................104 THE PROPHECY OF BARUCH ...................................................................................................... 104 THE HISTORY OF BEL AND THE DRAGON.................................................................................... 106 THE BOOKS OF ESDRAS............................................................................................................ 108 THE EPISTLES OF JESUS CHRIST AND ABGARUS, KING OF EDESSA ........................................... 112 THE BOOK OF ENOCH......................................................................................................................113 THE APOCRYPHA AND THE BOOK OF ENOCH ............................................................................123 ANY LOST BOOKS? - NO.......................................................................................................................125
Intro & My Conjecture:
Are there really lost books of the Bible? Why are they lost? Who got rid of them? Why isn't the Apocrypha added to the Protestant Bible? Does Apocryphal literature hold secrets? Does it shed light on Canonized Biblical text? So many questions.
The Bible is a collection of 39 Old Testament manuscripts that pre-date Christ and 27 New Testament manuscripts that post-date Christ. As also with the Pseudepigrapha & Apocrypha manuscripts, some pre-date Christ and some post-date him.
Anyone interested in history or the Bible will find these texts very interesting. Several of these texts have blatant contradictions to canonized scripture. Some of them give interesting insights into briefly mentioned accounts of canonized scripture. It is probably
best to see Apocryphal literature as insightful but not "ordained." Just as I can personally write my views concerning scripture or what God has shown me through my circumstances, my writings are not God's official words yet they are influenced by His Holy Spirit in my life and my understanding of the Truth. I see it as similar to the Apocryphal text. They can have important historical and theological bearing however they must not be seen as God's official words because of the uncertainty and because of some contradictions in some of the texts.
God is in control of His Holy Word, the Bible. He is also in control of history. At times, He reveals things to only a certain group of people. At times He reveals things to all people. However, the most important thing that He has not hidden from us is the thing that we should be most concerned about: The Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is interesting to research about things relating to scripture and history, however, we should never lose our focus on why we even have "scripture"...it is to point us to Jesus.
An Introduction
The following text is taken from:
When the origins of the Catholic Church began to emerge in the 4th Century AD, it was under the guidance of the Emperor Constantine. Constantine began a centuries long effort to eliminate any book in the original Bible that was considered unacceptable to the new doctrine of the church. At that time, it is believed there were approximately 600 books that compromised the work we now know as the Bible. Through a series of decisions made by the early church leadership, all but 79 of those books, known as the King James Version, were purged from the work.
For the faithful, who believe the Bible to be the inspired word of God, it is generally believed that King James received the entire Bible and simply translated it into the English language. Nothing could be further from the truth. The books he undertook to translate had been chosen centuries earlier by church leaders as the only books acceptable to what they had determined was to be the doctrine and practice of the church. In careful consideration of the fact that the church leaders have changed almost every doctrine and practice of the first church inspired by the Holy Spirit, it is doubtful this purging of hundreds of books was done by the inspiration of God.
We claim no expertise concerning the authenticity of any the lost books and leave this judgment to the reader. We do, however, strongly reject the selfproclaimed authority of any dogmatically motivated and church-controlled mortals who think themselves qualified to make such decisions. One of the most logical and realistic concepts in the Bible is the caution that one should prove all things. We believe that proving the veracity of a given thing is an individual responsibility which must not, and should not, be the duty of those who think they are better judges.
The Apocryphal, Or Deuterocanonical Books
The 13 books known as the Apocrypha which were also in the original King James translation but were removed at the Synod of Dordrecht in 1619.
Books Mentioned But Not Found
Besides the Apocryphal books eliminated from the Bible used by Protestant Church there are 23 other books mentioned in scripture, which do not appear in the Bible.
Books Removed From, Or Associated With, The Bible
The known books removed from the original Bible since the 4th century AD.
Anomalies In The Apocryphal Books
The anomalies connecting the Apocrypha to the Authorized King James Bible and the advanced technology of the Elohiym.
Anomalies In The Lost Books
The Lost Books of the Bible contain the same aerial anomalies, beings and people flying up into the sky, and enigmatic events as the King James Bible.
Anomalies In The Lost Books
The anomalies found in the lost books by category.
Old Testament Apocryphal Writings
The term "apocrypha" comes from a Greek word meaning "hidden" or "secret" and the books were originally considered by the early church as too exalted to be available to the general public. As time progressed, the exalted nature of the books was lost and the books were deemed by some as false. Between the Book of Malachi and Matthew there is a gap of approximately 450 years. It is these books that fill that gap and in the time of Christ, these books formed part of the Septuagint Greek Bible which was in circulation at that time.
What is missing from most Bibles, and our understanding of it, is what happened in that 450 year gap. Prophets were still writing and reflecting on life in the Holy Land right up until the Romans destroyed the temple of Jerusalem in 70 AD. The world that Jesus entered in 4 BC is not the world that Daniel and Malachi experienced. One of the values of these books is how they reflect the mindset of Judaism and a Roman world that the New Testament writers faced. Malachi and Daniel leave us in Persia; Matthew brings us into a Roman world. The Apocrypha bridges that gap and gently nudges us into the reality of Roman Palestine. It was only in the fourth century AD that Christians first started to question the "canonicity" of the works although most survived to be included in the King James translation of the Bible in 1611.
The Apocryphal, Or Deuterocanonical Books
The Prayer of Azariah, Song of Three Jews, (from Daniel) Bel and the Dragon (in Daniel) HERE The Book of Baruch HERE First Book of Esdras HERE and HERE Second Book of Esdras, HERE The Greek Additions to Esther HERE The Epistle of Jeremiah HERE Wisdom of Jesus' son Sirach, Ecclesiasticus HERE The Book of Judith HERE First Book of Maccabees HERE Second Book of Maccabees HERE Third Book of Maccabees HERE Fourth Book of Maccabees HERE The Prayer of Manasseh HERE Psalm 151 HERE The Wisdom of Solomon HERE The Book of Susanna, (in Daniel) HERE The Book of Tobit HERE
HERE
Books Mentioned, But Not Found, In The Bible
There are between eighteen to twenty-four books mentioned in the Bible, but not included. The variation is due to possible double mentions using differing names for the
same book.
Book of the Covenant Exodus 24:7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient. There are those that believe the Book of the Covenant is found in Exodus chapters 20 through 23. There are no authoritative sources for this text.
Book of the Wars of the Lord Numbers 21:14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, Certain sources believe that this is to be found by drawing text from several Old Testament books. There are no authoritative sources for this text.
Book of Jasher Here Joshua 10:13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. 2 Samuel 1:18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)
The Manner of the Kingdom / Book of Statutes
1 Samuel 10:25 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
Book of Samuel the Seer 1 Chronicles 29:29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,
Nathan the Prophet 1 Chronicles 29:29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer, 2 Chronicles 9:29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
Acts of Solomon 1 Kings 11:41 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?
Shemaiah the Prophet 2 Chronicles 12:15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
Prophecy of Abijah 2 Chronicles 9:29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
Story of Prophet Iddo 2 Chronicles 13:22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
Visions of Iddo the Seer 2 Chronicles 9:29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
Iddo Genealogies 2 Chronicles 12:15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
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