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cubanlord · Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Location: In Japan!

I am currently looking for the books that were NOT included in the compilation of the Bible. I thought there was a book (not the Dead Sea Scrolls) that had them in it. Any help would be great. Thanks.

cwemory · Joined: 14 Jan 2006 Location: Gunpo, Korea

Simplest answer would be the Apocrypha.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocrypha

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

Check out the work done by Elaine Pagels. She's done some highly respected work on the Gnostic Gospels.

jaganath69 · Joined: 17 Jul 2003

I could only think of "Jesus the Man" by Barbara Theiring, but its based on the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Troll_Bait · Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 6:42 am Post subject:

If you look at this page (about "The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Gnostic Gospels" by J. Michael Matkin), you can find many links to other books, such as The Gnostic Gospels (Vintage) by Elaine Pagels.

I read The Complete Idiot's Guide to Mary Magdalene by Lesa Bellevie and found it to be very good.

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tomato · Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 10:17 am Post subject:

Here's a good one:
The Other Bible, compiled by Willis Barnstone

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060815981/sr=8-1/qid=1142618715/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-2598709-4541748?%5Fencoding=UTF8

Xian · Joined: 08 Jan 2006

Newbie · Joined: 07 Feb 2003

[quote="Xian"]Some of the writing will have some truth, but is generally unreliable.[quote]

Unlike the stuff that is actually in the bible?

rapier · Joined: 16 Feb 2003

[quote="Newbie"][quote="Xian"]Some of the writing will have some truth, but is generally unreliable.

cubanlord · Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Location: In Japan!

I am into reading the bible. I would like to know what the convention deemed "inappropriate" to include in the compiling of the Bible.

rapier · Joined: 16 Feb 2003

anjucat · Joined: 26 Jul 2005

OP: You're probably thinking of the "Nag Hammadi Library".

Don't have any links; just look for Nag Hammadi, or gnostic scriptures, or something like that. Good stuff. I personally enjoyed the Apocalypse of Peter (pretty sure that was in N.H., if i remember correctly...)

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

I have a question while we're talking about the Bible. Back home we have an old family Bible from the 19th century. The first time I opened it, the first thing I read was roughly "It is not a crime to kill a Jew. Jews think that they're doing God's work, but they are foot soldiers in the army of Satan." I've looked everywhere to find out exactly which passage it was and if/when it was removed from the modern Bible (which is infallible and fresh from God's brain to your eyes). Anyone know where I can find out more about this? Yes, I've tried Google and Wikipedia.