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Title: Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden by World Bible Publishing ISBN: 0-529-03385-2 Publisher: World Bible Pub Co Pub. Date: September, 1974 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Essential Christian documents for study and contemplation.
Comment: First of all, I took off a star for the very poor print quality of this book. It is poorly organized, hard to read, sometimes too small and crammed on the page. The type needs to be reset in a modern font and format to make it easier to read and comprehend the works in this volume.
As far as the actual content in this book goes, it is very good and useful. Most commentators and critics disparage and denigrate the "Pseudepigrahpa" because they were written at a much later time and by anomymous scribes who credited thier work to a hero or patriarch of the Bible, such as Enoch, Adam, Solomon, The Twelve Patriarchs, etc.
The editor makes a lot of excellent points in his INTRODUCTION to THE LOST BOOKS OF EDEN: "Writers sought to SHELTER THEMSELVES behind the names of the great dead. In this THEY WERE GUILTY OF NO FRAUD. They imagined what Solomon or Enoch would say upon a particular theme under given circumstances. It was NOT REALLY THEY THEMSELVES, but THIER Enoch, Solomon, or Enoch IN THEM, who uttered the new prophesies or temple praises... that body of literature, called by modern scholars 'PSEUDEPIGRAPHA' that is, writings erronously, un-historically, YET SINCERELY ascribed to heroic figures summed up from the vasty deep by a SELF-DENYING imagination, eager to ALTER MAN'S BELIEF OR CUSTOM, to interpret his hope or sorrow, WITHOUT PERSONAL GAIN OR FAME, and also, may one add, WITHOUT THE DETERRENT OF PERSECUTION OT ARREST FREE UTTERANCE!"
"NOW IT IS A FOOLISH MODERN PREDJUDICE AGAINST AN ANCIENT PIECE OF LITERATURE THAT ITS AUTHOR VEILED HIS PERSON IN THIS FASHION. The ONLY question is: Was the writing of INHERENT VALUE? DID IT EXERCISE INFLUENCE?
Some of these books are boring and a pain to get through, and some are innacurate to traditional Christain doctrine (THE ACTS OF PAUL AND THECLA as an example). Some, like HERMAS are not worth reading.
But I will take the words of "Enoch" in THE BOOK OF THE SECRETS OF ENOCH (the best work in this collection) literally:
"For the BOOKS ARE MANY and in them you will LEARN ALL THE LORD'S WORKS, all that has been from the beginning of Creation and will be to the end of time. And if you OBSERVE MY HANDWRITING, you WILL NOT SIN AGAINST THE LORD, because there is no other except the Lord..."
"And DISTRIBUTE THE BOOKS...amoungst the nations that have the sense to fear God, let them recieve them and MAY THEY COME TO LOVE THEM more than any food or EARTHLY SWEETS, and READ THEM and apply themselves to them. And those who understand not the Lord, who fear not God, who ACCEPT NOT, but reject, who do not receive them (sc. THE BOOKS), A TERRIBLE JUDGEMENT AWAITS THESE.
"BLESSED is the man who shall BEAR THIER YOKE and shall DRAG THEM ALONG, for he shall be released on the day of the great judgement."
Rating: 5
Summary: Are you ready for the next level of Bible wisdom? Read this.
Comment: This book is full of knowlege wisdom and understanding. It is a must read for anyone that loves the Word of God. These books should have never been left out of the Bible. Being in the place in time that we are now I think we should reread these books to see if they should be a part of our Christian experience. There is more than forty books in this collection. Hermas would have to be the best. Don't miss it.
Rating: 3
Summary: Not in the Canon, this book offers insight...
Comment: Having read this book and seeing why it is not in the Canon, I must admit it was worth getting into the mind of these writers. It's like the people who say "I saw Elvis..." only in the first few centuries of Christianity and early Judaism. The Star,Globe and Enquirer entertain our fantasies in 1998. In much the same way you will find this book fascinating.Good for a rainy day with nothing much to do.
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Title: The Secret Teachings of Jesus: Four Gnostic Gospels by Marvin Meyer ISBN: 0394744330 Publisher: Vintage Books Pub. Date: June, 1986 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Lost Books of the Bible by Rh Value Publishing ISBN: 0517277956 Publisher: Testament Pub. Date: 08 June, 1988 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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Title: The Other Bible by Willis Barnstone ISBN: 0062500309 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: May, 1984 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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Title: The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English by Geza Vermes ISBN: 0140278079 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Fallen Angels and the Origins of Evil: Why Church Fathers Suppressed the Book of Enoch and Its Startling Revelations by Elizabeth Clare Prophet ISBN: 0922729433 Publisher: Summit Univ Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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