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As the key work of the largest religion in the western world it has shaped our world in many subtle ways. Tan, xavier university, cincinnati, oh 452074442 this anthology of noncanonical gospels, acts of the apostles, epistles, apocalypses and related writings in highly readable english. Lost scriptures books that did not make it into the new testament bart d. The new testament did not emerge as an established and complete set of books immediately after the death of jesus. This list is about 10 of the most interesting books not inc luded in the new testament. Lost scriptures offers an anthology of uptodate and readable translations of many noncanonical writings from the first centuries after christtexts th. The new testament of the christian bible is one of the most influential works of the last two millennia. A companion anthology paired with ehrmans lost christianities. Readers will find gospels supposedly authored by the apostle philip, james the brother of jesus, mary magdalen, and others. The battles for scripture and the faiths we never knew and lost scriptures. Many years passed before christians agreed concerning which books should comprise their sacred scriptures, with debates over the contour of the canon i. While most people think that the twentyseven books of the new testament are. In his list of lost scriptures ehrman provides fortyseven selections of which twentysix are complete at least as is while the others are variously abridged or are mere fragments of known texts. Best of all, if after reading an ebook, you buy a paper version of lost scriptures.
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