The Lost Books of The Bible and The Forgotten Books of Eden

Very interesting text makes you wonder makes you think about a lot of things as far as what is truth and what is not especially when it comes to this so-called religion thing

Very good book to read.

I am grateful that I bought this book there so much knowledge if your willing stop listening to everyone and read it for yourself you will see it lines uo with his word even if you might not understand some things at that moment come back around to it you will see it's pure and of the same doctrine and so much information that we haven't been told remember after christ died there was so much to be said amd where is it some is here in the lost books of eden

This book represents a small portion of the thousands of writings that were left out or destroyed by emperor Constantine prior to the canonization of the bible at the council of Nicea. This was crucial in order for Constantine, frustrated with the ineffectiveness of killing or torturing followers of “the way” in an effort to do away with the anti Roman movement to hijack their beliefs and forge them into a religion of control and subservience as the new “official religion of Rome” in one of the most brilliant moves of political theatrics in history. These writings help to fill in the missing pieces and answer many questions which have been held captive by the church for centuries. Approach with an open mind, as there are descriptions of miracles and phenomena which require faith in the same way as those described in the bible.

I have not gotten very far into the book, but it seems to be interesting for Bible Scholars and everyone who enjoys learning more about how it came to be drafted and how it has been changed through the centuries. So far it has been a very thought provoking book. I look forward to a more through study of the books.

Can't seem to put it down, there's so much missing from the Bible and this tool to assists with filling in the blanks and answering questions the canonized removed.

There are many books within this text that I firmly believe are indeed the inspired Word of God. These books are consistent with the Bible and the character of God, Christ and the Holy Spirit. It explains many many things and gives a much greater sense and context to events in the Bible. The First and Second Books of Adam and Eve, the Book of Nicodemus and Hermas as well as the Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs are amazingly consistent with the Old and New Testaments. If you've ever wondered about what happened to Adam and Eve after Eden, or what life was life before the Flood, it is all there. It even tells how Jesus came broke through the gates of hell to redeem the righteous to include Adam, Seth, Isaiah, David and others. It also tells of the personal struggles of each of the twelve patriarchs in their own words just prior to each one's death. Again, all consistent with the Bible. These texts should be required reading for Jews and Gentiles.

I am protestant, and I believe this is somewhat scripted by the catholic church as it mentions the catholic church a few times. But all in all I feel as if I have actually learnt a few things I didn't know. I would say "don't ask if this is bibicly accurate" there is no real answer, just read at your own digression

I was brought up roman catholic, but to be honest, christianity never made a whole lot of sense to me.While at university (I wasn't studying anything religious), i started reading a lot of ancient texts, going through the dhammapada, the bhagavad gita, the rig veda, the upanisads, sama veda, athaveda, ayurveda, tuttvatha sutra, the tibetan book of the dead, the egyptian amduat, texts from the bdk tripitarka, the babylonian creation versus, popul vuh etc etc etcI always saw the point of these texts, but for the life of me, i couldn't get to the bottom of the bible at all. I had a 1611 translation and i went all the way through it, and i was just soo disappointed and disillusioned by it.So after reading it again, i decided to get this book to see what other early christian texts were about. I had previously read the nag hamadi library and i knew about early coptic texts such as the exegesis of the soul etc, so i knew that there were a load of christian texts that weren't in the bible.Now from my reading of old texts, i knew that with religions there's a certain "genealogy" of theological ideas, and that often a lot of texts existed in oratory style long before they were written down in many cases and that after the texts were written they often continued to evolve and develop, and i knew that there had been a lot of book burning with biblical texts of anything that was considered after the fact and / or heretical. So after reading the nag hamadi library, i decided to invest in this book.And i can honestly say even though i am about halfway though it, it was one of the best book purchases i ever made.Texts that really stand out in this volume are the Protoevangelion, Nicodemus, Paul and Thecla, Hermas etc.By far the text that most stands out is Nicodemus. I rather liked Matthew, but after reading Nicodemus, i genuinely felt like tossing my KJV in the bin because it was clearly so heavily censored and redacted that it grossly distorted the message of Christianity. Nicodemus absolutely opened my eyes and i understood that christianity was nothing like what i thought it was.I got answers to questions such as:1) Who was Mary, mother of Christ, where did she come from, what was she like?2) What were Christ's grandparents like?3) Christ was the most important person in the Christian faith, so why is there a blatant gap in christ's life between his birth and his adulthood?4) What happened after Christ died, how was it that Christ saved the world? He didn't have a superman cape, and he didn't save the world from being wiped out by an astroid or something, so what did this phrase actually mean?5) What was "the truth" ?6) What is the holy trinity?7) Why was it necessary for Christ to die?8) What is the holy trinity?9) Are there books that should be in the bible, but aren't?10) if yes, why?This book answers these questions for me.After reading Nicodemus, i realised that what christianity was about was being yourself, and daring to confront the dystopian state of the time, and the corruption of judiac faith. That it was a degenerate spiral that nobody dared to stand up for the truth, that "the truth" wasn't an absolute truth, or about christianity or god as such, but it was the truth of being genuine, of being sincere.Nicodemus's text and his unique and enlightened understanding of Christ felt a cross between philosophers such a soren kierkegaard and friedrich nietzsche. In so much as it was the poetry of the soul, it wasn't enough to be god fearing and principled, it was necessary to have the will to do what is right and the principles, (in hinduism we'd call this dharma) and through the grace of god (if you like, fortune / karma) you could be superlative "das uberman" if you will.Nicodemus argued essentially that in a dystopian nightmare where the populous spent their entire time self censoring, and being timid about doing what was right, the best way to overcome societal evil was actually to have the strength to stand up for what was right, and through the holy trinity you essentially become a role model, which in a dystopian society, is the biggest enemy of the state; the individual, and you'd be invincible to the evil surrounding you.But it wasn't enough to just do that, it had to be based in truth and sincerity also.Although this is the perfect model in many ways for how one should conduct themselves, it seems paradoxical in many ways that following Christ could get you Crucified, but the conclusion i reached was actually that it was necessary because any other outcome would have been a less than perfect depiction of Christ as a role model, and it was the concept of Christ / sincerity as a role model that was so critical to the world then, as it is now.After Christ's death a lot of the people who were complicit in his death where quite struck by his sincerity, and it wore off on them, and they were profoundly changed people after the fact.One of the biggest tragedies of the bible, is that it moved from the old testiment of a god being angry and vengeful into this era of self realisation of how to live your life in a god fearing way, in harmony with the world, yet the bible ends with revelations, which almost reverts back to the old testiment and all the problems of the old faith that led to the dystopian scenario that jesus found himself in. It's as though whoever wrote revelation forgot the message.If the bible ended with nicodemus instead of revelation, it would be a very different book.But then again people standing up for what is right in society and walking around with revolutionary ideas is a problem for the state, for kings and for the church, so it's of little surprise that it didn't make it into the bible we have today...

Very good read gives amazing knowledge and helps give understanding from about bible

A brilliant reference book

Very good book,to see what the churches left out of the Bible.You all should read this.

Oh what knowledge!