On a History Channel program, Banned From the Bible, various books of the Bible were exluded from the final cut. Books written by the same authors as the ones that made print. If the Bible is the word of God, what right does man have to censor those books?
* Biblical scholars speculate on the reasons behind their exclusion.
* Examine major works of Christian theology that did not make it into the Scriptures.
* See how these works have been discovered--and where they have been used.
For many of the faithful, the idea smacks of heresy. But the Bible we know is just one of many versions that surely circulated in the early days of Christianity, and there are several fully-fledged books left out of the "final draft."
BANNED FROM THE BIBLE travels back to the blistering sands of the Holy Land, into the onion-domed chapels of Eastern Orthodox churches and the pages of the Koran on the trail of the chapters that were left out of the ultimate version of the Scriptures. Learn of "The Life of Adam and Eve," a detailed account of the creation story written before Jesus was born that is included in the Koran. The incestuous account of "The Book of Jubilees" was included in the Orthodox Old Testament and the Dead Sea Scrolls. "The Book of Enoch" was an ancient bestseller, telling the story of the man said in Genesis to have walked with God and been assumed directly into heaven.
These eight ancient works offer a fresh perspective on the figures at the foundation of faith.
"I really enjoyed the accounts of the story of Jesus as a child, the infancy. Stories that have been ommitted by humans. I've read some opinions in the following site that profess the Bible is the only word of God and these ommitted books are only provided as blasphemous renditions of what is the truth and were censored becasue they were lies. Lies to whom. Certainly not the apostles who wrote them. There are several books of 'Revelations' but John's was the only one to be included. Peter's was thrown out, still he should feel ok he got some other books in there..."
When Jesus was a boy, did he kill another child? Was Mary Magdalene a prostitute -- or an apostle? Did Cain commit incest? Will there be an apocalypse or is this God's trick to scare us? The answers to these questions aren't found in the Bible as we know it, but they exist in scriptures banned when powerful leaders deemed them unacceptable for reasons both political and religious.
A Christian view/clarification on this will be much appreciated
if you read the wikipedia entry it tells you why they were rejected, it looks like most were either written too late or were not written by the people that claimed to write them... like the Gospel of James which wasnt written by James... or they were rejected for being written too late and for saying heretical things about Jesus like the infancy gospel... the bible is not like the koran, it is more like the hadith... its not like jesus came to us and handed us one big uniform book... instead he walked around and preached and performed miracles and based on the observations of those around him that became the bible (written of course under the guidance of the holy spirit)... so church leaders had to decide whether gospels were actually accurate and then they had to decide if they were inspired...
No, just responses you don't want to hear because they are inconvenient.
I dont see Quran bashing as a legitimate answer. If people have problems with certain verses, then can make a new thread just like I did. I got recieved zero explantions to the issue of the rejected bibles.
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if you read the wikipedia entry it tells you why they were rejected, it looks like most were either written too late or were not written by the people that claimed to write them...
That is a good reason. However, wikipedia also states that some of these rejected scriptures were also found with the dead sea scrolls.
the bible is not like the koran, it is more like the hadith... its not like jesus came to us and handed us one big uniform book... instead he walked around and preached and performed miracles and based on the observations of those around him that became the bible (written of course under the guidance of the holy spirit)... so church leaders had to decide whether gospels were actually accurate and then they had to decide if they were inspired...
Sigh...the whole point is " humans" have NO right to decide what goes in the Bible. If its meant to be the word of God, then dont change anything. Whether its adding or deleting. Whatever God puts down for us, He does for a reason. I assure you God is much smarter than us! How can u call it the word of God when u have people adding or deleteing stuff. Its simple realli, not hard.
I dont think God sent down His words, so people can change it.
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