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Author : Marcus Borg
Publisher : Ulysses Press
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1999-03-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781569751893
Presents the original teachings of Jesus written by his contemporaries and early followers
Author : David Marshall
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0736920552
Recent headlines, bestselling books, and even a blockbuster movie have called a lot of attention to the "Lost Gospels"-ancient documents that portray a Jesus far different from the one found in the Bible. What are the "Lost Gospels," and where did they come from? Are these writings trustworthy? Are they on par with the Bible? Have we had wrong perceptions about Jesus all along? A careful comparison of the "Lost Gospels" to the Bible reveals a number of alarming discrepancies that are cause for concern. This eye-opening resource will enable you to take a well-informed and well-reasoned stand on a controversy now sweeping the world. Book jacket.
Author : Simcha Jacobovici
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781605987293
Waiting to be rediscovered in the British Library is an ancient manuscript of the early Church, copied by an anonymous monk. The manuscript is at least 1,450 years old, possibly dating to the first century. And now, The Lost Gospel provides the first ever translation from Syriac into English of this unique document that tells the inside story of Jesus’ social, family, and political life.The Lost Gospel takes the reader on an unparalleled historical adventure through a paradigm shifting manuscript. What the authors eventually discover is as astounding as it is surprising: the confirmation of Jesus’ marriage to Mary Magdalene; the names of their two children; the towering presence of Mary Magdalene; a previously unknown plot on Jesus’ life (thirteen years prior to the crucifixion); an assassination attempt against Mary Magdalene and their children; Jesus’ connection to political figures at the highest level of the Roman Empire; and a religious movement that antedates that of Paul—the Church of Mary Magdalene.Part historical detective story, part modern adventure, The Lost Gospel reveals secrets that have been hiding in plain sight for millennia.
Author : Philip Jenkins
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2002-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199760701
This incisive critique thoroughly and convincingly debunks the claims that recently discovered texts such as the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Mary, and even the Dead Sea Scrolls undermine the historical validity of the New Testament. Jenkins places the recent controversies surrounding the hidden gospels in a broad historical context and argues that, far from being revolutionary, such attempts to find an alternative Christianity date back at least to the Enlightenment. By employing the appropriate scholarly and historical methodologies, he demonstrates that the texts purported to represent pristine Christianity were in fact composed long after the canonical gospels found in the Bible. Produced by obscure heretical movements, these texts have attracted much media attention chiefly because they seem to support radical, feminist, and post-modern positions in the modern church. Indeed, Jenkins shows how best-selling books on the "hidden gospels" have been taken up by an uncritical, drama-hungry media as the basis for a social movement that could have powerful effects on the faith and practice of contemporary Christianity.
Author : Bart D. Ehrman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780195343519
The biblical scholar recounts the events surrounding the discovery and handling of the Gospel of Judas, and provides an overview of its content, in which Judas is portrayed as a faithful disciple.
Author : Rodolphe Kasser,Marvin Meyer,Gregor Wurst,Francois Gaudard
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781426204159
For 1,600 years its message lay hidden. When the bound papyrus pages of this lost gospel finally reached scholars who could unlock its meaning, they were astounded. Here was a gospel that had not been seen since the early days of Christianity, and which few experts had even thought existed–a gospel told from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, history’s ultimate traitor. And far from being a villain, the Judas that emerges in its pages is a hero. In this radical reinterpretation, Jesus asks Judas to betray him. In contrast to the New Testament Gospels, Judas Iscariot is presented as a role model for all those who wish to be disciples of Jesus and is the one apostle who truly understands Jesus. Discovered by farmers in the 1970s in Middle Egypt, the codex containing the gospel was bought and sold by antiquities traders, secreted away, and carried across three continents, all the while suffering damage that reduced much of it to fragments. In 2001, it finally found its way into the hands of a team of experts who would painstakingly reassemble and restore it. The Gospel of Judas has been translated from its original Coptic to clear prose, and is accompanied by commentary that explains its fascinating history in the context of the early Church, offering a whole new way of understanding the message of Jesus Christ.
Author : Rutherford H. Platt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2005-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1955821461
What books were left out of the Bible and why? First issued in 1926, this is the most popular collection of apocryphal and pseudepigraphal literature ever published. Here, in one place, are the infancy gospels, the letter of Jesus to Abgarus, the Gospel of Nicodemus, the Legends of Paul and Thecla, the Epistles of Clement and Barnabus, the Shepherd of Hermas, the Books of Adam and Eve, the Secrets of Enoch, the Psalms and Odes of Solomon, the many Testaments of the Patriarchs, and many more ancient books which were highly revered, but ultimately left out of the Bible.
Author : Darrell L. Bock
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433673146
While some seek so-called lost gospels, Darrell L. Bock suggests the real lost gospel is the one already found in the Bible and reminds everyone of what it means: good news. Praise for Recovering the Real Lost Gospel "Darrell Bock is one of the church's finest New Testament scholars. He has the unique ability to write on both the technical and popular level and presents a biblical theology of the gospel that is clear, robust, and holistic. This is a valuable contribution to helping us rightly understand the greatness of the gospel." Daniel L. Akin, president, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary "You are holding in your hands a really rare book--one that goes all the way back to the New Testament in connecting the gospel and the cross with the life of discipleship and the mission of the church in a broken world that needs the message of grace. Darrell Bock is one of our best biblical theologians and is at his best in this new study." Timothy George, dean, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University "Recovering the Real Lost Gospel is a welcomed corrective and timely guide for so many individuals and churches who seemingly have lost their way amidst the confusing spirituality and mixed religious messages of our day." David S. Dockery, president, Union University "Bock teaches us the essence of the best news ever told. The gospel is so much more than good advice . . . it is the message of life, hope, grace, and Jesus himself! Get ready to be reminded why it is the best news ever!" Pete Briscoe, senior pastor, Bent Tree Bible Fellowship (Dallas, Texas) "Too many Christians think of 'the Gospel' as merely the last page of an evangelistic tract. Bock demonstrates with clarity and vision that the gospel is better news than some have dared to hope. Read this book, and let its wisdom drive you to worship and to mission." Russell D. Moore, dean, School of Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Author : Philip Jenkins
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2002-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0195156315
Debunks the claims that recently discovered texts such as the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Mary undermine the historical validity of the New Testament.
Author : J. A. Warrick
Publisher : J.A. Warrick
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781432784751
When Jesus said, Seek and you will find; ask and the door will be opened, he was literally pointing the way for each and every one of us to find the secret door within. Find out why doing this is so important; why the scriptures, which spoke of the need for this, were banned and hidden so many centuries ago, and why seeking understanding of everything Jesus said is more important now than ever before. Find out who the fallen angels were (and are), when they are likely to return, and why, in the words of the apostle Paul, its imperative to ... take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. (Ephesians 6:13)That evil day is much nearer than most people realize. It is, in fact, nearly upon us.
Author : Nicholas Thomas Wright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123545647
N.T. Wright, an ancient historian, biblical scholar, and bishop, offers a Christian response to the discovery (and the sensation surrounding that discovery) of the Gospel of Judas.
Author : Theodore Nottingham
Publisher : Theosis Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0985907452
Author : James McConkey Robinson
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Gnostic literature
ISBN : 9004071857
Author : Elaine Pagels
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1989-09-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780679724537
A provocative study of the gnostic gospels and the world of early Christianity as revealed through the Nag Hammadi texts.
Author : Philip Jenkins
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780465061617
The standard account of early Christianity tells us that the first centuries after Jesus' death witnessed an efflorescence of Christian sects, each with its own gospel. We are taught that these alternative scriptures, which represented intoxicating, daring, and often bizarre ideas, were suppressed in the fourth and fifth centuries, when the Church canonized the gospels we know today: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The rest were lost, destroyed, or hidden. In The Many Faces of Christ, the renowned religious historian Philip Jenkins thoroughly refutes our most basic assumptions about the Lost Gospels. He reveals that dozens of alternative gospels not only survived the canonization process but in many cases remained influential texts within the official Church. Whole new gospels continued to be written and accepted. For a thousand years, these strange stories about the life and death of Jesus were freely admitted onto church premises, approved for liturgical reading, read by ordinary laypeople for instruction and pleasure, and cited as authoritative by scholars and theologians. The Lost Gospels spread far and wide, crossing geographic and religious borders. The ancient Gospel of Nicodemus penetrated into Southern and Central Asia, while both Muslims and Jews wrote and propagated gospels of their own. In Europe, meanwhile, it was not until the Reformation and Counter-Reformation that the Lost Gospels were effectively driven from churches. But still, many survived, and some continue to shape Christian practice and belief in our own day. Offering a revelatory new perspective on the formation of the biblical canon, the nature of the early Church, and the evolution of Christianity, The Many Faces of Christ restores these Lost Gospels to their central place in Christian history.