false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171570482m/107277.jpg 107277 4 While most people think that the twenty-seven books of the New Testament are the only sacred writings of the early Christians, this is not at all the case. A companion volume to Bart Ehrman's Lost Christianities, this book offers an anthology of up-to-date and readable translations of many non-canonical writings from the first centuries after Christ--texts that have been for the most part lost or neglected for almost two millennia. Here is an array of remarkably varied writings from early Christian groups whose visions of Jesus differ dramatically from our contemporary understanding. Readers will find Gospels supposedly authored by the apostle Philip, James the brother of Jesus, Mary Magdalen, and others. There are Acts originally ascribed to John and to Thecla, Paul's female companion; there are Epistles allegedly written by Paul to the Roman philosopher Seneca. And there is an apocalypse by Simon Peter that offers a guided tour of the afterlife, both the glorious ecstasies of the saints and the horrendous torments of the damned, and an Epistle by Titus, a companion of Paul, which argues page after page against sexual love, even within marriage, on the grounds that physical intimacy leads to damnation. In all, the anthology includes fifteen Gospels, five non-canonical Acts of the Apostles, thirteen Epistles, a number of Apocalypses and Secret Books, and several Canon lists. Ehrman has included a general introduction, plus brief introductions to each piece. This important anthology gives readers a vivid picture of the range of beliefs that battled each other in the first centuries of the Christian era. 2951597 book 2003 Lost Scriptures: Books that Did Not Make It into the New Testament total:145|5:37|4:52|3:45|2:11|1:0| 145 550 302 13 2 0 false false Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 10:40:35 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 17:31:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 20 21:28:10 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 21:29:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 11:29:21 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 06:55:30 -0800 2008 once
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