The Lost Books of The Bible
The Gospel of Barnabas
- The Gospel of Barnabas is a known forgery that was falsely attributed to the early Christian disciple Barnabas.
- There are 2 copies of The Gospel of Barnabas. One is written in Italian and the other in Spanish.
- Was written until 1300-1500 AD
- Not to be confused with The Acts of Barnabas which are apocryphal documents.
- The Gospel of Barnabas has internal evidence that disqualifies it.
a) It says Jesus spent 40 days on Mount Sinai and then he came to the Jordan River and then he walked to Jerusalem but Mount Sinai is more than a weeks journey away from Jerusalem and Jerusalem is more than a days journey away from the Jordan River.
b) It shows no evidence of coming from or having knowledge of 1st century Jewish understanding. It says, “Jesus is the Christ but not the Messiah.” The author not realizing these are the same words.
c) The Gospel of Barnabas paraphrases ‘Dante’s Inferno’ which was written in 1314 AD.
The Gospel of Mary Magdalene
- The Gospel of Mary is also considered illegitimate.
- Although the manuscript, the on papyrus it is on wad carbon dated back to the 4th century, the text was copied from a PDF version of the Gospel of Thomas, known as Grondin’s Interlinear.
- There was a mistake made in Grondin’s Interlinear that was copied into The Gospel of Mary Magdalene.
The Gospel of Thomas
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The Book of Enoch
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The Protevangelion
- This section is a work in progress.
The Gospel of the Infancy of Jesus Christ
- This section is a work in progress.
The Book of Jesus Christ
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The Gospel of Nicodemus (Acts of Pilate)
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The Apostles’ Creed
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The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Laodiceans
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The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Seneca, with Seneca’s to Paul
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The Acts of Paul and Thecla
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The Epistle of Clement
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The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians
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The Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians
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The Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians
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The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans
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The Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians
- This section is a work in progress.
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrneans
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The Epistle of Ignatius to Polycarp
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The Shepherd of Hermas
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Letter of Herod To Pilate the Governor
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Letter of Pilate to Herod
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The Lost Gospel of Peter
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The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians
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The History of Susana
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