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Alternate Gospels

Discussion in 'Religion & Spirituality Forum' started by Ssstern, Apr 12, 2004.

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  1. Apr 12, 2004 at 11:07 AM #1
    Ssstern

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    I know this is kinda late, but over the weekend they had a show on about the Gospels that didn't make the bible. Like Thomas, and Mary and a few others. I guess some are considered unauthentic due to the time frame which they were written. Does anyone have any thoughts on those Gospels?
     
  2. Apr 12, 2004 at 2:43 PM #2
    Superfluous_Nut

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    it's funny, i was just talking about this with somebody. must be the season.

    yeah, when the bible was cannonized, constantine (and the council of nicea) selected which books to use. the other ones were tossed out. how did they pick these? well, i doubt politics didn't enter into it. i'm sure the four they picked for the NT were the ones that agreed most with each other and what they wanted the church to be like.
     
  3. Apr 12, 2004 at 10:14 PM #3
    ECILAM

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    I used to have some of those Apocryphal gospels. One of them covers the life of Christ as a child. It reads like "Firestarter" meets "The Bad Seed." According to the one I read, Jesus would get in arguments with other kids and use his powers to kill other kids or make them "wither." People became afraid of him, and his family had to move around a lot. I forget which book it was.
     
  4. Apr 12, 2004 at 11:40 PM #4
    mathmajors

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    I've always been interested in this stuff. Anyone got any recommended reading?
     
  5. Apr 13, 2004 at 7:56 AM #5
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    I thought the one ecilam was talking about is called the book of eden? Or eve? I read it years ago. Wicked stuff.
     
  6. Apr 13, 2004 at 8:14 AM #6
    BigVito

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    For an introduction to the "Lost Gospels" found at Nag Hammadi, I'd highly recommend "The Gnostic Gospels" by Elaine Pagels. Pagels is a theologian at Princeton University and her books, while academic in nature, are quite accessible and thought provoking.
     
  7. Apr 13, 2004 at 9:13 AM #7
    vpkozel

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    I think that these gospels should only be read if the other gospels are unwilling or unable to perform their duties.

    Or if some pictures of them eating at the Y surface....
     
  8. Apr 13, 2004 at 11:05 AM #8
    Ssstern

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    This is one they mentioned too. It sounded very interesting. I believe she was one of the experts on the show too.
     
  9. Apr 13, 2004 at 11:16 AM #9
    BigVito

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    I enjoy her work. I believe she has 4 books out, the latest being on the "Gospel of Thomas." Good stuff without jumping all over the place with wild assumptions.

    The book I'm currently reading is "Secret Origins of the Bible" by Tim Callahan. I'm just getting started but his angle is comparative mythology with linguistic and phonetic sidenotes. His introduction to the Documentary Hypothesis of the Pentateuch is one of the easiest to understand that I've read. Of course, I'm just a novice at theology and Biblical criticism, so I like it when they use small words.
     
  10. Apr 13, 2004 at 11:26 AM #10
    kshead

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    I believe you are thinking of the "First Runner Up" Gospels.
     
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