Lost Books of the Bible?

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by Esther

What is you thoughts on the "lost books of the Bible"?

Would you want to read them?

Do you believe they were lost?

Do you believe in the Dead Sea Scrolls?

How about the Septuante (sp) do you believe it is authentic?

The Septuagint was the Bible of the first century apostles and accounts for almost all of the quotations of the Old Testament found in the New. It is also the source of the names of the Old Testament books (Genesis, Exodus, etc) that we use.

I was reading the Hypostasis of the Archons online the other day. It's part of the Nag Hammadi Library of Gnostic texts. Most of the so-called "lost books of the Bible" are Gnostic in origin.

It's interesting. If you've got a lot of down time and enjoy reading comparative literature it can be rewarding. It would be good to also read something like an historical criticism of the works you're looking at. There are usually pretty good reasons why the books were "lost."

The Dead Sea Scrolls are important because in addition to the ancient copies of many books from the Bible, we also have quotations within other works that give us a complete Old Testament - sans the book of Esther (sorry).

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by pelathais

The Septuagint was the Bible of the first century apostles and accounts for almost all of the quotations of the Old Testament found in the New. It is also the source of the names of the Old Testament books (Genesis, Exodus, etc) that we use.

I was reading the Hypostasis of the Archons online the other day. It's part of the Nag Hammadi Library of Gnostic texts. Most of the so-called "lost books of the Bible" are Gnostic in origin.

It's interesting. If you've got a lot of down time and enjoy reading comparative literature it can be rewarding. It would be good to also read something like an historical criticism of the works you're looking at. There are usually pretty good reasons why the books were "lost."

The Dead Sea Scrolls are important because in addition to the ancient copies of many books from the Bible, we also have quotations within other works that give us a complete Old Testament - sans the book of Esther (sorry).

The story of Esther & Mardecai is thought by many to be a telling of the story of Ishtar & Markuk.

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

The story of Esther & Mardecai is thought by many to be a telling of the story of Ishtar & Markuk.

Except that Ishtar has to go through the fiery palace that leads to the underworld and needs a set of codes to open the gates. Isis and Osiris in the Egyptian Book of the Dead is a clear derivative of the Ishtar/Marduk saga. The Book of Esther leaves out too many of the important story arcs. As genre it seems to fit better with the theme of the Solitary Jew in a Foreign Court - like the stories of Joseph and Daniel. There are secular accounts similar to this theme such as The Journey of Wen-Amon.

Just my humble opinion.