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Lost Books of The Bible

The document discusses three categories of books that some say belong in Scripture: books of the Apocrypha, books of the Pseudepigrapha, and the Didache. The books of the Apocrypha include works from 150 BC to 100 AD. The books of the Pseudepigrapha include works such as the Epistle of Barnabas and the Gospel of Judas from the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. The final category discussed is the Didache from the 1st century AD.

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Lost Books of The Bible

The document discusses three categories of books that some say belong in Scripture: books of the Apocrypha, books of the Pseudepigrapha, and the Didache. The books of the Apocrypha include works from 150 BC to 100 AD. The books of the Pseudepigrapha include works such as the Epistle of Barnabas and the Gospel of Judas from the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. The final category discussed is the Didache from the 1st century AD.

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There are three main categories of books that some say belong in Scripture:

1. Books of the Apocrypha:


There has been much disagreement over the years as to which books constitute the
Apocrypha, and indeed the list of books has changed over time. Here is the best list we
could confirm.
First and Second Esdras (150-100 BC)
Tobit (200 BC)
Judith (150 BC)
Additions to Esther (140-130 BC)
Wisdom of Solomon (30 BC)
Ecclesiasticus, otherwise known as The Wisdom of Jesus son of Sirach (132 BC)
Baruch (150-50 BC)
Letter of Jeremiah (300-100 BC)
Song of the Three Holy Children, an addition in the Greek version of Daniel 3 (170-160 BC)
Susanna (200-0 BC)
Bel and the Dragon (100 BC)
Additions to Daniel, or the Prayer of Azariah (200-0 BC)
Prayer of Manasseh (100-0 BC)
First Maccabees (110 BC)
Second Maccabees (110-170 BC)

2. Books of the Pseudepigrapha:


Epistle of Barnabas
First (and Second) Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
The letter of the Smyrnaeans (also known as The Martyrdom of Polycarp)
The Shepherd of Hermas
The Book of Enoch
The Gospel of Judas (130-170 AD)
The Gospel of Thomas (140-170 AD)
The Psalms of Solomon

The Odes of Solomon


The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
Second Baruch
The Books of Adam and Eve
The Acts of Phillip
The Apocalypse of Peter
The Gospel of the Nativity of Mary
The Gospel of Nicodemus
The Gospel of the Saviours Infancy
The History of Joseph the Carpenter
The Acts of Paul (including Paul and Thecla)
The Seven Epistles of Ignatius
The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians

3. The Didache, or The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles

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