Suppressed by the early Church Fathers who compiled the Bible, these Apocryphal Books have for centuries been shrouded in silence. Now, for the first time in paperbound book, the reader can discover the hidden beauties of the Lost Books

This is a new release of the original 1927 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1927 edition.

THIS 28 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Forgotten Books of Eden, by Rutherford H. Platt. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1564596362.

THIS 64 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Forgotten Books of Eden, by Rutherford H. Platt. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1564596362.

Contains many Scarce Writings Giving Mankind's Early Pictures of the Past and Hopes for the Future that have Survived the Devastation of the Centuries. Translated from Manuscripts of the Pseudepigraphal Group and this Collection Published now for the First Time for the Information and Enjoyment of the Layman, with Notes Suggesting the Human Interest inherent in these Pages of Fundamental Wisdom and Beauty.

THIS 64 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Forgotten Books of Eden, by Rutherford H. Platt. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1564596362.

THIS 32 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Forgotten Books of Eden, by Rutherford H. Platt. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1564596362.

THIS 64 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Forgotten Books of Eden, by Rutherford H. Platt. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1564596362.

THIS 28 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Forgotten Books of Eden, by Rutherford H. Platt. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1564596362.

Contains many Scarce Writings Giving Mankind's Early Pictures of the Past and Hopes for the Future that have Survived the Devastation of the Centuries. Translated from Manuscripts of the Pseudepigraphal Group and this Collection Published now for the First Time for the Information and Enjoyment of the Layman, with Notes Suggesting the Human Interest inherent in these Pages of Fundamental Wisdom and Beauty.

THIS 46 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Forgotten Books of Eden, by Rutherford H. Platt. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1564596362.

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So for centuries among the Jews, writers sought to shelter themselves behind the names of the great dead. In this they were guilty of no fraud. They imagined what Solomon or Enoch would say, or sing, upon a particular theme under given circumstances. It was not really they themselves, but their Solomon, their Enoch, Solomon or Enoch in them, who uttered the new prophesies or temple praises. Thus arose that body of literature, called by modern scholars, "Pseudepigrapha," that is, writings erroneously, unhistorically, and yet sincerely, ascribed to heroic figures summed from the vasty deep by a self-denying imagination, eager to alter man's belief and custom, to interpret his hope and sorrow, without personal gain or fame, and also, may one add, without the deterrent of persecution to arrest free utterance Now it is a foolish modern prejudice against an ancient piece of literature that its author veiled his person in this fashion. The only question is: Was the writing of inherent value? Did it exercise influence?

THIS 30 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Forgotten Books of Eden, by Rutherford H. Platt. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1564596362.

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This is a collection of New Testament Apocrypha, including many works which were admired and read by the early Christians, but which were later excluded from the canonical Bible. It includes accounts of the young Jesus, particularly the Gospel of Mary and the Protevangelion, which provides additional folklore about the birth and youthful adventures of Jesus. --Sacred Texts

THIS 28 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Forgotten Books of Eden, by Rutherford H. Platt. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1564596362.

THIS 30 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Forgotten Books of Eden, by Rutherford H. Platt. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1564596362.

THIS 32 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Forgotten Books of Eden, by Rutherford H. Platt. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1564596362.

THIS 46 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Forgotten Books of Eden, by Rutherford H. Platt. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1564596362.

Contains many Scarce Writings Giving Mankind's Early Pictures of the Past and Hopes for the Future that have Survived the Devastation of the Centuries. Translated from Manuscripts of the Pseudepigraphal Group and this Collection Published now for the First Time for the Information and Enjoyment of the Layman, with Notes Suggesting the Human Interest inherent in these Pages of Fundamental Wisdom and Beauty.

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