Has anyone read the contents of the lost books of the bible called infancy one and infancy two?

Question

It relates to Jesus as a young boy. If you read it what did you think?

(prof virgo) I found it at my local library and it was simply titled The Lost Books of the Bible.

Answer 1

Yes, I have read them, however I believe in the Nag Hammadi Library they are referred to by other names.
What you have to understand is that in the 3rd century (c.e.) when Constantine gathered the bishops together to come up with a single religion for everyone (general, or Catholic) all these different gospels were at their disposal.
The picked through them until they came up with pretty much what we know today as the Holy Bible.
There was, however, a group of people who held dear to these Gnostic Gospels and soon became a rival to the Catholic Church.
The church became very powerful, and therefore most of these people were destroyed and what few remained
went into hiding. That is why the Nag Hamadi Library was not discovered until the mid twentieth Century.
So are they authentic? Do they speak the truth?
I sure hope so because some of the stories are as fascinating as Moses parting the Red Sea (or Sea of Reeds), and both Jesus and Peter walking on water.
I hope this helps you, and keep reading!

Answer 2

Most "Lost Books" are fabrications. In the early days of the Christian church, there was an attempt to legitimize a variety of perceived problems. One book has Adam and Eve running around for 5 weeks before "God" gave them stomachs.

The birth narrative is not present in two of the Gospels, so some clever editors may have decided that they would need to be added. The books you refer to as Infancy were likely works in that vein, written to be included at the beginning of those Gospels.

Answer 3

I think both infancy gospels are made-up, mythical, fictional stories written by people who tried to carry the signs and wonders of Jesus to his childhood--and his mother's.

Read 'em yourself:

The Infancy Gospel of James
http://www.gospels.net/translations/infancyjamestranslation.html

The Infancy Gospel of Thomas:
http://www.gospels.net/translations/infancythomastranslation.html

Answer 4

They are good stories. Actually a lot better than a lot of the things that Made the cut and ended up in the bible.

The good one is the gospel of Thomas. It is a bit cryptic, but it sounds a lot more like the real Jesus than a lot of the reworked nonsense in the bible.

Love and blessings
don

Answer 5

Ive heard of it but havent read it. Not sure where to find it. Probably websearch but that means I cant highlight anything *sigh* Ive read lost books, not all but when I can I do. So far none have convinced me that the Gospel isn't true.

Answer 6

no, but there are other Gospels, that talk about Jesus as a young boy. The Gospels of Thomas and Mary do, and there may be one wrote by James - who was supposed to be Jesus' brother.

Answer 7

And after these things one day Jesus was playing with other boys upon the top of an house of two stories. And one child was pushed down by another and thrown down to the ground and died. And the boys which were playing with him, when they saw it, fled, and Jesus was left alone standing upon the roof whence the boy was thrown down. 2 And when the parents of the boy that was dead heard of it they ran weeping, and when they found the boy lying dead upon the earth and Jesus standing alone, they supposed that the boy had been thrown down by him, and they looked upon him and reviled him. 3 But Jesus, seeing that, leaped down straightway from the upper story and stood at the head of him that was dead and saith to him: Zeno, did I cast thee down? Arise and tell. For so was the boy called. And with the word the boy rose up and worshipped Jesus and said: Lord, thou didst not cast me down, but when I was dead thou didst make me alive.

Answer 8

Yes, I have read the lost books. I haven't seen anything that I doubt to be true, and it's all very meaningful and inspiring.

Answer 9

this is the part of the whole christian religion i dont understand! why do things keep being found and added to the bible or religion?? god does not leave his followers with puzzle peices, this is as tho gods work was never finished for us to try to find the true path to him and life forever...think about this...

Answer 10

I've not heard of the books, but have heard of the Dead Sea Scrolls, which were also lost books of the bible.