Which books were left out of the New Testament of the modern Bible?

Question

Why were these books left out?Are they written in Aramaic?But most importantly,is it possible for one to get online copies(pdf) of these books?

Answer 1

Early Church historians wrote of a work called, "The Sayings of Christ", which they claim was used by the early Messianic Jews (not Christians) at Jerusalem, circa 45 A.D. Most modern secular historians believe that this now missing document, i.e., "The Sayings of Christ", was the primary source that the Gospel writers referenced when quoting Yeshua.

We must keep in mind that the only Bible used by Christ and the apostles was the Tanakh. I believe that the Bible's message is 100% perfect and pure, but I do not regard it as an infallible piece of literature. The Gospels alone are riddled with minor discrepancies.

As for the language issue...any works produced in the area of Judaea would have certainly been written in Aramaic. Such works include the Gospel of Matthew, the Epistle of James, and the Epistle of Jude. Works produced in Antioch, Greece, Rome, Egypt, and elsewhere would most definitely have been written in Greek.

An important clue to canonicity is the matter of "contradiction". If a document's information contradicts existing info within the canon, that contradictory work will be thrown out and deemed illegitimate. Such is the case with the Apocrypha used by Catholic and Orthodox Christians. Many, if not all, of the works within the Apocrypha contain information, whether chronologic, geographic, historic, or dogmatic, that contradicts confirmed information within the Biblical Canon. The same goes for all other outside works, e.g., the Gospel of Thomas, etc.

Essentially, what we have is what we have. We should focus mostly upon the Tanakh and the teachings of Christ. What the disciples wrote is important and is a good moral guide, but it is not tantamount to the Words of God. Remember, they weren't prophets; they were students and teachers. Their words are not God's words; they are simply divinely inspired.

Answer 2

the story of Jesus' life was recorded by Meany but they are not all accurate or some have little use I am sure it is possible to find them on line I have Thomasa's Gospel which is no where near as good as those in the bible and there is a Barnabas I hear some Muslim scolder claiming he reads as the bible but they were never in the bible so you can not relay say they were left out the Apocrypha is books the catholic bible has that the slandered does not they are all oldtestiment and I do have a copy of that but it is no ways comparable with the books in the bible and seems more like copy's of other books apart from the Macabys wich is a history between the last prphets and John the babtist the birth of Jesus God can speak directly to us we do not need the bible it is only a help

Answer 3

The Gospel of the Nazareans, Ebionites, Hebrews, & Egyptians
The Coptic Gospel of Thomas
The Gospel of Peter, Mary, Philip, Truth, the Savior, and the Unknown
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas
The proto-Gospel of James
The Epistle of the Apostles
The Coptic Apocalypse of Peter
The Secret Gospel of Mark. The Acts of John, Paul, Thecla, Thomas, and Peter
The third Letter to the Corinthians
Correspondence of Paul and Seneca
Paul's Letter to the Laodiceans
The Letters of Clement 1 & 2
The Letter of "Peter to James" and its Reception
The Homilies of Clement
Ptolemy Letter to Flora
The Treatise on the Resurrection
The Didache
The Letter of Barnabas
Teh Preaching of Peter
Pseudo-Titus
The Shepard of Hermas
The Apocalypse of Peter and Paul
The Secret Book of John
On the Origin of the World
The first Thought in Three Forms
The Hymn of the Pearl

If you are really interested buy the book "Lost Scriptures" Books that Did Not Make It into the New Testament by Bart D. Ehrman.

Answer 4

The true, God-inspired, books of the Bible are all there. What people are coming up with now and claiming as God's word is another scam. And because most of us will admit we don't know enough about God's word to debate these new theories, we tend to just accept them as true. If you study the Bible in the original Hebrew and Greek, things will make so much more sense to you, and it IS truly the truth!!!! God bless you!

Answer 5

i assume the different respondents are not conscious of the Coptic Church or the Othodox Church. they are, possibly, additionally, unaware that the Scriptures have been cannonized until now the papists won administration of the western church. whilst the e book of Isiah became translated from the ineffective Sea Scrolls the only variations between the classic texts and modern-day translations have been some punctuation marks (jots and tittles). Who made the ideas with reference to the Holy word of God? God. of direction. it somewhat is His e book.

Answer 6

vivek k,
I think that the Book of Enoch was up for election. Then, Revelation was the one chosen.

Personally, I think we could have done without James, but oh well.

The Book of Enoch was lost to history, then I think that it was in the 1800's that it was found again in Eithiopia.

I will leave you with a good Apocrypha, etc. site.

Answer 7

I THINK SOME SCROLLS ARE BEING DISCOVERED OR HAVE BEEN BUT THEY ARE NOT RELEVANT TO THE BIBLE THE BIBLE IS INTACT AND NOTHING WAS LEFT OUT DO NOT LET MAN FOOL YOU EVEN IN THEIR SAY THEY COPIED AND LIED AND SOME OF THOSE SO CALLED LEFT OUT BOOKS HAVE BEEN PROVEN FALSE KEEP READING THIS BIBLE IT WILL SHOW YOU THE TRUTH

Answer 8

look it up yourself, try 'lost testaments'
by the way, for all the idiots out there who don't know fact from fiction, the DaVinci Code is just a story, made up, like the fairy tales your mommy told you when you were a baby. N obody is claiming otherwise.(well, maybe YOu are)

Answer 9

I see your mind has been warped by the Da Vinci Code.

http://www.ankerberg.com/Articles/historical-Jesus/DaVinci/HJ-Da-Vinci-Code-questions.htm

Click this link to find out more about why the Da Vinci Code is a lie.

Answer 10

what books are you talking about?