Lost Books of the Bible and The Forgotten Books of Eden | Rutherford Hayes Platt

Lost Books of the Bible and The Forgotten Books of Eden

Collected by Rutherford Hayes Platt | 2020 Facsimile Edition

The Most Popular Collection of Apocryphal Literature

This 2020 edition is a combined volume of two of the most significant collections of non-canonical literature ever assembled. As noted by Rutherford Hayes Platt, this work remains the definitive collection of apocryphal and pseudepigraphal literature since its initial release in 1926. This volume is a meticulously preserved facsimile, ensuring that the academic researcher has access to the original text as it was presented nearly a century ago, free from the common errors of modern optical recognition software.

The volume is divided into two comprehensive sections:

• The Lost Books of the Bible: Focusing on the New Testament period, this section compiles translations of early Christian texts that were not included in the finalized biblical canon.
• The Forgotten Books of Eden: This section features the "First and Second Books of Adam and Eve," translated from ancient Ethiopic to German, and then into English by Solomon Caesar Malan. It also includes Old Testament pseudepigrapha originally curated by R.H. Charles at Oxford in 1913.

Providing a window into the spiritual and literary landscape of early Judeo-Christian history, this book is an essential starting point for any serious student of the pseudepigrapha or the evolution of the Bible.

Who Readers Will Love This

• Theological Researchers: An authoritative physical copy for those studying early Christian and Jewish texts.
• History Students: Those interested in the 19th-century academic movement to rediscover "lost" ancient texts.
• Academic Collectors: Bibliophiles looking for high-quality facsimile editions that preserve historical formatting.

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