{"product_id":"lost-scriptures-bart-d-ehrman-9780195182507","title":"Lost Scriptures: Books that Did Not Make It Into the New Testament | Bart D. Ehrman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhile most people think that the twenty-seven books of the New Testament are the only sacred writings of the early Christians, this is not at all the case.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA companion volume to Bart Ehrman's \u003cem\u003eLost Christianities\u003c\/em\u003e, this book offers an anthology of up-to-date and readable translations of many non-canonical writings from the first centuries after Christ—texts that have been for the most part lost or neglected for almost two millennia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere is an array of remarkably varied writings from early Christian groups whose visions of Jesus differ dramatically from our contemporary understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReaders will find Gospels supposedly authored by the apostle Philip, James the brother of Jesus, Mary Magdalen, and others.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are Acts originally ascribed to John and to Thecla, Paul's female companion; there are Epistles allegedly written by Paul to the Roman philosopher Seneca. And there is an apocalypse by Simon Peter that offers a guided tour of the afterlife, both the glorious ecstasies of the saints and the horrendous torments of the damned, and an Epistle by Titus, a companion of Paul, which argues page after page against sexual love, even within marriage, on the grounds that physical intimacy leads to damnation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn all, the anthology includes fifteen Gospels, five non-canonical Acts of the Apostles, thirteen Epistles, a number of Apocalypses and Secret Books, and several Canon lists. Ehrman has included a general introduction, plus brief introductions to each piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis important anthology gives readers a vivid picture of the range of beliefs that battled each other in the first centuries of the Christian era.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51512045830459,"sku":"0195182502","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9780195182507.jpg?v=1787454974","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/lost-scriptures-bart-d-ehrman-9780195182507","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}