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  • From: Jim West <jwest AT highland.net>
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  • Subject: [Corpus-Paul] pseudepigrapha on tv
  • Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 08:38:41 -0500

thanks to jim davila's blog for this bit of news:

This fascinating bit of news from the world of Television: Banned From the
Bible, NEW YORK, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- When Jesus was a boy, did he kill
another child? Was Mary Magdalene a prostitute -- or an apostle? Did Cain
commit incest? Will there be an apocalypse or is this God's trick to scare
us? The answers to these questions aren't found in the Bible as we know it,
but they exist in texts banned when powerful leaders deemed them
unacceptable for reasons both political and religious. BANNED FROM THE BIBLE
reveals some of these alternative tales and examines why they were "too hot
for Christianity." The two-hour world premiere BANNED FROM THE BIBLE airs on
Christmas, Thursday, December 25 at 9 pm ET/PT on the History Channel. The
Life of Adam and Eve, The Book of Enoch, The Book of Jubilees, The Infancy
Gospel of Thomas, The Gospel of Mary, The Apocalypse of Peter...these are
just a few of the books that were left out of the Bible. The reasons why
they were excluded provide astonishing insight into the concerns of church
leaders and scholars responsible for spreading the faith an illuminating
look at early Christian and religious history. One hundred and fifty years
after the birth of Jesus, a man named Marcion decided that a Christian Bible
was needed to replace the Hebrew Bible. Church leaders opposed Marcion's
banning of the Hebrew books, but they did agree that Christians should have
a Bible to call their own. After Constantine the Great converted to
Christianity in the 4th century, a serious effort was made to compile a
Christian Bible, one that included both the Hebrew scriptures (the Old
Testament) and Christian manuscripts (the New Testament). It took another 40
years before a final list of New Testament books was officially canonized by
the church. Many of the most popular were excluded. Upon examination today,
many of these writings attempt to resolve inconsistencies and questions
raised from reading the Bible.

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Dr Jim West
Pastor, Petros Baptist Church
http://biblical-studies.org
http://petrosbaptistchurch.org

"Christus solus audiendus" Mt 17,5





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