The lost books of the Bible : being all the gospels, epistles, and other pieces now extant attributed in the first four centuries to Jesus Christ, his Apostles, and their companions, not included by its compilers in the authorized New Testament, and, the recently discovered Syriac mss. of Pilate's letters to Tiberius, etc. : translated from the original tongues : illustrated from ancient paintings and missals. The forgotten books of Eden : writings giving mankind's early pictures of the past and hopes for the future that have survived the devastation of the centuries : translated from manuscripts of the pseudepigraphical group and this collection publication now for the first time for the information and enjoyment of the layman, with notes suggesting the human interest inherent in these pages of fundamental widom and beauty (Book, 1927) [Texas Group Catalog]
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The lost books of the Bible : being all the gospels, epistles, and other pieces now extant attributed in the first four centuries to Jesus Christ, his Apostles, and their companions, not included by its compilers in the authorized New Testament, and, the recently discovered Syriac mss. of Pilate's letters to Tiberius, etc. : translated from the original tongues : illustrated from ancient paintings and missals. The forgotten books of Eden : writings giving mankind's early pictures of the past and hopes for the future that have survived the devastation of the centuries : translated from manuscripts of the pseudepigraphical group and this collection publication now for the first time for the information and enjoyment of the layman, with notes suggesting the human interest inherent in these pages of fundamental widom and beauty

The lost books of the Bible : being all the gospels, epistles, and other pieces now extant attributed in the first four centuries to Jesus Christ, his Apostles, and their companions, not included by its compilers in the authorized New Testament, and, the recently discovered Syriac mss. of Pilate's letters to Tiberius, etc. : translated from the original tongues : illustrated from ancient paintings and missals. The forgotten books of Eden : writings giving mankind's early pictures of the past and hopes for the future that have survived the devastation of the centuries : translated from manuscripts of the pseudepigraphical group and this collection publication now for the first time for the information and enjoyment of the layman, with notes suggesting the human interest inherent in these pages of fundamental widom and beauty

Author: Jeremiah JonesWilliam WakeWilliam HoneRutherford Hayes PlattJ Alden BrettAll authors
Publisher: Cleveland : World Syndicate Pub. Co., [©1927]
Edition/Format:   Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jeremiah Jones; William Wake; William Hone; Rutherford Hayes Platt; J Alden Brett; Paul Laune
OCLC Number: 517278555
Notes: Each part has special t.p.
William Hone's edition, first published 1820 under title "The apocryphal New Testament," incorporating the translations of Jeremiah Jones for the apocryphal books and of Archbishop Wake for the Apostolic fathers.--cf. M.R. James. The apocryphal New Testament, p. xv.
"Letters of Herod and Pilate" : p. 269-281.
"A list of all the apocryphal pieces not now extant, mentioned by writers in the first four centuries of Christ, with the several works wherein they are cited or noticed" [by Jeremiah Jones]: p. 282-288.
"A list of the Christian authors of the first four centuries, whose writings contain catalogues of the books of the New Testament" [by Jeremiah Jones]: p. 291-293.
The forgotten books of Eden, edited by Rutherford H. Platt, Jr.
Description: 288, 269 pages, 32 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Other Titles: Forgotten books of Eden.
Responsibility: edited by Rutherford H. Platt ; assistant editor, J. Alden Brett ; illustrations by Paul Laune.
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