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Book SynopsisWhy isn't the Book of Enoch in the Holy Bible, even though Enoch is referenced multiple times? Why were texts considered sacred by many, excluded by others? Who made the decisions and why? Ordained minister and theologian Jim Willis examines the historical, political, and social climates that influenced the redactors and editors of the Bible and other sacred texts in Censoring God: The History of the Lost Books (and other Excluded Scriptures).
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Censoring God is about books that didn’t make it into the Bible: not just the Apocrypha but apocryphal gospels, different versions of the Genesis Creation story and much more.” –
Fortean TimesTable of ContentsAbout the Author
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Part I: From the Lands of the Bible: Books that Didn’t Make the Final Cut
Who Wrote the Bible?
The “Old” Testament
How Did the Old Testament become “Old”?
The Bible Code: Hidden Messages from Another Realm?
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Apocrypha
A Genesis Apocryphon
Enoch and the Watchers
Pseudepigrapha and Other Disguises
Other Gems from the Dead Sea Scrolls
The Lost Books of Eden
There Were Giants in the Land
The Great Flood
The Journeys of Abraham
Chariots of Fire
The New Testament
The Shadow of the Fourth Century
Treasures of Nag Hammadi
Out of Egypt
The Protoevangelium of James
The Gospel of Thomas
The Mysterious Mary of Magdalene
The Censored Gospel in Item 17,202
The Hidden Years
Shrouded in Mystery: The Enigmatic Shroud of Turin
Conclusions: A Personal Confession
Part II: Lost Texts from Forgotten Lands
The Mysterious Maya
The Aztec Story as Told by the Victors
Hopi Renaissance
Peru in the Mists of Time
Nature Reclaims the Amazon
Conclusions
Part III: The Song of Distant Voices
Corpus Hermeticum—The Lament of Hermes the Egyptian
Daniel’s Dream
II Timothy—Saint Paul’s Final Warning
The Apocalypse of Saint John
Conclusions
Of Gatekeepers and Censorship: Final Thoughts
Bibliography
Index
