Noah Webster and Stauros as a Stake

From A Condensed Dictionary of the English Language Giving the Correct Spelling By Noah Webster (1910). On page 572, under STORE, he adds: "Gr. stauros, an upright pole or stake."

The X-Files and Mormon Forgery, with a twist

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The X-Files and Mormon Forgery, with a twist

From The New Anti-Catholicism: The Last Acceptable Prejudice by Philip Jenkins

"The story, "Hollywood AD," was written by [X-Files] series star David Duchovny himself, tells of the finding of a hidden gospel that reveals a sexual relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdalene. The owner of the gospel is one Micah Hoffman, who is blackmailing a Catholic cardinal in order to keep it from the public. The Cardinal, O'Fallon, is a key leader of the American church, who is reputedly in line for the papacy. As in Stigmata, the church is prepared to kill to achieve its goals, and O'Fallon murders Hoffman, who proves to have forged the text, rather than discovered it. The cardinal then kills himself. The heavy symbolism is groaningly clear: the cardinal is Judas, the forger is Christ. There is an interesting twist to this story, namely, that in a sense this story is perfectly true. It did happen but with certain key differences. What we have here is a version of the story of Mark
Hoffman, rather than Micah. Mark was a Utah-based documents dealer with a unique knack for finding (and forging) rare Mormon historical treasures. In the 1980s, he found a real gem, the "Salamander Letter," an early account of the revelations to Joseph Smith, which supposedly showed that Smith was far deeper into occult and magical practices than anyone had been able to prove hitherto. It was a forgery but good enough to allow Hoffman to blackmail the church hierarchy of the Latter Day Saints, who dreaded the exposure of such an embarrassing text. In real life, the church did not try to kill the forger, but Hoffman himself killed a number of people in an effort to throw police off his trail. The real Mark Hoffman - like the fictional Micah - tried to cover his tracks by a series of
bombings, which is what ultimately brought him to the attention of law enforcement. But now we face a fascinating question: Why did the fictional presentation – why, in short, did David Duchovny – choose to make this a Catholic horror story rather than a Mormon one? Well, Catholics are much better known and probably have more enemies prepared to believe stories like this. But there is another more basic factor at work here, namely, that the whole hidden gospels theme is just profoundly anti-Catholic at its core. It appeals to the millions of people who believe that the church
has been sitting on the secrets of true Christianity for two thousand years and that someday, truth will out. In other words, the idea of hidden gospels is very congenial to the Protestantism upon which American culture is built. However modern or post-modern the guise - however many Smashing Pumpkins songs appear on the soundtrack – Stigmata is dealing with a basic component of American Protestant mythology."

Translating the holy spirit

There is a great article with an accompanying podcast at
https://restitutio.org/2015/11/05/translating-the-holy-spirit/ where they look at how many different Bible versions have translated (or more accurately mistranslated) Scriptures that deal with the holy spirit. According to their conclusion, it seems only the New World Translation and the Catholic New American Bible actually get it right:

"After seeing that eighteen of these nineteen translations personalize the holy spirit by capitalizing Spirit (most capitalize Holy as well) and that seventeen out of the nineteen use “who” or “whom” to refer back to holy spirit, what would someone conclude? Of course, they would go with the majority. Besides, the only translations that differ on this point are the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ New World Translation and the Roman Catholic’s New American Bible—the very two sources that evangelicals and Protestants are trained never to trust! In fact, the New World Translation does not even appear on major Bible websites (or in BibleWorks), so access to it is limited. What is so shocking is that the Greek very clearly reads “the holy spirit which God gave…” There is no ambiguity or confusing grammar to cloud the question. It is as plain as day, and any first year New Testament Greek student could easily verify it."


They add:

"The NASB team “adhered to the literal philosophy of translation” and required 'a word-for-word translation that is accurate and precise,' yet, they literally did not translate the word 'ὅ' as 'which.' The NET boasts that its nearly 61,000 translators’ notes enable readers to 'look over the translator’s shoulder' and make 'transparent the textual basis and the rationale for key renderings (including major interpretive options and alternative translations).' However, when I look at the footnotes on Acts 5.32, I see nothing whatsoever indicating they flat out changed a word to make their translation more palatable. Ironically, Daniel Wallace was one of the primary scholars involved in the NET and his paper on this subject exposes this very issue."

Again, visit this great article at https://restitutio.org/2015/11/05/translating-the-holy-spirit/

Visit the podcast at

http://trinities.org/blog/podcast-25-pastor-sean-finnegan-about-the-holy-spirit-part-1/

Psalm 83 in the 1650 Scottish Psalter

Psalm 83 in the 1650 Scottish Psalter

1 Keep not, O God, we thee entreat, O keep not silence now:
Do thou not hold thy peace, O God, and still no more be thou.

2 For, lo, thine enemies a noise tumultuously have made;
And they that haters are of thee have lifted up the head.

3 Against thy chosen people they do crafty counsel take;
And they against thy hidden ones do consultations make.

4 Come, let us cut them off, said they, from being a nation,
That of the name of Isr'el may no more be mention.

5 For with joint heart they plot, in league against thee they
combine.

6 The tents of Edom, Ishm'elites, Moab's and Hagar's line;

7 Gebal, and Ammon, Amalek, Philistines, those of Tyre;

8 And Assur join'd with them, to help Lot's children they
conspire.

9 Do to them as to Midian, Jabin at Kison strand;

10 And Sis'ra, which at En-dor fell, as dung to fat the land.

11 Like Oreb and like Zeeb make their noble men to fall;
Like Zeba and Zalmunna like, make thou their princes all;

12 Who said, For our possession let us God's houses take.

13 My God, them like a wheel, as chaff before the wind, them make.

14 As fire consumes the wood, as flame doth mountains set on fire,

15 Chase and affright them with the storm and tempest of thine
ire.

16 Their faces fill with shame, O Lord, that they may seek thy
name.

17 Let them confounded be, and vex'd, and perish in their shame:

18 That men may know that thou, to whom alone doth appertain.
The name Jehovah, dost most high o'er all the earth remain.

The Trinity Doctrine an Outrage Against Rational Nature

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The Trinity Doctrine an Outrage Against Rational Nature by Elbridge Gerry Brooks 1863

Who will say that the Trinitarian doctrine of Christ is a rational and consistent doctrine?—a doctrine that any thoughtful person can intelligently believe? I know how sensitive those who believe it are to any reflections to its disadvantage; but if I am speaking to any such, they must excuse me for pressing this question upon them: Is this Trinitarian doctrine a rational and consistent doctrine to you? Is there one present who can say that it is so? or who can say that he or she knows any body to whom it is so? The doctrine of the Trinity has been pronounced “an outrage against our rational nature.” Certainly, it is an offence to all our ideas of what is reasonable or probable. “Its three persons, constituting its one God, must either be frittered away into three unnecessary distinctions, into sounds signifying nothing, or they are three conscious agents, who cannot be made one being, with one consciousness and one will.” [Channing's Works, vol. III., p. 201.] To say, then, that Christ is one of these three, and yet that with his two associates he is but one, is to contradict the very first principles of common-sense, and to assert what, as was said in Our last discourse, is a mathematical impossibility.

Nor is this all. Even if this difficulty were out of the way, the prevalent theory as to the person of Christ himself would make it impossible that any understanding should intelligently accept it. Look at it. He is God—and man, we are told, at the same time;— God-man;—the Infinite-finite;—two distinct persons, one of whom can suffer, while the other cannot,—one of whom can pray, while the other is the Being to whom the prayer is addressed,—one of whom is ignorant of many things, while the other knows all things,—one of whom can think and speak and act, while the other is passive, doing neither:—two persons, necessarily, according to this representation, with two distinct wills and two distinct consciousnesses,—yet but one person! Will any body dare to say that this is reasonable--consistent--or what any one can believe without doing violence to every rational instinct of our nature?”

The Trinitarian doctrine concerning Christ is thus, you perceive, a double-headed—what shall I call it? I might wound some one if I should call it an absurdity; and yet, considering that absurdity means something contrary to manifest truth, or to the dictates of common-sense, would this be too strong a word? But even you who believe the doctrine will not deny that it is a contradiction in terms; and so, lest I might wound you by calling it an absurdity, I will call it a contradiction. And what I was about to say was, that this Trinitarian doctrine of Christ is a double-headed contradiction:—a contradiction, first, because it says that he is one of three persons, which three persons are but one Being;—and a contradiction, second, because it says that, in his own special personality, he is two persons, God and man,—the Infinite and the finite, and yet that, being thus two, he is but one. These are contradictions that nobody can fail to see, and that no thoughtful person can fail to feel as an insurmountable bar in the way of an intelligent faith. They are contradictions, therefore, with which no thinking person was ever satisfied, and that nobody was ever able to believe, except under the protest of his or her understanding—as unjust demands are sometimes paid.

And even if there is a kind of faith in what is thus alleged, it will be entertained in a confusion of mind concerning Christ, that will necessarily impair his influence as our example. An instructive incident is related on the authority of the orthodox Dr. Adams, from whom I quoted last Sabbath afternoon, which well illustrates the perplexity and confusion of mind, in which many a believer is thus involved in regard to Christ. Dr. Adams says that an excellent old lady, a member of an orthodox church, who professed to believe in the Trinity, was suspected of not paying divine honor to Christ. When told of the suspicions, she was not a little troubled, and said with much sorrowful feeling, “Why, my dear sir, I do really believe that Christ is e'en a'most God:”—a remark which at once reveals how indistinct were her impressions concerning Christ; how little she understood the character in which he is to be accepted and followed; and how little, therefore, she could have appreciated the meaning of that character, for her, or the effect it was designed to produce upon her. The story is told, like so many others, of “an old lady;” but it is a story that might be told, doubtless, of hundreds and thousands who are not old ladies, as well as of some who are:-—and could we see the multitudes of sincere souls, who have tried to believe these contradictions of this Trinitarian doctrine of Christ, only to find that, on account of the remonstrances of their reason and common-sense, they were unable to do so,and who, because they have thought them a part of Christianity, have been driven into unbelief and irreligion,— or, could we see the still larger multitude, who have thought they believed these contradictions, and have found themselves thus perplexed and confused, or hindered, stumbling, and dissatisfied in their faith, attaining, on account of the weakness and poverty of their faith, only a weak and poor religious life, we should need no other argument to satisfy us, either that they mischievously interfere with the practical power of the Gospel, or that they are untrue.

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The Protestant Witch-hunt of Murray J. Harris

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Author Murray J. Harris Accused of JW Theology
Protestant Witch-hunt and the Case of Murray J. Harris

Back in the 1998, Murray J. Harris wrote a very interesting book called _Jesus as God-The New Testament Use of Theos in Reference to Jesus._

While I don't agree with all Harris has written in this book, and it was very well done, and the references given are invaluable. It is a good read and looks at different ways of approaching certain ways of translating the popular proof-texts, such as John 1:1, Romans 9:5, Titus 2:13 etc.
However, few of us know that Harris was investigated by "cult-watch organizations" about 25 years ago.

"In November of 1992, _Christianity Today_ reported that 'nearly three dozen' cult-watch organizations were branding as heresy the Resurrection teaching of Dr. Murray Harris, professor of New Testament exegesis and theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. These watchdog groups, led by Witness Inc., contended that Harris teaches doctrine similar to that of Jehovah's Witnesses. According to the president of Trinity, Harris has been evaluated by an august committee made up of theologians from Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary, Denver Conservative Baptist Seminary, and Reformed Theological Seminary. They pronounced him 'within the bounds of orthodoxy.' None of that stopped the cult-watchers. In March of 1993, Witness Inc., mailed out a 'special update' on the controversy. They referred to the efforts of the committee as a 'type of kangaroo court.' They have circulated a form letter condemning Harris' doctrine, appealing for Christians to sign it and return it to them."
-see Heresy Hunters, pp. 37, 38 by James R. Spencer; 
_Trinity Prof Attacked for Resurrection Teaching" Christianity Today (11 November 1992); 62;
Millard Erickson, et al., "Report of the Ad Hoc Committee to Examine the Views of Dr. Murray J. Harris" (9 February 1993)

I find the above quite interesting, some several different angles.

First, "THREE DOZEN CULT-WATCH ORGANIZATIONs"!!!. Isn't that over-kill?! Believe me, this number has ballooned with the internet. These people aren't about "freedom," they are about thought and information control. They are the same people that claim "cultists" aren't really free, yet they are running these witch-hunt operations in order to quell freedom. It is not about freedom, it is about making sure everybody else thinks JUST   LIKE   THEM.

Unfortunately, I have to wonder at how much better a book like _Jesus as God_ could have been if Harris could have written it without fear of reprisal from his own community.

Another example is Gwen Shamblin, who was popular 15 years ago with the multi-million dollar Weigh-Down Workshop. She evidently made statements against the Trinity, and said that the name Jehovah cannot be applied to Christ. Well, Nelson publishers refused to release her book, my local store refused to carry her Diet book, and she has had to endure a war of words and boycotts.

Now, according to these cult-watchers, "Some cultic groups discourage members from thinking independently. The 'thinking,' as it were, has already been done for them by the cult leadership; the proper response is merely to submit." From Six Sociological Characteristics of Cults

It has been my experience that Cult-Watch groups really want to regulate thought and determine how others ought to understand the Bible.

In other words, the cult fighters have become the cults.

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The Sacred Edda (Norse)

Zoroastrian Pahlavi texts Volume 1 1880

Zoroastrian Pahlavi texts Volume 2 1880

Zoroastrian Pahlavi texts Volume 3 1880

Zoroastrian Pahlavi texts Volume 4 1880

Zoroastrian Pahlavi texts Volume 5 1880

Hebraic Literature - Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by MH Harris 1901

Outline of the Neo-Hebraic apocalyptic literature by Moses Buttenweiser 1901

The Sacred books of China: the texts of Confucianism 1899 Book 1

The Sacred books of China: the texts of Confucianism 1899 Book 2

The sacred books of China: The texts of Tâoism 1891

Lao-Tze's Tao-teh-king - Chinese-English, with introduction, Transliteration 1898

The Buddhist Tripitaka by Samuel Beal 1876

Golden Verses of Pythagoras 1917

Homeric Hymns 1891

Hesiod and Theognis by James Davies 1875

The Kybalion - a Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of ancient Egypt and Greece by Three Initiates 1908

The Samaritan Pentateuch and modern criticism by J. Iverach Munro 1911

The Spirits Books - containing the principles of Spiritist Doctrine by Allan Kardec 1893

The Sacred Book of Death, Hindu Spiritism, Soul Transition and Soul Reincarnation by Dr LW De Laurence 1905

The Book of the Orphic Hymns 1827

Isis Unveiled: A Master-Key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science and Theology, Volume 1 by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky 1877

Isis Unveiled: A Master-Key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science and Theology, Volume 2 by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky 1877

The Sacred books and Early Literature of the East Volume 1 1917 by Charles Horne
The Sacred books and Early Literature of the East Volume 2 1917 by Charles Horne
The Sacred books and Early Literature of the East Volume 3 1917 by Charles Horne
The Sacred books and Early Literature of the East Volume 4 1917 by Charles Horne
The Sacred books and Early Literature of the East Volume 5 1917 by Charles Horne
The Sacred books and Early Literature of the East Volume 6 1917 by Charles Horne
The Sacred books and Early Literature of the East Volume 7 1917 by Charles Horne
The Sacred books and Early Literature of the East Volume 8 1917 by Charles Horne
The Sacred books and Early Literature of the East Volume 9 1917 by Charles Horne
The Sacred books and Early Literature of the East Volume 10 1917 by Charles Horne
The Sacred books and Early Literature of the East Volume 11 1917 by Charles Horne
The Sacred books and Early Literature of the East Volume 12 1917 by Charles Horne
The Sacred books and Early Literature of the East Volume 13 1917 by Charles Horne
The Sacred books and Early Literature of the East Volume 14 1917 by Charles Horne
(These Include: Babylonia and Assyria: The tales of Babylon that survived its fall; Earth's Coldest language: the Sumerian Texts in the Akkadian, or oldest Semitic tongue, The writings of Hammurabi, The creation epic, The epic of Gilgamesh and the goddess Ishtar, Other religious legends, Moral and philosophical texts, The Tel-El-Amarna letters, Records of the conquering kings, Prayers and magic incantations, Nebuchadrezzar and Belshazzar.
Egypt: The earliest Egyptian remains, The secret pyramid texts, Biography, travel, and romance, The precepts of Ptah-Hotep, Religious and semi-historic texts, Tales of romance and travel, The book of the dead, Egypt's holy scripture, Hymns to the One Universal God, The religion of the poor in ancient Egypt, History and legend under the great empire, Egypt's chief epic poem, Tales of romance and travel, The book of the breaths of life, Romances.
Ancient Hebrew: The earliest remains, The Mishna or elder talmud, The Gemara, or younger talmud, The Haggada or Tales and traditions of the talmud, The Halacha, or Rules of the law, The tabernacle
Medieval Hebrew: The Midrash, or Preserved tradition, The Kabbalah or Secret tradition, Religious poetry, The book Cusari, The story of a lost race, The great Hebrew Philosophers, The travels of Benjamin of Tudela,
Ancient Arabia: The genius of Arabic literature, The hanged poems, The Koran (Qu'ran),
Medieval Arabic, Moorish, and Turkish: The sunan, or Holy traditions of Mohammed, Early history and science, Philosophy and religion, Romance, The poems of Arabia, Moorish literature: Science and History, Love poetry of the Spanish Moors; Turkish literature: Legends and poetry, The travels of Sidi Ali Reis; Ancient Persia: The Zendavesta, or Persian holy scripture, The empire of Cyrus, The later religious books, The Pahlavi historical romances, The final Persian tradition of the past.
Medieval Persia: Omar Khayyam, the first great mystic poet, Nizami, Persia's chief romantic poet, Jalal Ad-din Rumi, the leader of Sufism, Sadi, the famous poet philosopher, Hafiz, the "poet of love", Jami, the last great mystic
India and Brahmanism: The Brahmanic books, The Vedas, or Books of holy knowledge, Later Sanskrit literature
India and Buddhism: The edicts of Asoka, The earliest suttas or sacred sayings, The book of the great decease, Later legends of the life of Gotama, the buddha, The Jataka or birth tale; The Dhammapada or path of the law, Later teachings
Ancient China: The king, or ancient classics, The four great books of the philosophers
Taoism, Later taoist texts, Other religions, History and drama
Japan: The Kojiki, or "records of ancient matters", The Nihongi, or "chronicles of Japan", The Yengishiki, or Shinto rituals, The Man-Yoshu, or "myriad leaves", The Kokinshu, or "collection of odes", Genji Monogatari, the foremost Japanese novel, The medieval dramaa of Japan, Basho, the chief Japanese poet, Modern Buddhism in Japan; Griffis, W.E. bibliography.
The great rejected books of the biblical apocrypha: The books of Adam and Eve, The writings attributed to Enoch, The apocalypse of Baruch, The story of Ahikar, The gospels of Christ's childhood, The gospels of Nicodemus)

Alsea Texts and Myths by Leo Frachtenberg 1920

Asgard Stories, Tales from Norse Mythology 1901 by Mary Foster

Creation Myths of Primitive America by Jeremiah Curtin 1898

Curious Myths of the Middle Ages by S Baring-Gould 1876

Egyptian Mythology and Egyptian Christianity, with their Influence on the Opinions of Modern Christendom by Samuel Sharp 1863

Egyptian Mythology by Max Muller 1918

False Gods - The idol Worship of the World, a Complete History of idolatrous worship throughout the world, ancient and modern, describing the strange beliefs, practices, superstitions, temples, idols, shrines, sacrifices by Frank Dobbins

Folk Lore/Superstitious Beliefs in Scotland with an Appendix Showing the Probable Relation of the Modern Festivals of Christmas, May Day, St. John's Day, and Halloween to Ancient Sun and Fire Worship 1879 by James Napier

Gods and Heroes of old Japan by Violet Pasteur 1906

Greece and Babylon, a Comparative Sketch of Religions 1911 by Lewis Farnell

Hindu Gods and Heroes by Lionel Barnett 1922

Indian Myths and Legends of the Aborigines of American compared with those of Other Countries by Ellen Emerson 1884

Kings and Gods of Egypt by Alexandre Moret 1912

Legends of Indian Buddhism by E Burnouf 1911

Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race TW Rolleston 1911

Myths and Legends of the Sioux by Marie L. McLaughlin 1916

Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria by Lewis Spence 1916

Myths of China and Japan by Donald McKenzie

Myths of Hellas - Greek tales by C. Witt 1903

Norse Mythology Or The Religion Of Our Forefathers Containing All The Myths Of The Eddas by RR Anderson 1879

The Semitic Gods and the Bible by De Robigne Mortimer Bennett 1912

Teutonic Mythology by Jacob Grimm Volume 1 1882

Teutonic Mythology by Jacob Grimm Volume 2 1882

The Myths of Mexico & Peru by Lewis Spence 1913

The Younger Edda: Also Called Snorre's Edda, Or the Prose Edda. An English Version of the Foreword
by Snorri Sturluson - 1880 - 292 pages (Norse)

Judah Hallevi's Kitab Al Khazari
by Judah - 1905 - 310 pages

The Bhagavad-gita: The Book of Devotion
by William Quan Judge - 1913 - 130 pages

Bhagavad Gita: The Songs of the Master
by Charles Johnston - 1908 - 190 pages

The Great Controversy Between Christ And His Angels
By Ellen White (Adventist)

The Apocryphal and Legendary Life of Christ
by James De Quincey Donehoo - 1903 - 521 pages

Science and Health with a Key to the Scriptures
by Mary Baker Eddy (Christian Science)

The pearl of great price by Joseph Smith - 1882

The Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
by Joseph Smith 1923 - 300 pages

The Articles of Faith: A Series of Lectures on the Principle Doctrines
by James Edward Talmage - LDS - 1899 - 480 pages

The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon Upon Plates
by Joseph Smith - 1920 - 560 pages

A Catalogue of the Chinese Translation of the Buddhist Tripitaka
by Bunyiu Nanjio - 1883

The Kalpa Sutra, and Nava Tatva: Two Works Illustrative of the Jain Religion
by Bhadraba-hu, John Stevenson  1848 pages

The Diamond Sutra: Or Prajna-paramita = Chin-kang-ching
by William Gemmell - 1913

Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kaus.i-taki Bra-hman.as of the Rigveda - Page 51
by Arthur Berriedale Keith - 1920 - 550 pages

The Sacred Laws of the Âryas: As Taught in the Schools of Âpastamba, Gautama
by A-pastamba, Georg Bühler, Vas'isht.ha Muni Ojha-, Baudha-yana - 1898

The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism
translated by James Legge - 1899

The Upanishads
translated by Friedrich Max Müller - 1897

The (Egyptian )Book of the Dead: An English Translation of the Chapters, Hymns, Etc
by Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge - 1898

The Siddhanta Kaumudi of Bhattoji Dikshita
by Bhat.t.oji- Di-ks.ita, Pa-n.ini. As.t.a-dhya-yi-1905
Vol. 3 edited and translated into English by Sris'a Chandra Vasu.

A Prose English Translation of Mahanirvana Tantram
1900 - 383 pages

The Koran: Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed : Translated Into English
by George Sale, Savary (Claude Etienne) - 1856 - 640 pages

The Talmud
by Joseph Barclay - 1878 - 380 pages
 
New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud Vol 1, 4, 5
by Michael Levi Rodkinson- 1903

The A-di Granth, or, The holy scriptures of the Sikhs
by Great Britain India Office, Ernst Trumpp, Japji- - 1877
 
The Creeds of Christendom: With a History and Critical Notes - Page 600
by Philipp Schaff - 1877

Shinto, the Way of the Gods
by William George Aston - 1905 - 300 pages

Vinaya Texts (Buddhist)
by Thomas William Rhys Davids, Hermann Oldenberg - 1899

Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697
by William George Aston 1896

The Universalist's Book of Reference: Containing All the Principal Facts and
by R. E. Guild - 1853 - 371 pages

Laozi Dao de Jing
by Lao-tzu, Paul Carus - 1898 - 340 pages

The Zend-Avesta (Zoroastrian)
by James Darmesteter, Lawrence Heyworth Mills - 1880

The Laws of Manu (Hindu) by Georg Bühler - 1886
 
The King James and Revised Version Parallel bible

Catholic Douay Bible

Myth, Ritual and Religion
by Andrew Lang - 1899

The Indian Swastika and Its Western Counterparts
by Edward Thomas - 1880 - 31 pages

New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud, Original Text Edited, Corrected, Formulated and Translated into English by Michael L. Rodkinson, Volume 1, 1918

New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud, Original Text Edited, Corrected, Formulated and Translated into English by Michael L. Rodkinson, Volume 1 (XIX), 1918

New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud, Original Text Edited, Corrected, Formulated and Translated into English by Michael L. Rodkinson, Volume 1 (IX), 1918

New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud, Original Text Edited, Corrected, Formulated and Translated into English by Michael L. Rodkinson, Volume 3, 1918

New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud, Original Text Edited, Corrected, Formulated and Translated into English by Michael L. Rodkinson, Volume 3 (XI), 1918

New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud, Original Text Edited, Corrected, Formulated and Translated into English by Michael L. Rodkinson, Volume 4 (XII), 1901

New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud, Original Text Edited, Corrected, Formulated and Translated into English by Michael L. Rodkinson, Volume 5, 1918

New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud, Original Text Edited, Corrected, Formulated and Translated into English by Michael L. Rodkinson, Volume 5 (XIII), 1918

New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud, Original Text Edited, Corrected, Formulated and Translated into English by Michael L. Rodkinson, Volume 6 (XIV), 1902

New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud, Original Text Edited, Corrected, Formulated and Translated into English by Michael L. Rodkinson, Volume 7, 1918

New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud, Original Text Edited, Corrected, Formulated and Translated into English by Michael L. Rodkinson, Volume 7-8 (XV & XVI), 1918

New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud, Original Text Edited, Corrected, Formulated and Translated into English by Michael L. Rodkinson, Volume 9 (XVII), 1918

Tales and Maxims from the Talmud 1912 by Samuel Rapaport 1912

Hebrew Literature Comprising Talmudic Treatises, Hebrew melodies and The Kabbalah Unveiled 1901 by E. Wilson

Isaac Leeser Holy Scriptures 1891

The Holy Scriptures According To The Masoretic Text by the Jewish Publication Society 1917

Kittel's Biblia Hebraica Volume 1 1906

Kittel's Biblia Hebraica Volume 2 1906

Eighteen treatises from the Mishna by D. A. Sola and M. J. Raphall 1843

The Wisdom Of The Talmud - A Thousand Years Of Jewish Thought by Rabbi Ben Zion Bokser

The Talmud by Joseph Barclay 1878

The Talmud - Selections from the Contents of that Ancient Book, its Commentaries, Teachings, Poetry and Legends, also Brief Sketches of the Men Who Made and Commented Upon It by Hymen Polano 1876

Sayings of the Jewish Fathers, comprising Pirqe Aboth in Hebrew and English with Notes and Excursuses by Charles Taylor 1897

Hebraic Literature - Translations from The Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by H. H. Maurice 1901

Tractate Sanhedrin, Mishnah and Tosefta - The Judicial Procedure of the Jews as Codified Towards the End of the Second Century A.D. by H. Danby 1919

Tractate Berakoth (benedictions) Mishna and Tosephta, translated from the Hebrew, with introduction and notes by A. Lukyn Williams 1921

Jewish Mysticism by Joshua Abelson 1913

The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg Volume 1, 1913

The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg Volume 2, 1909

The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg Volume 3, 1909

The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg Volume 4, 1909

The Sepher Yetzirah (from the Kabbala)

The Cabala, its Influence on Judaism and Christianity by Bernard Pick 1913

Union Haggadah 1923 (Home service for the Passover)

Judah Hallevi's Kitab al Khazari 1905

Jewish Fairy Tales and Fables 1908 by Gertrude Landa

Studies in Life from Jewish Proverbs by William Elmslie 1917

Jewish Fairy Tales and Stories by Gerald Friedlander 1918

Folk-lore of the Holy Land - Moslem, Christian and Jewish 1907

Studies in Judaism by Solomon Schechter 1896

PLUS YOU GET:

The Testaments of the 12 Patriarchs by RH Charles 1908

The Book of Enoch by RH Charles 1893

The Book of the Secrets of Enoch by RH Charles 1896

Assumption of Moses by RH Charles

The Book of Jasher 1887

Enoch Restitutus or an Attempt to Separate from the Books of Enoch, the book quoted by St. Jude by Edward Murray 1836

The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses: Or, Moses' Magical Spirit-art by Johann Scheible, Moses, Joseph Ennemoser 1880 (poor quality)

The Shepherd of Hermas by Charles Taylor 1906

Coptic Apocryphal Gospels by Forbes Robinson 1896
Contains:
Sahidic Fragments of the Life of the Virgin
Bohairic Accounts of the Falling Asleep of Mary
Bohairic Account of the Death of Joseph

The Acts of the Elders: Commonly Called the Book of Abraham - to which is Appended a Chapter to which is Appended a Chapter from the Book of Religious Errors by Abraham Norwood 1846

Psalms of the Pharisees Commonly called the Psalms of Solomon by Herbert Ryle 1891

The Uncanonical Jewish Books: A Short Introduction to the Apocrypha by William John Ferrar 1918

The Letter of Aristeas: Translated with an Appendix of Ancient Evidence of Origin of the Septuagint
by Henry St. John Thackeray - 1917

The Book of Adam and Eve also called The conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan, a book of the early Eastern Church 1882

A Mohawk legend of Adam and Eve 1892

Ante-Nicene Christian Library Vol. 16 1870
Which contains:

THE PROTEVANGELIUM OF JAMES 1
THE GOSPEL OF PSEUDO MATTHEW 16
THE GOSPEL OF THE NATIVITY OF MARY 53
THE HISTORY OF JOSEPH THE CARPENTER 62
THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS
First Greek Form The Infancy of the Lord 78
Second Greek Form The Childhood of the Lord 86
Latin Form The Boyhood of Jesus 90
THE ARABIC GOSPEL OF THE INFANCY OF THE SAVIOUR 100
THE GOSPEL OF NICODEMUS
The Acts of Pilate
The Descent of Christ into Hell Greek
The Acts of Pilate
The Descent of Christ into Hell
THE LETTER OF PONTIUS PILATE WHICH HE WROTE TO THE ROMAN EMPEROR CONCERNING OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST 223
THE REPORT OF PILATE THE PROCURATOR CONCERNING OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST SENT TO ROME TO TIBERIUS CAESAR
THE GIVING UP OF PONTIUS PILATE 231
THE DEATH OF PILATE 284
THE NARRATIVE OF JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA 287
THE AVENGING OF THE SAVIOUR 245
THE ACTS OF THE HOLY APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL 256
The Story of Perpetua 276
THE ACTS OF PAUL AND THECLA 279
THE ACTS OF BARNABAS 293
THE ACTS OF PHILIP 801
THE ACTS OF PHILIP WHEN HE WENT TO UPPER HELLAS 317
THE ACTS AND MARTYRDOM OF THE HOLY APOSTLE ANDREW 885
THE ACTS OF ANDREW AND MATTHIAS IN THE CITY OF THE MAN EATERS 848
THE ACTS OF PETER AND ANDREW 368
THE ACTS AND MARTYRDOM OF MATTHEW THE APOSTLE 373
THE ACTS OF THE HOLY APOSTLE THOMAS 889
THE CONSUMMATION OF THOMAS THE APOSTLE 423
THE MARTYRDOM OF THE HOLY AND GLORIOUS APOSTLE BARTHOLOMEW 429
ACTS OF THE HOLY APOSTLE THADDIUS 440
THE ACTS OF THE HOLY APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST JOHN 444
THE REVELATION OF MOSES 454
THE REVELATION OF ESDRAS 468
THE REVELATION OF PAUL 477
THE REVELATION OF JOHN 493
THE BOOK OF JOHN CONCERNING THE FALLING ASLEEP OF MARY 504
THE PASSING OF MARY

Ante-Nicene Christian Library Vol. 20 1871
Which contains:
THE WORKS OF GREGORY THAUMATURGUS
A Metaphrase of the Book of Ecclesiastea 7
Canonical Epistle concerning those who in the Inroad of the Barbarians ate Things sacrificed to Idols or offended in certain other matters 80 The Oration and Panegyric addressed to Origen
THE FOUR HOMILIES OF GREGORY THAUMATURGUS
1 On the Annunciation to the Holy Virgin Mary 118
2 On the Annunciation to the Holy Virgin Mary 126
3 On the Annunciation to the Holy Virgin Mary 187
4 On the Holy Theophany or on Christ's Baptism 142
A Fragment on the Gospel according to Matthew 152
A Discourse on all the Saints
THE WORKS OF DIONYSIUS BISHOP OF ALEXANDRIA
THE EXTANT FRAGMENTS OF THE WORKS AND THE EPISTLES OF DIONYSIUS
I. CONTAINING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF TILE WORKS
1 From the Two Books on the Promises in opposition to Noetus a Bishop in Egypt 161
2 From the Books on Nature against the Epicureans 171
3 From the Books against Sabellius 188
4 Fragments of a Second Epistle to Diouysius of Rome 189
Epistle to Bishop Basilides 196
II CONTAINING EPISTLES OR FRAGMENTS OF EPISTLES
1 To Domitius and Didymus 202
2 To Novatug 204
3 To Fabius of Antioch 205
4 To Cornelius the Roman Pontiff 216
To the Pontiff Stephen 217
6 To Pope Sixtus 218
7 To Philemon Presbyter of Sixtus 219
8 To Dionysius at that time Presbyter of Xystus and afterwards his Successor 221
9 To Pope Sixtus II
10 Against Bishop Germanus
11 To Hermammon
12 To the Alexandrians
13 To Hierax a Bishop in Egypt
14 From his Fourth Festival Epistle
A Fragment on John viii 12
A Fragment probably by the Alexandrian Dionysius on the Reception of the Lapsed to Penitence
THE REMAINS OF ARCHELAUS
Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiareh Manes

Pistis Sophia - a Gnostic gospel by GRS Mead 1896

The Suppressed Gospels
Containing:
Mary
Protevangelion
I. Infancy
II. Infancy
Nicodemus
Christ and Abgarus
Laodiceans
Paul and Seneca
Acts of Paul and Thecla
I. Clement
II. Clement
Barnabas
Ephesians
Magnesians
Trallians
Romans
Philadelphians
Smyrnaeans
Polycarp
Philippians
I. Hermas--Visions
II. Hermas--Commands
III. Hermas--Similitudes

The Apocryphal New Testament by William Hone 1880
Same books as the Suppressed Gospels above, but with illustrations.

The Apology and Acts of Apollonius and other monuments of early Christianity by FC Conybeare 1894
Includes: APOLOGY AND ACTS OF APOLLONIUS
ACTS OF PAUL AND THEKLA
ACTS OF S. PHOCAS
ACTS OF S. POLYEUCTES
ACTS OF SAINT EUGENIA
ACTS OF S. CODRATIUS
ACTS OF THEODORE
ACTS OF S. THALELEUS
ACTS OF S. HIZTIBOUZIT
ACTS OF S. CALLISTRATUS
ACTS OF S. DEMETRIUS

The Didache or, The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles 1903 by George Allen

Diatessaron 1878

The Uncanonical Writings of the Old Testament: Found in the Armenian Manuscripts of the Library of St. Lazarus 1901

The suppressed Gospels and Epistles of the original New Testament of Jesus the Christ by William Wake and other Learned Divines

THE PROPHECY OF ABDIAS

Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles by William Wright 1871 Volume 1

Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles by William Wright 1871 Volume 2

The Uncanonical Writings of the Old Testament 1900
Contains: The Book of Adam,
The History of Assaneth,
The History of Moses,
The Deaths of the Prophets,
Concerning King Solomon,
A Short History of the Prophet Elias,
Concerning the Prophet Jeremiah,
The Vision of Enoch the Just,
The Testaments of the XII Patriarchs,
The Third Book of Esdras
Inquiries Made by the Prophet Esdras

Apocrypha of King James Version, which contains:
I. ESDRAS
II. ESDRAS
TOBIT
Judith
The Rest of Esther
The Wisdom of Solomon
ECCLESIASTICUS
BARUCH, WITH THE EPISTLE OF JEREMIAH
The Song of the Three Holy Children
The History of Susanna
Bel and the Dragon
[The Story of Susanna is perhaps the earliest example of a courtroom drama.
Bel and the Dragon is perhaps the earliest example of a locked room mystery.]
The Prayer of Manasses
I. Maccabees
II. Maccabees
I. ESDRAS

Apocalypse of Abraham and the Ascension of Isaiah by GH Box 1918

The Five Books of Maccabees in English by Henry Cotton 1832

The Apocalypse of Baruch by RH Charles 1918

The Apocalypse of Ezra by GH Box 1917

The Value of the Apocrypha by Bernard Joseph Snell 1905

Canonical & Uncanonical Gospels, with a Translation of the Recently Discovered Gospel of Peter by William Emery Barnes - 1893

Acta Apostolorum Apocrypha by Constantin von Tischendorf 1851
Text in Greek; introductory material in Latin.

Apocrypha Sinaitica 1896

Twenty-five Agrapha: Or Extra-canonical Sayings of Our Lord by Blomfield Jackson - 1900

The Pearl of Great Price 1882 (Mormon)

The Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1923 (Mormon)

The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon Upon Plates
by Joseph Smith - 1920 (Mormon)

The Hidden Wisdom of Christ and the Key of Knowledge Volume 1 1865 by Ernst von Bunsen

The Hidden Wisdom of Christ and the Key of Knowledge Volume 2 1865 by Ernst von Bunsen

The Sibyl and the Dream of One Hundred Suns

Sibylline Oracles by Terry Milton 1899


Four Notes on the Book of Enoch by FC Burkitt, article in the Journal of Theological Studies 1907

The Book of Enoch translated from August Dillman's text 1893

The Book of Enoch translated from the Ethiopic with Notes by George H Schodde 1882

The Book of the Secrets of Enoch by William Morfill 1896

The Book of Enoch the Prophet by Richard Laurence 1883

Enoch Restitutus, an Attempt to Separate from the Books of Enoch the book quoted by St. Jude, also a comparison of the chronology of Enoch with the Hebrew Computation, and with the periods mentioned in the book of Daniel and in the Apocalypse, Includes "The book of Enoch, to which are added parallel passages from the Scriptures" by Edward Murray 1836

The Book of Enoch, the Prophet: An Apocryphal Production, Supposed for Ages to Have Been Lost by Richard Laurence 1838

The Book of Enoch, a chapter in the book _The Christology of Jesus_ by James Stalker 1899

The Serpent in Genesis, article in The Unitarian Review and Religious Magazine

"This book of Enoch was written by a genius. Dean Stanley calls it the Divina Comedia of its period. It seems to have created a sensation when first written, and is quoted by the early Fathers. It then disappeared for centuries, and was supposed to be irrecoverably lost."

Vindication of a Series of Chapters by a Laymen Entitled Ecclesiastical Forgeries, article in the The Christian reformer 1844

Gospel according to the Hebrews 1871

The Book of Jubilees or The little Genesis by RH Charles 1902

THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE LAODICEANS

The Prayer of Azariah

Fragment of an uncanonical Gospel from Oxyrhynchus by Bernard Grenfell 1908

The Ante-Nicene Fathers Volume 6, 1897
Which contains:
The Apocalypse of the Virgin
The Vision of Paul
The Apocalypse of Sedrach
The Testament of Abraham
Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena
The Narrative of Zosimus
The Apology of Aristides
The Passion of the Scillitan Martyrs
Letter of Origen to Gregory

Ante-Nicene Christian Library Vol. 3
Which contains:
Tatians Address to the Greeks
The Three Books of Theophilus
The Recognition of Clement
Plus:

The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ by Nicolas Notovitch 1894
(Claims Jesus went to India - was exposed by Edgar Goodspeed as a hoax)

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ by Levi Dowling 1911
Not one for accuracy, the book depicts Jesus as visiting the cities of Lahore, Pakistan, and Persepolis in Persia. Lahore did not exist during the period in question, and Persepolis had already been destroyed by Alexander the Great.

The Crucifixion, by an Eye-witness 1911

A Holy, Sacred and Divine Roll and Book from the Lord God of Heaven Volume 1 1843

A Holy, Sacred and Divine Roll and Book from the Lord God of Heaven Volume 2 1843 (otherwise known as the Shaker Bible)

OAHSPE - A NEW BIBLE IN THE WORDS OF JEHOVIH AND HIS ANGEL EMBASSADORS 1882
"Some two years ago, Oahspe was mechanically written through my hands by some other intelligence than my own."

The Gospel According to the Hebrews 1879

The Lost Chapter of the Acts of the Apostles from the Sonnini Manuscript

The Occult Life of Jesus of Nazareth
This work is attributed not to written sources, but to "spirits who were contemporary mortals with Jesus while on the earth."

The Sorry Tale - a story of the Time of Christ 1917
Its notoriety came from author Pearl Curran's story of receiving dictation of poetry and historical tales from the spirit of a "Puritan spinster" called Patience Worth.

The New Gospel of Peace, according to St. Benjamin 1877

The Letter from Heaven - supposedly written by Jesus 53 years after his death.
"Whosoever shall have a copy of this letter and keep it in their house, nothing shall hurt them, and if any  woman be in child-birth and put her trust in me, she shall be delivered of her child.  You shall hear no more of me but by the Holy Spirit until the Day of Judgment."

Scriptural Imitations and Theological Forgeries in
The Oriental herald and journal of general literature, Volume 13 1827

Some articles on The Unknown Life of Christ in Magazines of the time.

Gleanings for the curious from the harvest-fields of literature (1890)
Contains THE DEATH WARRANT OF JESUS CHRIST

The Gospel of Barnabas 1907
This work should not be confused with the surviving Epistle of Barnabas. Neither should it be confused with the surviving Acts of Barnabas.

Three Days in the Temple by Jakob Lorber
Paul's Letter to the Laodiceans by Jakob Lorber
Jakob Lorber (1800-1864) was a Styrian Christian mystic who referred to himself as the "God's scribe". He wrote that he began hearing an 'inner voice' from the region of his heart and thereafter transcribed what it said.

The Reports, Letters and Acts of Pontius Pilate 1880

Meditations on the Supper of Our Lord 1875

Contemplations of the Dread and Love of God by Richard Rolle (Middle Ages)

The Fifth Gospel or, The Gospel According to Paul by Charles Roads 1897

The Gospel of the Childhood of Our Lord Jesus Christ 1904

Ante-Nicene Christian Library Volume 20 1881
This has a section called DUBIOUS OR SPURIOUS WRITINGS:
A Sectional Confession of Faith
A Fragment of the same Declaration of Faith, accompanied by
Glosses
Fragment from the Discourse on the Trinity
Twelve Topics on the Faith
Topical Discourse on the subject of the Soul
The Four Homilies Of Gregory Tiiaumaturgus
On the Annunciation to the Holy Virgin Mary
A Fragment on the Gospel according to Matthew
A Discourse on all the Saints

A Memoir of the controversy of the 3 Heavenly Witnesses by Ezra Abbot 1875 (about the Comma Johaneum, 1 John 5:7,8, the most famous spurious passage in the Bible)

The Holy Gospels Translated from the Original Greek, the Spurious Passages Expunged, the Doubtful Bracketed by GW Brameld 1863

Jesuit Juggling, Forty Popish Frauds Detected and Disclosed by Richard Baxter 1835

Frauds and Follies of the Fathers by Joseph Wheeler 1882
"To make testimonies out of forgeries and spurious books to prove the very foundation of the Christian revelation, was a method much practised by some of the Fathers, especially Justin Martyr, Clemens Alexandrinus, and Lactantius."

The Life of Jesus Christ, including His Apocryphal History, from the Spurious Gospels 1818

Universalism Unmasked: Or the Spurious Gospel Exposed by James Davis 1837

Frauds of Papal Ecclesiastics by Gilbert Burnet 1835

A Book of Tracts Containing the Origin and Progress, Cruelties, Frauds, Superstitions, Miracles of the Church of Rome 1856

The Book of Jasher 1829

On this disk you also have these books by Moses Gaster, a scholar who found and collected strange ancient manuscripts:

Jewish folk-lore in the middle ages 1887

The Sibyl and the Dream of 100 Suns: an Old Apocryphon

An Unknown Hebrew Version of the History of Judith

The Chronicles of Jerahmeel 1899

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