“Why are the newer translations of the Bible missing verses?”……Answer: If you compare the King James and New King James Versions with the newer translations (e.g. the New International Version, New American Standard, New Living Translation, etc.) – you will notice that several verses are entirely missing from the newer translations. Examples are John 5:4, […]
“What are the Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical books?”……Answer: Roman Catholic Bibles have several more books in the Old Testament than Protestant Bibles. These books are referred to as the Apocrypha or Deuterocanonical books. The word apocrypha means "hidden," while the word deuterocanonical means "second canon." The Apocrypha / Deuterocanonicals were written primarily in the time between […]
“What is the book of Enoch and should it be in the Bible?”……Answer: The Book of Enoch is any of several pseudepigraphal (falsely attributed works, texts whose claimed authorship is unfounded) works that attribute themselves to Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah; that is, Enoch son of Jared (Genesis 5:18). Enoch is also one of the […]
“What are the Gnostic gospels?”……Answer: The Gnostic gospels are writings by early “Christian” Gnostics. After the first century of Christianity, two primary divisions developed – the orthodox and the Gnostics. The orthodox Christians held to books we now have in the Bible and to what is today considered orthodox theology. The Gnostic Christians, if they […]
“What is the Book of Jubilees and should it be in the Bible?”……The Book of Jubilees, sometimes called the "Lesser Genesis," was probably written in the 2nd century BC and records an account of the biblical history of the world from the creation to Moses. The book divides history into periods or "jubilees" of 49 […]
“What is the Book of Jasher/Jashar ,should it be in the Bible?”……Also known as the "Book of the Upright One" in the Greek Septuagint and the "Book of the Just Ones" in the Latin Vulgate, the Book of Jasher was probably a collection or compilation of ancient Hebrew songs and poems praising the heroes of […]
“What is the Nag Hammadi library?”……Nag Hammadi is a town in northern Egypt where a collection of ancient writings was discovered in 1945. The collection of writings has since been titled the Nag Hammadi library, or the Nag Hammadi scrolls, or the Nag Hammadi codices. The vast majority of the scrolls in the Nag Hammadi […]