About this title: Helps lay readers examine the claims about missing "secret" gospels and other early forms of Christianity. This work presents samples of extra-biblical materials and compares them to biblical texts, enabling readers to make their own judgments.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Date Published: 2006-08-08
ISBN-13:9780785212942ISBN:0785212949
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Edition: Number Line 54321
Binding: Black Boards
Publisher: Nelson Books, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780785212942ISBN:0785212949
Description: Very Good in Very Good Price Intact jacket. 8 1/2 X 5 1/2. Pages are tight, bright and clean. Binding very firm and straight, sewn signatures. Boards, spine, edges and corners very good. 230 pages, conclusion, appendix & bibliography. If needed for reference, analysis, lucubrations or just enjoyment, this is the one, a satisfying copy. Jacket in a crystal-clear polyester protector sleeve. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Date Published: 2006-08-08
ISBN-13:9780785212942ISBN:0785212949
Description: Good. Some Shelf Wear. Cover/pages may be folded just a bit. Edges/covers may show a little dirt and could have small tear or fraying. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780785289067ISBN:0785289062
Description: Good. Cover and pages may have some wear or writing. Binding is tight. We ship daily Monday-Friday. Delivery Confirmation included on all domestic orders. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780785289067ISBN:0785289062
Description: New, Publisher overstock, may have small remainder mark. Excellent condition, never read, purchased from publisher as excess inventory. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780785289067ISBN:0785289062
Description: New, Publisher overstock, may have small remainder mark. Excellent condition, never read, purchased from publisher as excess inventory. read more
"Building on the success of his best selling book Breaking the Da Vinci Code, Darrell L. Bock examines the claims of scholars who suggest that in the first century there were many Christianities that were eventually drowned out by the group that would later come to represent orthodoxy. In The Missing Gospels Dr. Bock compares and contrasts these ‘alternative Christian’ movements with what he terms ‘traditional Christianity’.
Every layman needs a copy of this important contribution to the debate on early Christianity. Not only will it help in debunking certain misconceptions about the early faith, but it will serve as a primer for the study of alternative religious movements in antiquity. This could certainly be used to teach an adult Bible study–in fact it seems designed for just such a purpose, having review questions asked at the end of each chapter."
"I think this is an excellent book and study of the different Orthodox texts in contrast to the Gnostic texts, their contents, dating, and analysis. As Bock points out the New School of Early Church History has tried a revisionist leap without much data to support their claims of the early dating of the Gnostic equality to the Orthodox Christian Faith. This book came out around the same time as the whole Gospel of Judas thing, but he does touch on it briefly."
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