A Question of Truth - is there truth in the Bible?

Books to read.

You may be interested to know about, and possibly read for yourself the books we have read during this period of seeking truth about the Bible.

Hyam Maccoby's books "Paul, the Mythmaker" , "Revolution in Judea" , "Paul and Hellenism" , "Judaism and Christianity in the First Century." [Harper and Row, New York, USA]

The Works of Flavius Josephus translated by Whiston. [on the web]

The Hebrew Gospel of Matthew by Shem Tov and translated by George Howard. [Mercer University Press, Georgia, USA] available from Amazon Books.

"The Lost Gospel" by Burton.L.Mack {Element Publishers, Shaftesbury, Dorset,UK and Rockport Mass. USA.]

Koren Jerusalem Bible Published in Jerusalem by Koren publishers.

The Revised King James Version of the Holy Bible.

Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible, published by Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.

The New International Version of the Bible.

"With Jesus through Galilee, the Fifth Gospel" by Bargil Pixner, published by Corazin, Rosh Pina, Israel.

"The Messianic Idea in Judaism" by Gershom Scholen [Shocken Books,New York,USA]

The Dead Sea scrolls [on the net] and Norman Golb' s book on the Dead Sea Scrolls "Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls" [published by Macmillan], and Vermes' translation of the scrolls.

"The Books and the Parchments" by F.F,Bruce [Marshall Pickering, London,UK]

The Talmud. [ a huge work to be dipped into perhaps rather than read !]

The Bhagavad Gita.

Gitanjali [Song Offerings] by Rabindranath Tagore

The Tel Armana Tablets [ on the net]

The Mara Tablets [ on the net]

Aramaic and Syriac versions of the New Testament [on the net]

"The Other Gospels" , by Elaine Pagels

 The Documents of the Early Church Fathers

The Apochryphas to both the old and new testaments

Egyptian hieroglyphs of love songs and the hymn to Aten. [ can be found on the web]

The Nag Hammadi Library. [ on the web]

The Journey Inwards by F.C.Happold.


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