You mean books that were rejected, or actual alterations?
With regards to the latter, I think the thing about Barabbas originally being called "Jesus" is interesting given that if the Jews were calling for Jesus' freedom, the blame for His death ought to lie with the Romans and the Pharisees rather than the Jewish people (who were traditionally blamed).
Welcome To TV Tropes | How To Write An Example | Text Formatting Rules | List Of Shows That Need Summary | TV Tropes Forum | Know The StaffIt wasn't so much removed as never canonized as true. There wasn't some proto-Bible with more books. There was a vague collection, before Marcion showed up and forced things to go into high gear. Of course development of the canon was still vague and slow.
edited 31st Dec '10 8:20:46 PM by Tzetze
[1] This facsimile operated in part by synAC.This. It really annoys me how every new Gnostic text that's unearthed is touted as "the TRUE story".
Currently taking a break from the site. See my user page for more information.I think it strange that Enoch wasn't included. He's mentioned, and Paul quotes the book.
Welcome To TV Tropes | How To Write An Example | Text Formatting Rules | List Of Shows That Need Summary | TV Tropes Forum | Know The StaffWell, there's already Revelations, do you really need two bad trips in the same book?
Tzetze pretty much sums it up. Enoch is too weird. Perhaps a worse problem for Enoch is that Enoch was supposed to have lived before The Great Flood; the book is too obviously written by someone else. (Some of the other Bible books are probably pseudonymous, but none that clearly so.)
Currently taking a break from the site. See my user page for more information.It's where the Grigori and Nephilim are explained, yes, but most of it is some shots of Heaven from what I remember.
[1] This facsimile operated in part by synAC.With regards to the latter, I think the thing about Barabbas originally being called "Jesus" is interesting given that if the Jews were calling for Jesus' freedom, the blame for His death ought to lie with the Romans and the Pharisees rather than the Jewish people (who were traditionally blamed).
Uh... the Pharisees WERE the Jewish people.
Or at least, the Pharisees were the Jewish people who were traditionally blamed for Jesus' death.
FYI,
- The general term for this sort of thing is "Apocrypha
"
- A documentary, "Banned from the Bible
" explored some of the Apocrypha in detail.
- here
is more information.
Cracked.com offers an explanation:
@ Black Humor: The entire Jewish people were subject to discrimination and popularly regarded as responsible for Jesus' death, and the scene with Barabbas is the scene which portrays the population in the most negative light.
Not all non-canonical books are apocryphal. Apocrypha has traditionally been fairly respectable in comparison to, say, Gnostic writings which are traditionally considered heresies.
edited 1st Jan '11 5:29:58 AM by BobbyG
Welcome To TV Tropes | How To Write An Example | Text Formatting Rules | List Of Shows That Need Summary | TV Tropes Forum | Know The StaffI always thought it was crazy that people who study this stuff estimate that there used to be 100+ Christian gospels floating around...
And we ended up with 4 cannon (the earliest supposedly being written ~30 AD) and, what, 30 total?
All because the other 70+ weren't suitable for founding a large organized religion.
Look, you can't make me speak in a logical, coherent, intelligent bananna.Enoch is great for getting fourteen-year-old boys interested in the Old Testament. Everybody wants to hear about the slutty angels and their killer hybrid offspring. It portrays YHWH as being a bit of an unforgiving authoritarian douche, but that's hardly new, and the Nephilim were, like, eating everybody.
I can understand why they cut it from accepted canon, but it's still a shame.

I am sure you have heard of things removed from bible prior it's adoption. Let us discuss what was removed, why it was removed, and its possible impact on Christianity if it was left in if any.
Who watches the watchmen?