The latter of these two books is especially comprehensive, containing information about the following "lost" books:
The Lost Books of the Bible
- The Gospel of the Birth of Mary
- The Protevangelion
- The Gospel of the Infancy of Jesus Christ
- The Infancy Gospel of Thomas
- The Epistles of Jesus Christ and Abgarus King of Edessa
- The Gospel of Nicodemus (Acts of Pilate)
- The Apostles' Creed (throughout history)
- The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Laodiceans
- The Epistles of Paul the Apostle to Seneca, with Seneca's to Paul
- The Acts of Paul and Thecla
- The Epistles of Clement (The First and Second Epistles of Clement to the Corinthians)
- The Epistle of Barnabas
- The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians
- The Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians
- The Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians
- The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans
- The Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians
- The Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrneans
- The Epistle of Ignatius to Polycarp
- The Shepherd of Hermas (Visions, Commands, and Similitudes)
- Letter of Herod To Pilate the Governor
- Letter of Pilate to Herod
- The Lost Gospel of Peter
- The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians
The Forgotten Books of Eden
- The Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan (The First and Second Book of Adam and Eve)
- The Secrets of Enoch
- The Psalms of Solomon
- The Odes of Solomon
- The Letter of Aristeas
- The Fourth Book of Maccabees
- The Story of Ahikar
- Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
A search of the reference section of your local public library may well show these books on hand or available as well as quite a few others that will help you find the answers to your questions.
After some 40 years of researching the subject and reading most of the "lost" books and apocryphal writing, I have never found one that an in-depth reading will not be self-explanatory as to why it was excluded from the canon.
Answer Given By: Clay Willis |