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David B · 08-05-2007, 01:39 PM

Which I'm watching now - it's an ad break - on the History +1 channel in the uK.

Exploring books like the Acts of Peter et al.

I'm finding it quite intriguing.

Have any of the experts here seen it, and, if so, what do they make of it?

David B

Toto · 08-05-2007, 02:18 PM

You type of Banned from the Bible: Secrets of the Apostles

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This one hour special deals with a raft of extra-canonical texts that did not make it into the orthodox bible. Gnostic, heretical, the products of forgery or ancient midrash – these stories circulated for centuries, were lost, rediscovered, or survived in fragmentary forms.

. . . Some of today’s best-known scholars and authors examine some of these tales, explaining the myriad reasons behind their exclusion from the bible.

It sounds like they haven't caught on that the Secret Gospel of Mark is a modern forgery.

It seems to have run on the US History Channel last April.

David B · 08-05-2007, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Toto

You type of Banned from the Bible: Secrets of the Apostles

Quote:

This one hour special deals with a raft of extra-canonical texts that did not make it into the orthodox bible. Gnostic, heretical, the products of forgery or ancient midrash – these stories circulated for centuries, were lost, rediscovered, or survived in fragmentary forms.

. . . Some of today’s best-known scholars and authors examine some of these tales, explaining the myriad reasons behind their exclusion from the bible.

It sounds like they haven't caught on that the Secret Gospel of Mark is a modern forgery.

It seems to have run on the US History Channel last April.

Bloody hell, is it really! For sure?

I think I've followed a couple of threads here, in which that didn't come out.

They did mention that some thought it was a forgery, as I recall.

What a shame - I'd have rather liked that to have been authentic.

David B

08-05-2007, 01:39 PM	#1
David B Contributor Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Wales Posts: 11,620	An interesting TV prog Which I'm watching now - it's an ad break - on the History +1 channel in the uK. Exploring books like the Acts of Peter et al. I'm finding it quite intriguing. Have any of the experts here seen it, and, if so, what do they make of it? David B

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