# Lost books of the Bible

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-books-of-the-bible/672760>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [October 31, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-books-of-the-bible/672760 "2013-10-31T16:10:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-books-of-the-bible/672760/1 "2013-10-31T16:10:30Z")

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Everything Uncle Cece said … additionally some of these books just aren’t very good, “… for those books which were accepted [into the canonical Bible] are far superior in value to the others.” - Dr. Frank Crane, Introduction to the Lost Books of the Bible. Please note that “The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden” is about the size of the canonical Bible. Perhaps God had mercy on the scribes of the time.

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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-books-of-the-bible/672760/2 "2013-10-31T18:01:33Z")

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[link to article](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1016/whats-up-with-the-lost-books-of-the-bible)