The Bible's Cutting Room Floor: The Holy Scriptures Missing from Your Bible

And while there are only 150 Psalms in today's Bible, there used to be many more. The Book of Genesis tells us about Adam and Eve's time in the Garden of Eden, but not their saga after they get kicked out or the lessons they have for us about good and evil. The Bible you usually read is not the complete story. In The Bible's Cutting Room Floor, acclaimed author and translator Dr. An impressive blend of history, linguistics, and religious scholarship, The Bible's Cutting Room Floor reveals what's missing from your Bible, who left it out, and why it is so important.. Some holy writings were left out for political or theological reasons, others simply because of the physical restrictions of ancient bookmaking technology. Some passages were even omitted by accident. Dr. Hoffman gives us the stories and other texts that didn't make it into the Bible even though they offer penetrating insight into the Bible and its teachings. Hoffman deftly brings these and other ancient scriptural texts to life, exploring how they offer new answers to some of the most fundamental and universal questions people ask about their lives. Joel M. At times, the compilers of the Bible skipped information that they assumed everyone knew. The Bible introduces us to Abraham, but it doesn't include the tr

"Overly assumptive - but decent discussion" according to J. Mccormack. Overall an interesting read, though with some issues. First, the title, while meant to engage and intrigue the reader, is kind of presenting a false assumption. He is assuming that most any biblical sounding writing should have been included in the "Holy Scriptures," regardless of its content or . Here is one to stretch you! Kindle Customer This is a thoroughly researched and well written essay on the subject of Bible translation, and other early Hebraic and Christian texts from the biblical era. Rather than shake your confidence in your Bible, let this work give you additional insight and information to compliment your study of the. "God did not retire on the 7th day, nor in 1611" according to Larry J. Crocker. While not a great deal of the content is new to the lifelong serious Bible scholar, Hoffman has done an excellent presentation of how the Bible came to be and helping the reader to understand that God did not fax His final draft of the Bible to King James in 1611. Hoffman helps the reader to unde