Banned from the Bible

Books Banned, Rejected, and Forbidden

By: Joseph B. Lumpkin

Narrated by: Dennis Logan

Length: 44 hrs and 45 mins

Publisher's summary

Books banned, rejected, and forbidden from the Bible.

Section one: 

• Lost Scriptures of the Old Testament 
• Enoch 
• Jubilees 
• Jasher 

Section two: 

• Apocalyptic Writings and the End of Days
• Apocalypse of Abraham 
• Apocalypse of Thomas 
• Four Ezra 
• Two Baruch 

Section three: 

• Lost Scriptures of the New Testament 
• Gospel of Philip 
• Gospel of Mary Magdalene 
• Apocryphon of John 
• Gospel of Thomas 
• Gospel of Judas 
• Acts Chapter 29

©2011 Joseph Lumpkin (P)2018 Joseph Lumpkin

Weak Narration

The narrator attempts to read at least half an octave below his natural speaking voice. It makes me think of a community theater actor trying to sound like his character has a sore throat, but knowing that he has to project to be heard.
The mispronunciations begin with "canonical" fairly early in the preface. This is followed by multiple examples of "treatise"... tree-at-us? Read that as "The giant threw a tree at us". There are others, but these examples should make my point.
I'm not sure if the print version is wrong or if the narrator adds the "S" on his own, but the book of "Revelations" is mentioned.
This is all within the preface of a 44+ hour book.
I hope to finish this, as the subject fascinates me, but so far it is extremely disappointing as far as the narration goes.

AWESOME!!!!

I have listened to this book over and over again i give all Thanks to the GOD of Abraham, Issac and Jacob for Blessing us with this knowledge that isn't taught in Churches.

Narrator Voice gave that errie excitement to the story. I love the echoes!

Misleading Headline

This recording starts with actual books that had been written during the time of the Old Testament that fill out details in the lives of the Patriarchs. Those are interesting. It is likely they were not included due to sheer volume. Later the author gets into all kinds of theological questions and controversies that really couldn't be considered books that would ever have been considered for the Bible when the final Canon was decided. He is getting into Gnosticism and New Age kinds of questions and confusions due to translations from the original languages into English. I am not interested in those topics at all. If you are a believing Christian and just wanted more understanding of the salvation history, inspiration and instruction recounted in the Bible this is not what you are looking for. The narrator has a good voice although he does not use much expression.

Full of honest research, well done book!

loved being able to listen while reading along in my paperback copy I bought, It helped me to study the material more efficiently. Very easy to listen to for hours at a time.

Interesting

great. definitely worth diving deeper into some of the lost texts. God definitely does great things.

knowledgeable

eye opening books that aren't taught but are used in almost every book. great way to spend your day.

It was very hard to get into...

This book was interesting, I just couldn't get into it much because of the narrator's voice. It sounds like he was struggling to breathe trying to hard. He sounds like a horrible cartoon villain. It's a irritating distraction.

narrator sucks his voice is so annoying it really

narrator is horrible so much I just can't listen to it anymore at all bad

loved the content, not the performance

I have read the protestant Bible almost every version. I'm dedicated to Jesus but love these books, too. I know they're not canon and listen with that ear. This book was informative, but the way the performer changed voice and inflections was not for me.

Very Interesting

A long history of the forgotten books. Narrator is soothing with explanations and context very helpful. Although there are no chapter marks to find places.

Who decides what is Canon...do we get a say?

The author does a good job in being objective. We all need to take a step back and challenge what we have been forced to believe. Regardless of whether Christianity is correct or not....certain people in history have made the decision for all of us what we should read and what we CANNOT read. The same people are associated with a church who carried out the most atrocious and barbaric acts against humanity in the last few centuries. We all need to view all of the information available to make our own choices in our faith and beliefs. Don't hide behind the argument that only 'inspired' writings are included in the bible....anything that does not align with the orthodox Christian 'standard model' is excluded.....make up you own mind!