The “missing books”, one by one
None of these books were lost or hidden. Each was known, read and weighed by the early church. Status here rates how confident we are that leaving it out was right; Yellow means major Christian traditions still disagree.
28 questions
- Settled19
- Debated9
- 3B.1Tobit
- 3B.2Judith
- 3B.3Wisdom of Solomon
- 3B.4Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)
- 3B.5Baruch & Letter of Jeremiah
- 3B.61 Maccabees
- 3B.72 Maccabees
- 3B.8Additions to Esther and Daniel (Susanna, Bel and the Dragon, Prayer of Azariah)
- 3B.9Orthodox extras (1 Esdras, 3–4 Maccabees, Prayer of Manasseh, Psalm 151, 2 Esdras)
- 3B.101 Enoch
- 3B.11Jubilees
- 3B.122 Enoch and 3 Enoch
- 3B.13Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
- 3B.14Book of Jashar
- 3B.15Book of the Wars of the LORD; royal chronicles; records of Nathan and Gad
- 3B.16Paul’s lost letters (earlier letter to Corinth; letter from Laodicea)
- 3B.17Gospel of Thomas
- 3B.18Gospel of Judas
- 3B.19Gospels of Mary and Philip
- 3B.20Gospel of Peter
- 3B.21Infancy Gospel of Thomas
- 3B.22Protoevangelium of James
- 3B.23Acts of Paul (and Thecla)
- 3B.24Shepherd of Hermas
- 3B.25Didache
- 3B.261 Clement
- 3B.27Epistle of Barnabas
- 3B.28Apocalypse of Peter