The library
The Texts
Most of these books were never removed from the Bible — they were never in it. A few genuinely were. We sort them into three shelves so you always know which is which.
Never canonical anywhere
Canonical in Ethiopian Orthodoxy, never in the West
Genuinely cut from Western Bibles
Running now
Pseudo-Philo (Biblical Antiquities)
24 episodes. Survives in Latin only. Names people the Bible leaves anonymous.
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Life of Adam and Eve
After Eden — what happened once the garden closed.
Published
1 Enoch
The Watchers, the giants, the bound angels. Quoted in Jude 14–15.
2 Enoch
Enoch's ascent through the heavens and the scribe Pravuil.
Jubilees
Genesis retold in jubilee cycles. Kainan and the star-chart.
Testament of Solomon
Solomon interrogates and binds the demons who built the Temple.
Testament of Abraham
Death shows Abraham its true face.
Joseph and Aseneth
Aseneth's seven days in ash and the visitor from heaven.
Apocalypse of Zephaniah
The accusers, the two scrolls, and the angel Eremiel.
2 Esdras
Printed in the 1611 King James Apocrypha; not in Catholic or Orthodox canons today.
Jannes and Jambres
The magicians who stood against Moses.
Ladder of Jacob
Jacob's ladder, explained.
Tobit
Raphael, Asmodeus and the fish's heart and liver.
Susanna
An addition to Daniel.
Bel and the Dragon
An addition to Daniel.
Prayer of Azariah
An addition to Daniel.
Prayer of Manasseh
A king's prayer from captivity.
Future
Ascension of Isaiah
Isaiah sawn in half, still seeing heaven.
Assumption of Moses
Michael and Satan dispute over Moses' body (Jude 9).
Testament of Job
Satan at Job's gate wearing a beggar's face.
Apocalypse of Abraham
Azazel appears to Abraham as a bird.
3 Baruch
Gospel of Nicodemus
Two men raised from the dead write the same account.