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Short, plain guides to the questions people actually ask about the Bible and the books that grew up around it — where they came from, why the canons differ, and where to read each one in full.

• What Is the Book of Enoch?

  The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch) is an ancient Jewish work attributed to the patriarch Enoch. Here is what it contains, when it was written, why it matters, and where to read it in full.

• Why Isn't the Book of Enoch in the Bible?

  The New Testament quotes the Book of Enoch, and it was read widely in the early church. So why was it left out of the canon? The history is clearer than most people expect.

• What Are the “Lost Books of the Bible”?

  “Lost books of the Bible” covers the Apocrypha, the pseudepigrapha, and the New Testament apocrypha — writings read alongside scripture but left out of the Protestant canon. Here is the map.

• What Is the Apocrypha?

  The Apocrypha are the books in Catholic and Orthodox Bibles that most Protestant Bibles leave out — Tobit, Judith, Sirach, Wisdom, Maccabees, and more. What they are and why the canons differ.

• Who Were the Apostolic Fathers?

  The Apostolic Fathers are the earliest Christian authors outside the New Testament — writing around AD 95 to 160, some within living memory of the apostles. Who they were and what they wrote.