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The Bible's Cutting Room Floor: The Holy Scriptures Missing from Your Bible
Written by Joel M. Hoffman
Narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross
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The Bible you usually read is not the complete story. Some holy writings were left out for political or theological reasons, others simply because of the physical restrictions of ancient bookmaking technology. At times, the compilers of the Bible skipped information that they assumed everyone knew. Some passages were even omitted by accident. In The Bible's Cutting Room Floor, acclaimed author and translator Dr. Joel M. 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. 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 introduces us to Abraham, but it doesn't include the troubling story of his early life, which explains how he came to reject idolatry to become the father of monotheism. And while there are only 150 Psalms in today's Bible, there used to be many more. Dr. 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. 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.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Bible you usually read is not the complete story. Depending on your denomination you may have only so-called canonical books, deuterocanonical books, apocryphia and/or other books, letters and stories. Rather than using the fact that what we call 'Bible' is an outcome of (un)intentionally cut & paste to 'proof' the unreliability of the Bible, like Bart Ehrman c.s. do, Dr. Joel M. Hoffman shares in The Bible’s Cutting Room Floor first the backgrounds of bookmaking technology. With the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Nag Hammadi writings, the Books of Enoch, Life of Adam and Eve, extensions to Esther and Daniel, and Josephus history and commentaries commentaries on the Scriptures, much more teachings and insights have become available.Hoffman both takes his reader along the peculiar way the Dead Sea Scrolls were found, traded, researched and ultimately published. He elaborates in depth the way Josephus treats Old Testament texts, how the Septuagint, Vulgate and King James Version were created, and how difficult it is to translate Old Testament Hebrew and Aramaic. What do and don't we know of the Essenes or Qumran Sect that hid the Dead Sea Scrolls. After that there's room to you explore what you missed in the 'modern' Bibles. What happened to Adam and Eve after they were kicked out of the Garden of Eden? What was Abraham's youth like? Do we know more of Enoch's endless life? What's the roles of the Tower of Babel? And do the different biblical positions on fundamental, universal questions like good versus evil, human suffering and afterlife, angels, and God's holiness have support in these extra-biblical writings?Hoffman's teaching respectfully with an impressive mix of history, linguistics, and religious scholarship. It may bring believers and unbelievers together, confirming the faithful, both Jews and Christians, answering pregnant questions and challenge the ones currently rejecting the Bible as mere fiction. Hoffman makes you curious to re-read certain Bible parts and read his sources for yourself.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5As an amateur student of scriptural origins, I am always on the lookout for scholarly insights into why and how our current canon came to be, and what else was excised, edited, added, or alternately translated. Dr. Hoffman gives a whirlwind history of the world events leading up to the era of scriptural writings, mostly Old Testament texts, but links them to New Testament passages where appropriate.Hoffman's narrative is necessarily brief but he wisely chooses several significant areas of study including the Dead Sea scrolls, the Septuagint, biblical insights from the writings of Josephus, and a look at the Book of Enoch. The ending appendix contains a wealth of information and additional readings in specific areas of study.The approach is different, and the author uses his skills as a linguist to bring about insight into translational aberrations that have affected modern interpretations. This is a worthy addition to the library of those who are not afraid to look outside the cover of our modern bible.This was received in e-book format as an advanced Reader copy in exchange for an honest review.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The narrator for this audiobook is awful. I have heard bad narrators before, but his badness is a new low for me. I am very disappointed.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Waste of my time reading. No new information and very speculative without much to back it up. Don't waste your time.