The romance of imaginary New Testament scholarship -- Higher critical hoax -- Raiders of the lost gospel -- Mystery in the monastery -- The Q connection -- Strangers in a cave -- Harpooning the fish -- Evangel and espionage -- The gospel of Cain and Abel -- Pontius is my co-pilate -- Remembrance of lives past -- The real (strange) Bible -- Dem dry bones -- Bad news oracle -- It's in the vault -- Frisky father Folan -- Looking for Luke -- Under the lid -- But I'm not dead yet! -- The Q contender -- Profane pilgrim -- The hidden and the revealed -- Book of betrayal -- Messiah's memoir -- The mother lode -- Sexy swashbuckler -- Elementary, my dear Mary! -- Nancy Drew versus Simon Magus -- James M. Robinson in strange company -- John's gospel : the sequel -- Discovering faith and flesh -- The Q conundrum -- The Q conspiracy -- The Merovingian -- Skeleton lock and key -- The loosely-conceived gospel -- Mary Maudlin -- Ecumneical revelation -- Is it I, Lord? The ultimate relic -- Constantine's conspiracy -- Copts and robbers -- Don't look now...
Summary:
Secret scrolls is the very first examination of some forty novels in which someone discovers a new gospel. Sometimes it turns out to be a hoax; will it be debunked before it can work its mischielf? If it proves genuine, will it be brought to light? Or will corrupt church officials manage to prevent it? The book evaluates what each author has to say about historical Jesus scholarship or New Testament research in general. Secret scrolls assesses what each author imagines it would take to derail and debunk Christianity.
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