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The Lost Books of the BibleRestored Apocrypha Edition

Six works that sit outside the Protestant canon, set and printed as one hardcover volume.

Numbered first printing of 500

Chapter one

The object

The closed navy book with its gold angel medallion, lying flat on a linen desk beside a window.
The bound volume. Navy casewrap, gold angel medallion, 6 by 9 inches.

One book. 594 pages, 6 by 9 inches, hardcover casewrap on cream book stock.

Six works are printed here in full. About 330,000 words of text. Nothing in this edition was translated after 1924, and every text in it is in the public domain.

At the back there is an index of angels with 81 entries. Seven full page plates sit through the book, on pages 4, 68, 82, 194, 366, 448 and 576.

Chapter two

The Apocrypha

An engraving of the angel Raphael pointing along a river road while Tobias carries a fish, a dog at their feet.
Plate II. Tobias and Raphael on the road. Page 68.
An engraving of Judith standing with a sword inside the tent of Holofernes, her maid behind her with a lamp.
Plate III. The tent of Holofernes. Page 82.

The book opens with the complete 1611 King James Apocrypha. Fourteen books, 173 chapters, in the order the 1611 printers set them.

Tobit sends his son on a journey with a stranger who turns out to be Raphael. Judith walks into an enemy camp and comes back out. Judas Maccabeus holds a field against an empire.

These books stood inside the King James Bible before publishers began leaving them out. They are printed here in full, not in summary.

Chapter three

Enoch

An engraving of two figures on a mountain ridge watching winged forms descend through broken cloud.
Plate I. The Watchers descend on Mount Hermon. Page 4.

The Book of Enoch runs 104 chapters in the translation R. H. Charles published in 1912.

It names the Watchers who came down on Mount Hermon and it names their leaders. Semjaza. Azazel. It gives the oath they swore and what followed from it.

Then Uriel, Michael, Gabriel and Raguel carry the answer back. The text was lost to Europe for centuries and survived in Ethiopia. It is printed here whole.

Chapter four

Jubilees and Jasher

An engraving of a seated elder writing on a tablet while a winged figure points up into a crowded sky.
Plate V. The angel of the presence dictating on Sinai. Page 366.
An engraving of a young man standing unburnt in a wall of flame while a king watches from a throne.
Plate VI. Abraham in the furnace of Nimrod. Page 448.

Jubilees retells Genesis and part of Exodus across 49 chapters, dictated to Moses by the angel of the presence. Charles translated it in 1902.

Jasher follows, chapters 1 to 47, from the 1840 New York translation. That run carries the story from creation to the death of Isaac, and it holds the scene of Abraham in the furnace of Nimrod.

The cut is stated on the section page, so you know what you have. This is Sefer haYashar. It is not the lost book named in Joshua 10, and we do not print it as though it were.

Chapter five

Didache and Thomas

An engraving of a group seated around a low table at night, one man reading from a scroll, bread and bowls between them.
Plate VII. The breaking of bread. Page 576.
The book open under a brass lamp, an engraving of an angel holding a scroll on the right hand page.
The text block opens flat. Plates are printed on the same stock as the text.

The Didache closes the early church section, in the translation Charles H. Hoole made in 1894 from the Bryennius manuscript.

Then the Thomas texts in the versions M. R. James published in 1924: the Oxyrhynchus Sayings of Jesus and the Infancy Gospel of Thomas.

This is not a Bible. It contains no Old or New Testament text.

Chapter six

The edition

A close view of the stamped gold medallion, an angel holding an open scroll under seven stars, on navy book cloth.
The medallion. Stamped in gold on navy cloth.
The seven engraving plates fanned out across a linen cloth.
All seven plates. One for each text carried in the volume.
Format
6 by 9 inches, hardcover casewrap
Extent
594 pages, about 330,000 words
Paper
Cream book stock
Binding
Navy casewrap, gold angel medallion
Plates
Seven, on pages 4, 68, 82, 194, 366, 448, 576
Index
Angels and Watchers, 81 entries
Printing
Numbered first printing of 500

Questions

Which books are in it?

The complete 1611 King James Apocrypha, fourteen books in 173 chapters. The Book of Enoch, 104 chapters. The Book of Jubilees, 49 chapters. The Book of Jasher, chapters 1 to 47. The Didache. The Oxyrhynchus Sayings of Jesus and the Infancy Gospel of Thomas.

Why only 47 chapters of Jasher?

Chapters 1 to 47 of the 1840 New York translation run from creation to the death of Isaac. That is one complete arc, and it is the part readers come for. The cut is printed on the section page rather than hidden in the back matter.

Is this a Bible?

No. It carries no Old or New Testament text. It is a companion volume of the works that sit outside the Protestant canon.

Which translations did you use?

The Apocrypha is the 1611 King James text. Enoch and Jubilees are R. H. Charles, 1912 and 1902. Jasher is the 1840 New York translation. The Didache is Charles H. Hoole, 1894. The Thomas texts are M. R. James, 1924. Nothing here is newer than 1924 and every text is in the public domain.

When does it ship?

Each copy is printed to order in the USA and ships in 7 to 12 business days. US shipping is free.

What if I want to send it back?

Thirty days from delivery, for any reason. Write to hello@winedarkpress.com and we will take it from there.

The navy book standing upright with the plain cream index booklet leaning against it.
The booklet. Printed Angel and Watcher Index, sold beside the book.

$79.95, free US shipping.

Printed to order in the USA. Ships in 7 to 12 business days.

30 day returns. Numbered first printing of 500.

Order the numbered first printing at $79.95.

The printed Angel and Watcher Index booklet can be added for $9 at checkout. It holds all 81 entries, the ones in the margin here and the rest.

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