THE BOOK OF THE BEE
THE BOOK OF THE CAVE OF TREASURES
Sumerian relief in copper on wood representing Imdugud, or Imgig, the lion-headed eagle of Ningirsu, the great god of Lagash, grasping two stags by their tails. It is probable that it was originally placed over the door of the temple of Nin-khursag or Damgalnun at the head of the stairway leading on to the temple platform. This remarkable monument was made about 3100 B.C., and was discovered by Dr. H. R. Hall in 1919 at Tall al-`Ub, a sanctuary at "Ur of the Chaldees" in Lower Babylonia. It is now in the British Museum (No. 114308).
The Book of Enoch
A page of the Ethiopic text of the "Book of Enoch" (British Museum MS. Orient. No. 485, Fol. 83b) containing a description of one of Enoch's visits to heaven, and how the archangel Michael took him by the hand and showed him the mysteries of heaven.
From The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament R.H. Charles Oxford: The Clarendon Press
THE FORGOTTEN BOOKS OF EDEN
In 1995, the text was extracted from a copy of The Forgotten Books of Eden and converted to electronic form by Dennis Hawkins.
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The Book of Jasher
SALT LAKE CITY: PUBLISHED BY J.H. PARRY & COMPANY 1887.
NOTE : According to some sources, this book was once the original start of the Bible. Originally translated from Hebrew in A.D. 800, "The Book of Jasher" was suppressed, then rediscovered in 1829 when it was once again suppressed. Reemerged again, in his preface Alcuin writes the reference to Jasher in 2 Samuel authenticates this book .
The root of the first book of Jasher must be written BEFORE the time of Joshua and Samuel in the Bible because both books refers to the book of Jasher.
"Is not this written in the Book of Jasher?"--Joshua, 10,13.
"Behold it is written in the Book of Jasher."--II. Samuel, 1,18
The Book of Jubilees
by R.H. Charles, Oxford: Clarendon Press,
1913.
Scanned and Edited by Joshua Williams, Northwest Nazarene College.
A page of the Ethiopic version of the apocryphal work known to ecclesiastical writers as the "Lesser Genesis," and the "Apocalypse of Moses" (British Museum MS. Orient. No. 485, Fol. 83b). Because each of the periods of time described in the book contains forty-nine to fifty years, the Ethiopians called it MAZHAFA K i.e. the "Book of Jubilees." The passage here reproducted describes the tale of Joseph in the 17th year of his age, his going down to Egypt, and his life in that country.
THE 'BOOK OF THE GLORY OF KINGS'
(KEBRA NAGAST)
THE BOOK OF ABRAHAM
The Writings of Abraham
from the papyri found in Egypt 1831
1 Hast thou not seen how thy
Lord dealt with the owners of the Elephant ?
2 Did He not bring their stratagem
to naught,
3 And send against them swarms
of flying creatures,
4 Which pelted them with stones
of baked clay,
5 And made them like green crops
devoured (by cattle) ?
1 Woe unto every slandering
traducer,
2 Who hath gathered wealth (of
this world) and arranged it.
3 He thinketh that his wealth
will render him immortal.
4 Nay, but verily he will be
flung to the Consuming One.
5 Ah, what will convey unto
thee what the Consuming One is!
6 (It is) the fire of Allah,
kindled,
7 Which leapeth up over the
hearts (of men).
8 Lo! it is closed in on them
9 In outstretched columns.
1 Rivalry in worldly increase
distracteth you
2 Until ye come to the graves.
3 Nay, but ye will come to know!
4 Nay, but ye will come to know!
5 Nay, would that ye knew (now)
with a sure knowledge!
6 For ye will behold hell-fire.
7 Aye, ye will behold it with
sure vision.
8 Then, on that day, ye will
be asked concerning pleasure.
1 The Calamity!
2 What is the Calamity ?
3 Ah, what will convey unto
thee what the Calamity is!
4 A day wherein mankind will
be as thickly-scattered moths
5 And the mountains will become
as carded wool.
6 Then, as for him whose scales
are heavy (with good works),
7 He will live a pleasant life.
8 But as for him whose scales
are light,
9 A bereft and Hungry One will
be his mother,
10 Ah, what will convey unto
thee what she is! -
11 Raging Fire.
1 By the snorting courses,
2 Striking sparks of fire
3 And scouring to the raid at
dawn,
4 Then, therewith, with their
trail of dust,
5 Cleaving, as one, the centre
(of the foe),
6 Lo! man is an ingrate unto
his Lord
7 And lo! he is a witness unto
that;
8 And lo! in the love of wealth
he is violent.
9 Knoweth he not that, when
the contents of the graves are poured forth
10 And the secrets of the breasts
are made known,
11 On that day will their Lord
be perfectly informed concerning them.
1 When Earth is shaken with
her (final) earthquake
2 And Earth yieldeth up her
burdens,
3 And man saith: What aileth
her ?
4 That day she will relate her
chronicles,
5 Because thy Lord inspireth
her.
6 That day mankind will issue
forth in scattered groups to be shown their deeds.
7 And whoso doeth good an atom's
weight will see it then,
8 And whoso doeth ill an atom's
weight will see it then.
