The Lost and Hostile Gospels An Essay on the Toledoth Jeschu, and the Petrine and Pauline Gospels of the First Three Centuries of Which Fragments Remain

"The Lost and Hostile Gospels" by S. Baring-Gould is a historical exploration of early Christian writings that did not make it into the mainstream. Written in the late 1800s, the book examines the Toledoth Jeschu, as well as Petrine, and Pauline Gospels from the first three centuries. The book asks why figures like the historian Josephus stay silent on Jesus and early Christian history, with Baring-Gould suggesting the early Church may have seemed like the Essenes in its practices and beliefs. It suggests a wider point that Jewish historians may have avoided discussing Christianity. It looks at misunderstandings and conflict between Jewish and Gentile ways of interpreting belief during the historical creation of Christianity.