This first section was the Non-Canonical Gospels (still not sure what that means, exactly). Some were quite readable and interesting. They added to the gospel stories we have already heard, giving more detail or changing them slightly. The Infancy Gospel of Thomas (reportedly by Judas Thomas, his twin brother) reported things Jesus did between the ages of 5-12, including the trip with the family to Jerusalem. The Proto-Gospel of James shed much more light onto Jesus' parents and was ostensibly by Jesus' older half-brother, a son of Joseph before being widowed and meeting Mary. Other Gospels were much more difficult--dry, redundant, and lecturing. I am now on p 91 and will stop for awhile, coming back to the book later.
I have now started Earth (The Book)...A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race, by the writers of The Daily Show. It is not as funny as I'd hoped and I may not finish it, but I am now on p 50 and am curious as to where it is going.
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