There are numerous gnostic texts available at places like Barnes and Noble. They include numerous 'gospels' and are almost unbelievably pathetic attempts to paint fantasy as religiosity.
The difference between the tone and doctrine of these supposed 'gospels' and the canon of the Bible as we know it is more than significant.
It's like the "Jesus Seminar" on crack.
Actually a large number of these texts co-date or pre-date the accepted writing period of the four gospels, which are believed to be put together at the end of the first century.
The Gospel According to Thomas is a good example, it fits well into the synoptic gospels.
And the Nag Hammadi scrolls found a copy of the book of Isaiah, a copy which was IDENTICAL to the current version we have.
And we have somewhere between four and six copies of parts of the New Testament written in Aramaic, some may pre-date the Greek.
(s)a lo written unto the word that algore will win the 2000 election after the crucifiction. Only an evil republican can steal the election.(/s)
Seriously, history is repleat with forgeries and fakes. How many french churches claim to have the holy relic of the jesus' foreskin?
LOL! You nailed it.