I am researching a book. Input?

[CosmicCelticAtheist]

Maybe I'm missing something, but what does this have to do with you researching a book?

Boru

Yes, I am. I am looking for collaborators on my book if possible.

Before we get into the madness and idiocy that are the books of the bible. I should mention that there are many books left out of the bible. My question is why? Who decides what books stay and which ones are tossed away?
Here is a list of those books. We will revisit them later in this book.
·       The Book of Enoch
·       The Protevangelion
·       The Gospel of the Infancy of Jesus Christ
·       The Infancy Gospel of Thomas
·       The Book of Jesus Christ
·       The Gospel of Nicodemus (Acts of Pilate)
·       The Apostles' Creed (throughout history)
·       The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Laodiceans
·       The Epistles of Paul the Apostle to Seneca, with Seneca's to Paul
·       The Acts of Paul and Thecla
·       The Epistles of Clement (The First and Second Epistles of Clement to the Corinthians)
·       The Epistle of Barnabas
·       The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians
·       The Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians
·       The Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians
·       The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans
·       The Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians
·       The Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrneans
·       The Epistle of Ignatius to Polycarp
·       The Shepherd of Hermas (Visions, Commands, and Similitudes)
·       Letter of Herod To Pilate the Governor
·       Letter of Pilate to Herod
·       The Lost Gospel of Peter
·       The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians
·       The History of Susana
If you get the chance, I suggest that you read some of these books, especially The Book of Jesus Christ or the “Infancy Gospel of Thomas.” It is enlightening…
But I have gone off track. I apologize.

THE BOOK OF GENESIS

The Book of Genesis is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. Its Hebrew name is the same as its first word, Bereshit ('In the beginning'). Genesis is an account of the creation of the world, the early history of humanity, and of Israel's ancestors and the origins of the Jewish people.

We could go deep into detail about this book, for instance:
Tradition credits Moses as the author of Genesis, as well as the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and most of Deuteronomy; however, modern scholars, especially from the 19th century onward, place the books' authorship in the 6th and 5th centuries BC, hundreds of years after Moses is supposed to have lived. Based on scientific interpretation of archaeological, genetic, and linguistic evidence, most mainstream Bible scholars consider Genesis to be primarily mythological rather than historical.
Then why is it still included in the book (bible)?
Not to mention the "Apocryphal books."