Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Lost Chapter of the Acts of the Apostles


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result of the debate was keep. Physchim62 (talk&middot;RfA) 21:34, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

The Lost Chapter of the Acts of the Apostles
This is a slim volume with an Amazon sales rank of 712757. It purports to be the translation of a manuscript supposedly containing the 29th chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, detailing St Paul's journey to Britain, where he preached to a tribe of Israelites. (The Acts end rather abruptly with Paul kept under house arrest in chapter 28, which has led to various theory about the history of the text.)

The book was published in 1982 and serves to support Anglo-Israelism. The influence of the movement parallels the influence of the British Empire and the group that was once supported by distinguished figures is now nothing but a minor fringe group.

What I fail to find is any impact this book might have made; I haven't found any review, or anyone referring to it having any impact, neither is it mentioned on the website of the British-Israel-World Foundation. As a truly apocryph apocryphon it ought to be deleted. Pilatus 17:09, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

The nominator wishes to withdraw the nomination. The book exists in at least three editions; the fact that it is almost unknown now does not mean that had no influence ever. Pilatus 15:14, 27 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep (or better merge) - OK so this is low-notability tinfoil-hattery, but it is also quite verifiable and NPOV. E. Raymond Capt seems to have written a host of such BS books - and they don't quite look like vanity. I've no idea whether we have articles on the others - but if we do it might be better to merge the lot to E. Raymond Capt (crackpot). --Doc (?) 19:39, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
 * If this kept please at least rename The Lost Chapter of the Acts of the Apostles (book), to clarify that this is not an article on any spurious Biblical text. --Doc (?) 19:43, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
 * The author may be irrelevant but certainly is prolific. His publisher devotes a whole section to his opus (available on tape, CD, and dead tree). Pilatus 16:47, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep (and preferably ). Verifiable book.  The introduction to this nomination would make a good addition to the article itself.  Ilmari Karonen 19:46, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
 * You think so? :-) Pilatus 20:24, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak keep, agreeing with Doc and with IK. Barno 20:20, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep, walks the edge of notability.--Isotope23 20:55, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable enough. 23skidoo 01:20, 25 October 2005 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.