Apr 9, 2021
6 min read
The Apocryphal Bible Hoax That Won’t Die
“The Archko Volume” still sells although proved fake more than 120 years ago
Between 1879 and 1896, the Rev. William D. Mahan, a minister in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, issued three editions of previously unknown contemporary accounts of Jesus Christ’s life. There’s virtually unanimous agreement that his work is a fraud, and Mahan’s…
