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Apocrypha - əpŏkˈrĭfə [Gr.,=hidden things], term signifying a collection of early Jewish writings excluded from the canon of the Hebrew scriptures. It is not clear why the term was chosen. The Apocrypha include the following books and parts of books: First and Second Esdras; Tobit; Judith; the Additions to Esther; Wisdom of Solomon;


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    The Story of the Apocrypha » Read Now

    by Edgar J. Goodspeed. 150 pgs.

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    Lost Scriptures: Books That Did Not Make It into the New Testament » Read Now

    by Bart D. Ehrman. 342 pgs.

    We may think of the twenty-seven books of the New Testament as the only sacred writings of the early Christians, but this is not at all the case. Lost Scriptures offers an anthology of up-to-date and readable translations of many non-canonical writings from the first centuries after Christ--texts...
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    The Apocryphal Old Testament » Read Now

    by H. F. D. Sparks. 990 pgs.

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    Sixth Ezra: The Text and Origin » Read Now

    by Theodore A. Bergren. 284 pgs.

    6 Ezra is a short oracular writing that is included in the biblical Apocrypha as the final two chapters (15-16) of Ezra, or 2 Esdras. Cast as the words of God mediated through an unnamed prophet, the main part of the work sets forth predictions of impending doom for the world. _ There has never...
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    The Apocryphal Apocalypse: The Reception of the Second Book of Esdras (4 Ezra) from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment » Read Now

    by Alastair Hamilton. 398 pgs.

    This is the first study of the reception of the apocryphal Second Book of Esdras (4 Ezra) from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century. Professor Hamilton discusses the concepts of biblical apocrypha and canonicity in connection with the increasingly critical attitude to religious authority which...
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    The Apocryphal New Testament: A Collection of Apocryphal Christian Literature in an English Translation » Read Now

    by J. K. Elliott. 752 pgs.

    This collection of apocryphal texts supersedes the best-selling edition by M.R. James, which was originally published in 1924, but regularly reprinted. Several new texts have come to light since 1924 and the textual base for some of the apocrypha previously translated by James is now more secure, as...
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    A New Commentary on Holy Scripture: Including the Apocrypha » Read Now

    by Charles Gore, Henry Leighton Goudge, Alfred Guillaume. 746 pgs.

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    Who's Who in the Old Testament: Together with the Apocrypha » Read Now

    by Joan Comay. 398 pgs.

    The Routledge Who's Who: The Old Testament brings vividly to life the thousands of characters in the Old Testament, and provides:bull; nearly 3000 extensive entries covering every characterbull; detailed biographical information on each character, including exactly where to find them in the...
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    Lost Christianities: The Battle for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew » Read Now

    by Bart D. Ehrman. 294 pgs.

    The early Christian Church was a chaos of contending beliefs. Some groups of Christians claimed that there was not one God but two or twelve or thirty. Some believed that the world had not been created by God but by a lesser, ignorant deity. Certain sects maintained that Jesus was human but not...
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