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What is the Apocrypha?

What is the Apocrypha?


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Apocrypha (from the Greek word ???????? meaning "those having been hidden away") are texts of uncertain authenticity or writings where the authorship is questioned. In Judeo-Christian theology, the term apocrypha refers to any collection of scriptural texts that falls outside the canon.

Taken from Wikipedia definition of apocrypha. 
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In judeo christian theology the term

apocrypha refers to any collection of scriptural texts that falls outside the canon
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The Apocrypha

consists of the books that are found in the Greek version of the Jewish Bible--the Septuagint, the earliest complete version of the Bible we possess--but that were not included in the final, canonical version of the Hebrew Bible. For this reason, they were called “Apocrypha,” the hidden or secret books, and while they formed part of the original King James version of 1611, they are no longer included in modern Bibles. Yet they include such important works as The First Book of Maccabees, the Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus, and the stories of Susanna, Tobit, and Judith, and other works of great importance for the history of the Jews in the period between the rebuilding of the Temple and the time of Jesus, and thus for the background of the New Testament. These works have also had a remarkable impact on writers and artists. Beyond this, they are often as powerful as anything in the canonical Bible.
One of THE best books I have come across and own ( study ) is by Edgar J Goodspeed. This book is available through amazon.com for order, if you're genuinely interested in reading more about it. Good luck in your studies.
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it is a book that has all the books of the bible in it that were never actually put in the bible because they were repeats or they were not of great importance
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I looked it up in the dictionary.  dubious writings.  Wow - posted 2 years ago??
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