The Apocrypha: Authorized Version of the Books Not in the Bible
Book Details
Author(s)Manuel Komroff
PublisherDorset Press
ISBN / ASIN0880299916
ISBN-139780880299916
CategoryApocryphal books
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
Description
The word "apocrypha" means "hidden things." Applied to the teachings of clandestine heresies, it later denoted a group of writings excluded from the Hebrew Bible. The first Greek Bible included them; and ever since then the question of their divine authority has generated controversy. The Apocrypha date from a period when Judaism was heavily influenced by Hellenistic culture. Some of them mix Jewish piety with Hellenistic worldliness - explanation enough for their absence from the Hebrew Bible.
