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Title: The Apocrypha Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 493 Vendor: Random House Inc Publication Date: 1959 Dimensions: 5 1/4 X 8 (inches) | Weight: 13 ounces ISBN: 0679724524 ISBN-13: 9780679724520 Text Layout: Single Column Text Color: Black Letter Stock No: WW2452X |
The powerful collection of books from the Greek version of the Jewish Biblethe earliest complete version of the Bible we possessbut that were not included in the final, canonical version of the Hebrew Bible.
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.
The translation into contemporary English is by Edgar J. Goodspeed.
There are 14 apocryphal writings total in this book.
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