The Apocrypha: Authorized Version of the Books Not in the Bible

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UPC:
9780880299916
Maximum Purchase:
3 units
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication Date:
1994-06-21
Author:
Manuel Komroff
Language:
english
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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.