Introducing the Apocrypha: Message, Context, and Significance

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David A. deSilva. Introducing the Apocrypha: Message, Context, and Significance. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2002. 428 pp. $29.99.

In the tradition of Bruce M. Metzger's An Introduction to the Apocrypha (New York: Oxford University Press, 1957), David A. deSilva in his Introducing the Apocrypha seeks to illustrate the importance of correcting misnomers and replacing ignorance with a thorough appreciation of the apocryphal books in their own right. There are, however, two primary differences between these two works. First, Metger's is deliberately "non-technical" (Metzger, p. vii) and lay-oriented. ...

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