Research topic: Apocrypha

Apocrypha [Gr.,=hidden things], term signifying a collection of early Jewish writings excluded from the canon of the Hebrew scriptures. It is not clear why the term was chosen. The Apocrypha include the following books and parts of books: First and Second Esdras ; Tobit ; Judith ; the Additions to Esther; Wisdom of Solomon ; Sirach (also called Ecclesiasticus); Baruch ; the Letter of Jeremiah (in Baruch); parts of Daniel (the Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Young Men ; see also Bel and the Dragon and Susanna 1 ); First and Second Maccabees ;... Read more