Apocryphal books (Old Testament)
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Apocryphal books (Old Testament)
- Here are entered collections of texts of those books (frequently called Pseudepigrapha) related to the Old Testament, but excluded from both the Catholic canon and the Protestant and Jewish canons of the Old Testament. Works on individual books of this group are entered under their own title. Collections of texts of those books excluded from only the Protestant and Jewish canons of the Old Testament are entered under [Bible. O.T. Apocrypha.]
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006008
- info:lc/authorities/sh85006008
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85006008#concept
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Variants
- Bible. Old Testament--Apocryphal books
- Bible. Old Testament--Pseudepigraphal books
- Old Testament apocryphal books
- Pseudepigraphal books (Old Testament)
Narrower Terms
Sources
- found: Harper Collins. Bible dict., c1996: p. 894-899, art. Pseudepigrapha.
- found: Interpreters dict. of the Bible, c1962: v. 3, p. 960-964, art. Pseudepigrapha.
General Notes
- Here are entered collections of texts of those books (frequently called Pseudepigrapha) related to the Old Testament, but excluded from both the Catholic canon and the Protestant and Jewish canons of the Old Testament. Works on individual books of this group are entered under their own title. Collections of texts of those books excluded from only the Protestant and Jewish canons of the Old Testament are entered under [Bible. O.T. Apocrypha.]
Example Notes
- Note under [Bible. O.T. Apocrypha]
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2013-04-02: revised
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