Apocrypha Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! PreviewAdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text==Judaism== {{Main|Jewish apocrypha|Development of the Hebrew Bible canon}} The Jewish apocrypha, known in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] as הספרים החיצונים (''Sefarim Hachizonim:'' "the external books"), are books written in large part by [[Jews]], especially during the [[Second Temple period]], not accepted as sacred manuscripts when the [[Hebrew Bible]] was [[Development of the Hebrew Bible canon|canonized]]. Some of these books are considered sacred by some [[Christians]], and are included in their versions of the [[Old Testament]]. The Jewish apocrypha is distinctive from the [[New Testament apocrypha]] and [[biblical apocrypha]] as it is the only one of these collections which works within a Jewish theological framework.<ref>{{cite web|title=APOCRYPHA - JewishEncyclopedia.com |url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/1644-apocrypha |access-date=12 June 2020 |website=www.jewishencyclopedia.com}}</ref> Although [[Orthodox Jews]] believe in the exclusive [[canonization]] of the current 24 books in the [[Hebrew Bible]], they also consider the [[Oral Torah]], which they believe was [[Law given to Moses at Sinai|handed down from Moses]], to be authoritative. Some argue that the [[Sadducees]], unlike the [[Pharisees]] but like the [[Samaritans]], seem to have maintained an earlier and smaller number of texts as canonical, preferring to hold to only what was written in the [[Law of Moses]] (the [[Torah]]),<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=40&letter=S&search=Sadducees |title=SADDUCEES |encyclopedia=jewishencyclopedia.com}}</ref> making most of the presently accepted canon, both Jewish and Christian, apocryphal in their eyes.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} Others believe that it is often mistakenly asserted that the [[Sadducees]] only accepted the [[Pentateuch]] (Torah).<ref name="Holman study bible">{{cite book|title=Holman study bible. |date=2013 |publisher=Holman Bible Pub |others=Howard, Jeremy Royal., Blum, Edwin., Stabnow, David K., Holman Bible Staff. |isbn=978-1-4336-0509-3 |edition=NKJV |location=Nashville, TN |oclc=828886896}}</ref> The [[Essene]]s in Judea and the [[Therapeutae]] in [[Egypt]] were said to have a secret literature (see [[Dead Sea scrolls]]).{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} Other traditions maintained different customs regarding canonicity.<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/arch/sbrandt/canon.htm The Old Testament Canon] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206105955/http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/arch/sbrandt/canon.htm |date=December 6, 2007 }}</ref> The [[Beta Israel|Ethiopian Jews]], for instance, seem to have retained a spread of canonical texts similar to the [[Ethiopian Orthodoxy|Ethiopian Orthodox Christians]].<ref>[http://gbgm-umc.org/UMW/BIBLE/ethold.stm Ethiopian Orthodox Old Testament] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071231095249/http://gbgm-umc.org/UMW/BIBLE/ethold.stm |date=December 31, 2007 }}</ref><ref>''Encyclopaedia Judaica'', Vol 6, p 1147.</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page