52 texts written between 200 BC and AD 200 but ascribed to various prophets and kings in the Hebrew scriptures; many are apocalyptic in nature
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pseudepigrapha::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing |
Examples of pseudepigrapha
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There have probably been pseudepigrapha almost from the invention of full writing.
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Several books have claimed to be this lost text, but are widely discounted as pseudepigrapha.
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They were from antiquity regarded as pseudepigrapha.
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Almost all Zoroastrian pseudepigrapha is now lost, and of the attested texts-with only one exception-only fragments have survived.
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Pseudo-Plutarch is the conventional name given to the unknown authors of a number of pseudepigrapha attributed to Plutarch.
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There is a tendency not to use the word pseudepigrapha when describing works later than about 300 AD when referring to Biblical matters.
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Often included among the pseudepigrapha are 3 and 4 Maccabees because they are not traditionally found in western Bibles, although they are in the Septuagint.
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- 52 texts written between 200 BC and AD 200 but ascribed to various prophets and kings in the Hebrew scriptures; many are apocalyptic in nature
- Pseudepigrapha are falsely attributed works, texts whose claimed authorship is unfounded; a work, simply, "whose real author attributed it to a figure of the past."Bauckham, Richard; "Pseudo-Apostolic Letters", Journal of Biblical Literature, Vo. 107, No. 3, September 1988, pp.469-494. ...
- Spurious writing; especially spurious religious writings, falsely ascribed to Biblical Scriptural characters or times and not considered as canonical by any branch of the Christian church
- The term Pseudepigrapha is Greek for writings with false superscriptions, or documents whose authorship is falsely attributed. ...
- The name given to a collection of over 50 anonymous Jewish writings from the 5th century BCE to second century CE that are not part of the Hebrew Scriptures but are often attributed to biblical figures.
- Non-canonical books written in the period 200 BC to 200 AD.
- A group of Jewish books whose writers claimed to be various Old Testament personages, eg "the Book of Enoch", "the Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs". They are not included in the Canon of the Bible.
- Pseudonymous or anonymous Jewish religious writings of the period 200 B.C.E. to 200 C.E., especially those attributed to biblical characters.
- Religious writings outside the Jewish and Christian canon, Apocrypha, and the corpus of rabbinic works. They are often attributed to a biblical figure, such as Enoch.
