English > Apocrypha: 1 sense > noun 1, communication| Meaning | 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status. |
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| Category of | Holofernes | (Apocrypha) the Assyrian general who was decapitated by the biblical heroine Judith |
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| Judith | Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha |
| Part of | Old Testament | The collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people |
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| Parts | Additions to Esther | An Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Esther |
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| Baruch, Book of Baruch | An Apocryphal book ascribed to Baruch |
| Bel and the Dragon | An Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Daniel |
| Ben Sira, Sirach, Ecclesiasticus, Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach | An Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect) |
| II Esdras, 2 Esdras | An Apocryphal book of angelic revelations |
| II Maccabees, 2 Maccabees | An Apocryphal book describing the life of Judas Maccabaeus |
| I Esdra, 1 Esdras | An Apocryphal book consisting of a compilation from I Chronicles and II Chronicles and Ezra and Nehemiah |
| I Maccabees, 1 Maccabees | An Apocryphal book describing the life of Judas Maccabaeus |
| Judith, Book of Judith | An Apocryphal book telling how Judith saved her people |
| Letter of Jeremiah, Epistle of Jeremiah | An Apocryphal book consisting of a letter ascribed to Jeremiah to the Jews in exile in Babylon warning them against idolatry |
| Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Children | An Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Daniel |
| Susanna, Book of Susanna | An Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Daniel |
| Tobit, Book of Tobit | An Apocryphal book that was a popular novel for several centuries |
| Wisdom of Solomon, Wisdom | An Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation / meditation on wisdom / wisdom |
| Broader | sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text | writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity |
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| Spanish | apócrifos, libros apócrifos |
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| Catalan | apòcrifs, llibres apòcrifs |
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| Adjectives | Apocryphal | of or belonging to the Apocrypha |
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