These books.(Apocrypha).were
written not in Hebrew but in Greek and during the 'period of silence',
from the time of
Malachi,
after which
oracles
and direct revelations from God ceased till the Christian
era.
The contents of the apocryphal
books themselves show that they were no part of Scripture.
Similar too, were
also the Gospels
of Thomas and Juda; the names only appear as been taken from the Bible
to build those books around them. With all the books
the Vatican had hidden from us, now that they are coming out, we may
find out the truth about thir authenticity.
The Old Testament Apocrypha
consists of fourteen books, the chief of which are the Books of the
Maccabees.(q.v.),
the Books of Esdras, the Book of Wisdom, the Book of Baruch,
the Book of Esther.(not
this 'Esther'),
Ecclesiasticus.(not
'Ecclesiastes'),
Tobit,
Judith
and Psalm.(note,
not Psalms), etc.
The New Testament Apocrypha
consists of very extensive literature, which bears distinct evidences of
its non apostolic
origin and is utterly.unworthy
of regard.
Comprised from.The
Online Bible: This.(Apocrypha).has
never been accepted as scriptures for the following reasons:
...the true Judeans
never considered them part of their sacred
canon.
...Christ rejected them
by citing the scriptures as the "Law, the Prophets and the Psalms":.Luke
24:44. The true Judeans would know that to be what we now consider
as being the 39 books of the Old Testament includes the
Law, the
Prophets and the Psalms.
Our Lord and his apostles
confirmed by their authority the ordinary canon the Judeans adhered to,
which was the same in all respects as we now have it.
Such
apparently spurious books are never quoted in the.Bible.we
have today. These apocryphal books are not once quoted by the New Testament
writers, but note that the Vatican had many councils throughout the ages
where many words word not just changed but removes as happened with the
missing 711
Bible books.
...many are unreliable and
contradict known historical facts and doctrines in the Bible.
(various examples
can be detailed); contact: Larry Pierce, 11 Holmwood Street, Winterbourne,
Ontario N0B 2V0, OnlineBible.net)
The number of such books,
the verse numbering and the actual verses themselves vary greatly depending
on who prints the.Apocrypha.
This is not definitely something you would want to depend on!
The following is the introduction
from the Oxford edition of the Apocrypha.
These Books form part of
the sacred literature of the Alexandria Jews
and with the exception of the Second Book of Esdras are found interspersed
with the Hebrew Scriptures in the ancient copies of the Septuagint
which is the Greek Version of the Old Testament.
They are the product of the
era subsequent
to the Captivity; having their origin partly in Babylonia, partly in Palestine
and Egypt and perhaps other countries. Most of them belong to the last
three centuries B.C.E., when prophecy, oracles and direct revelation had
ceased. Some of them form a historical link between the Old and New Testament,
others have a linguistic value in connection with the Hellenistic phraseology
of the latter. The narratives of the Apocrypha are partly historical
records and partly allegorical.
The religious poetry is to a large extent a paraphrase
upon the Poetical and Prophetical Books of the Hebrew Canon. In the paraphrases
upon the latter there is often a near approach to New Testament teaching,
especially upon God's care for the heathen world.