However, they were aware that the Great Bible of 1539 — which was the only version then legally authorized for use in Anglican worship — was severely deficient ; in that much of the Old Testament and Apocrypha was translated from the Latin Vulgate, rather than from the original Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek.

The bishops depute to revise the Apocrypha appear to have delivered very little, as the text in these books reproduce that of the Great Bible broadly the same.

Plus, while not viewing them as Scripture, early Protestant Bibles — Luther's translation, the Great Bible of 1539, the Geneva Bible of 1560 ( supported by John Calvin and John Knox ), the Bishops ' Bible of 1568, and the King James Bible of 1611 — included the Deuterocanonical books, or " Apocrypha ," as something of an appendix.

The New English Bible ( the Old Testament and Apocrypha will be published at a future date ) has not been planned to rival or replace the King James Version, but, as its cover states, it is offered `` simply as the Bible to all those who will use it in reading, teaching, or worship ''.

The Deuterocanon or biblical apocrypha | Apocrypha are colored differently from the Protocanon ( the Hebrew Bible books which are considered canonical by all ).

However, some editions of the Bible include text from both deuterocanonical and non-canonical scriptures in a single section designated " Apocrypha ".

There is a great deal of overlap between the Apocrypha section of the original 1611 King James Bible and the Catholic deuterocanon, but the two are distinct.

The Apocrypha section of the original 1611 King James Bible includes, in addition to the deuterocanonical books, the following three books, which were not included in the list of the canonical books by the Council of Trent:

The Apocrypha are included under a separate heading in the King James Version of the Bible, the basis for the Revised Standard Version.

Ahasuerus (; Old Persian: Xšayārša ; ; in the Septuagint ; or in the Vulgate ; commonly transliterated Achashverosh ) is a name used several times in the Hebrew Bible, as well as related legends and Apocrypha.

Joan Comay, co-author of Who's Who in the Bible: The Old Testament and the Apocrypha, The New Testament, believes that the biblical story of Samson is so specific concerning time and place that Samson was undoubtedly a real person who pitted his great strength against the oppressors of Israel.

Rogers also contributed the Song of Manasses in the Apocrypha, which he found in a French Bible printed in 1535.

The Apocrypha of the King James version of the Bible constitutes the books of the Vulgate version that are present neither in the Hebrew Old Testament nor the Greek New Testament.

* Bishops Bible on StudyBible. info — Includes the Apocrypha.

As the Tyndale Bible was incomplete, Coverdale translated the remaining books of the Old Testament and Apocrypha from the Latin Vulgate and German translations, rather than working from the original Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic texts.

The Council officially accepted the Vulgate listing of the Old Testament Bible which included the deuterocanonical works ( also called the Apocrypha, especially by Protestants ) on a par with the 39 books customarily found in the Masoretic Text and the Protestant Old Testament.

Discovering that that there was no full concordance of the proper names in the Bible, Grove, helped by his wife, began work in 1853 making a complete index of each occurrence of every proper name in the Bible, including the Apocrypha.

* New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, New Revised Standard Version.

* NRSV Reference Bible with the Apocrypha ( 1993, Zondervan )

* The HarperCollins Study Bible with Apocrypha ( 1997, ISBN 0-06-065527-5 )

* The Access Bible with Apocrypha ( 1999, ISBN 0-19-528217-5 )

* The New Interpreter's Study Bible with Apocrypha ( 2003, ISBN 0-687-27832-5 )

Although the Apocrypha was part of the 1611 edition of the KJV, the LDS Church does not currently use the Apocrypha as part of its canon.

Joseph Smith Jr. taught that while the contemporary edition of the Apocrypha was not to be relied on for doctrine, it was potentially useful when read with a spirit of discernment.

The doctrinal acts are as follows: after reaffirming the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed ( third session ), the decree was passed ( fourth session ) confirming that the deuterocanonical books were on a par with the other books of the canon ( against Luther's placement of these books in the Apocrypha of his edition ) and coordinating church tradition with the Scriptures as a rule of faith.

In common with most other translations of the period, the New Testament was translated from Greek, the Old Testament was translated from Hebrew text, while the Apocrypha were translated from the Greek and Latin.

In patristic Greek, the word Stoichiometria was used by Nicephorus to refer to the number of line counts of the canonical New Testament and some of the Apocrypha.

Fabricius was also influential in articulating current scholarly notions of the " Old Testament Pseudepigrapha " and " New Testament Apocrypha ", through his compilation of collections of texts and excerpts in Codex apocryphus Novi Testamenti ( 1703 ), Codex pseudepigraphus Veteris Testamenti ( 1713 ), and Codicis pseudepigraphi Veteris Testamenti Volumen alterum accedit Josephi veteris Christiani auctoria Hypomnesticon ( 1723 ).

According to 1 Enoch ( a book of the Apocrypha ), Azazel ( here spelled ‘ ăzā ’ zyēl ) was one of the chief Grigori, a group of fallen angels who married women.

Among his later writings, besides numerous pamphlets on what was known as " the Apocrypha controversy ," are a treatise On the Inspiration of Scripture ( 1828 ), which passed through many editions, and a later Exposition of the Epistle to the Romans ( 1835 ), which has been frequently reprinted, and has been translated into French and German.

The New Testament was published in 1881, the Old Testament in 1885, and the Apocrypha in 1894.

Smith relied on a version of the Bible that included the Apocrypha, and marked off the Bible as verses were examined ( the Apocrypha was not included in the Translation ).

The Tridentine – Florentine Biblical canon was naturally used, with the Deuterocanonical books incorporated into the Douay – Rheims Old Testament, and only 3 Esdras, 4 Esdras and the Prayer of Manasses in the Apocrypha section.

He had a considerable share in the Apocrypha controversy ; and he was throughout life a vigorous and consistent upholder of anti-state-church or voluntary views.

The Old Testament ( along with the Apocrypha ) was published in 1970.

* ( Apocrypha ): This Esdras went up from Babylon, as a scribe, being very ready in the law of Moses, that was given by the God of Israel.

What are commonly called the Apocrypha or Deuterocanonical books were not translated until the 8th century and not read in the churches until the 12th century.

* New Testament Apocrypha: Volume 1: Gospels and related writings, section IV 2: The Gospel of the Ebionites ( pg 166 – 172 ), ed Wilhelm Schneemelcher, translated by Robert McLachlan Wilson Google books.

An exception common to all the different views of inspiration is that, although the New Testament Scriptures quote, paraphrase, and refer to other works including other New Testament documents, the Septuagint ( the Jewish translation of the Torah into Greek, later books were translated anonymously and later included in the Septuagint ), including the Apocrypha, and the Greek writers Aratus, Epimenides, Menander, and perhaps Philo, none of the various views of inspiration teach that these referenced works were also necessarily inspired, though some teach that the use and application of these other materials is inspired, in some sense.

The LDS Church accepts the Bible as the word of God " as far as it is translated correctly ," and it regards parts of the Apocrypha, some writings of the Protestant Reformers and non-Christian religious leaders, and the non-religious writings of some philosophers-and, notably, the Constitution of the United States of America-to be inspired, though not canonical.

* " Plasticities ", a song by Andrew Bird, from the album Armchair Apocrypha

* Greyhawk Apocrypha – Unpublished and supplemental information from notable Greyhawk authors and editors.

Four stories were adapted by Shakespeare, including Cymbeline ( part 1, story 19 ), the Claudio subplot of Much Ado about Nothing ( part 1, story 20 ), Romeo and Juliet ( part 2, story 6 ), and Twelfth Night ( part 2, story 28 ), plus one from the Shakespeare Apocrypha, Edward III ( part 2, story 29 ).

The translations of Myles Coverdale from German and Latin sources completed the Old Testament and the Apocrypha, except the Apocryphal Prayer of Manasses.

He has, however, no objection to the private reading of the Apocrypha, as is evident from the fact that he himself makes frequent use of Sirach ( W. Bacher, Ag.

To the same motive underlying his antagonism to the Apocrypha, namely, the desire to disarm Christians — especially Jewish Christians — who drew their " proofs " from the Apocrypha, must also be attributed his wish to emancipate the Jews of the Dispersion from the domination of the Septuagint, the errors and inaccuracies in which frequently distorted the true meaning of Scripture, and were even used as arguments against the Jews by the Christians.

* William Shakespeare – the second impression of the Third Folio, which added seven plays to the thirty-six of the First Folio and the Second: Pericles, Prince of Tyre and six works from the Shakespeare Apocrypha

His best known opera, Susannah ( 1955 ), is based on a story from the Apocrypha, transferred to contemporary, rural Tennessee, and is set in a Southern dialect.

In its Apocrypha, the Revised Version became the first printed edition in English to offer the complete text of Second Esdras, inasmuch as damage to one 9th century manuscript had caused 70 verses to be omitted from previous editions and printed versions, including the King James Version.

The Hunter Apocrypha gave a vision of the past that said that Hunters gained their power from the broken shards of the souls of great heroes of a lost age.

Among the papyri from Oxyrhynchus are a homily about women ( Inv R. 55247 ), part of the book of Tobit ( Apocrypha ) ( 448 ), and Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 73, relating to the transfer of a slave.