The Apocryphal Literature: A Brief Introduction (1945 Torrey), book

The Apocryphal Literature: A Brief Introduction (1945) is a book by Charles Cutler Torrey.

Abstract

A "brief introduction to the OT Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha.

Editions and translations

Published in New Haven, CT: Yale University Press; and London: H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1945.

Contents

pt. 1: General introduction -- The smaller group -- The designation apocrypha -- The other outside books, and a proposed return to the older use of the term apocrypha -- The outside books in Christian use -- In the New Testament -- In the early church -- In the reformation, and after -- The controversies over the use of the apocrypha -- pt. 2: Special introduction -- Literature -- First Esdras -- The story of the three guardsmen -- The additions to Daniel -- The prayer of Azariah and the hymn of the three men -- Susanna -- Bel and the Dragon -- The rest of the book of Esther -- Baruch -- The epistle of Jeremiah -- The prayer of Manasseh -- First Maccabees -- Second Maccabees -- The prefixed letters -- Third Maccabees -- Tobit -- Judith -- The wisdom of Sirach -- The wisdom of Solomon -- Fourth Maccabees -- The Psalms of Solomon -- The Sibylline books -- Enoch -- The assumption of Moses -- Second Esdras -- The apocalypse of Baruch -- Jubilees -- The testament of the twelve Patriarchs -- The book of Adam and Eve -- The martyrdom of Isaiah -- The lives of the prophets -- The testament of Job.

External links

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