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A read copy, but remains in excellent condition.
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A read copy, but remains in excellent condition.
The Apocrypha, meaning "hidden things," is a collection of books included in the Greek Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible (with some later additions) and in the Latin Vulgate translation. While these books are not part of the Hebrew text that forms the canon for Judaism and Protestant Christianity, they are, nevertheless, regarded as canonical by several Christian traditions. Increasingly, scholars have pronounced the Apocrypha to be of great value for understanding the place of Judaism in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Consisting of such literary genres as wisdom, historical fiction, histories, devotional writings, letters, and even apocalypse, the Apocrypha is a valuable tool for those wishing to comprehend the times between the Old and New Testaments.
Included are 1 Esdras; 1 & 2 Maccabees; Tobit; Judith; Esther (Greek); Song of the Three Young Men; Susanna; Bel and the Dragon; Wisdom of Solomon; Wisdom of Jesus, Son of Sirach (Ecclesiasticus); Baruch; Letter of Jeremiah; Prayer of Manasseh; and 2 Esdras.
The Apocrypha is used by the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, Methodist, and Roman Catholic traditions.
This affordable, slim volume is a convenient supplement to Bibles that don't include the apocryphal texts; and is ideal for classroom use or personal study. It also includes an essay from John R. Kohlenberger III on the importance of the Apocrypha.
This description may be from another edition of this product.I was disappointed, because it is incomplete. It is missing 151 Psalms, Addition to Daniel and 2&3 Maccabees.
It is a shame that the Apocrypha was removed from the KJV Bible. These books speak directly to your heart(mind), and is filled with so much wisdom and knowledge of why we go through the things we do and the joy that is coming to those who wait on Yahawah. If you are seeking understanding, knowledge, and the wisdom of TMH you will not be disappointed. You will be humbled and comforted.
There is a lot of great information in this book. Although, it does drone on a bit. I have found "Lost Scriptures" to be a better read.
This book is very educational in nature an helps to fill in some of the gaps in studying some of the books not included in the Bible.
I've passed up this little red book on a number of occasions in favor of the NRSV Cambridge Annotated Study Apocrypha but I'm glad that I finally purchased a copy of this KJV translation. A straight forward, bare-bones text, that gets right to the scriptures of the Apocrypha without a whole bunch of hoopla and boring translator notes that take up space and deplete my wallet. This version contains the seven books of the Catholic Canon: Tobit, Judith (what a woman), 1 and 2 Maccabees, Baruch, Wisdom and Sirach, as well as the additions to Esther and Daniel. It also contains 1 and 2 Esdras and The Prayer of Mannessah from the Orthodox Canon as well. I recommend this version highly as it is untainted with liberal word games like the NRSV version. Enjoy and be "manful" (read chapter 14 of 2 Maccabees if that went over your head).
We just purchased and donated this text to our parish library. This is a very basic, and affordable, copy of these books -- just the text itself really, and there are no additional scholarly comments that one might find with other copies of these texts. They are, however, very much a part of the original King James Version, and for persons who copies of the KJV lack these books, this nice little volume will restore these sacred texts right away. The KJV of 1611 did not include 3 & 4 Maccabees, nor Psalm 151, and this volume reflects that deficit, but these other texts of the LXX can be had from other sources. Of course, like the rest of the KJV, the language used in the translation is truly gorgeous.
