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Pseudepigrapha

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Noun

1. pseudepigrapha

52 texts written between 200 BC and AD 200 but ascribed to various prophets and kings in the Hebrew scriptures; many are apocalyptic in nature

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pseudepigrapha

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plural noun
various Jewish writings from the first century bc to the first century ad that claim to have been divinely revealed but which have been excluded from the Greek canon of the Old Testament
. Also called (in the Roman Catholic Church): Apocrypha

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Pseudepigrapha

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plural nounWord forms: singular ˌpseudeˈpigraˌphon (ˌsudəˈpɪgrəˌfɑn ; so̅oˌdəpigˈrəfänˌ)
[also P-]
a group of early writings not included in the biblical canon or the Apocrypha, some of which were falsely ascribed to biblical characters

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pseudepigrapha

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pl.n.
1. Spurious writings, especially writings falsely attributed to biblical characters or times.
2. A body of texts written between 200 BC and AD 200 and spuriously ascribed to various prophets and kings of the Hebrew Scriptures.

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