An introduction to the Apocrypha /

An examination of the books of the Apocrypha, their history and their significance, based on the revised standard version of the Apocrypha.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Metzger, Bruce M. (Bruce Manning), 1914-2007
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, Oxford University Press, 1957.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : The meaning and use of the term 'Apocrypha'
  • The growth of the Hebrew canon
  • I. The first book of Esdras
  • II. The second book of Esdras
  • III. Tobit
  • IV. Judith
  • V. The additions to the book of Esther
  • VI. The wisdom of Solomon
  • VII. Ecclesiasticus, or the wisdom of Jesus the son of Sirach
  • VIII. Baruch
  • IX. The letter of Jeremiah
  • X. The prayer of Azariah and song of the three young men
  • XI. Susanna
  • XII. Bel and dragon
  • XIII. The prayer of Manasseh
  • XIV. The first book of the Maccabees
  • XV. The second book of the Maccabees
  • XVI. The Apocrypha and the New Testament
  • Literary form and doctrinal development
  • New Testament parallels and allusions to the Apocrypha
  • The significance of parallels and allusions
  • XVII. A brief history of the Apocrypha in the Christian church
  • The Apocrypha in the early church, down to the Reformation
  • The Apocrypha and the Protestant Reformation
  • Controversies over the use of the Apocrypha
  • XVIII. The pervasive influence of the Apocrypha
  • English literature
  • Music
  • Art
  • Miscellaneous.