-
usually written, of
unknown authorship or of
doubtful origin. The word
apocryphal (ἀπόκρυφος) was
first applied to
writings which were kept
secret because...
- org. "Esther, Book of" . New
International Encyclopedia. 1905. "Esther,
Apocryphal Book of" . New
International Encyclopedia. 1905.
Jewish translations Esther...
- but not
divinely inspired. As such, to
refer to
Gnostic writings as "
apocryphal" is
misleading since they
would not be cl****ified in the same category...
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protocanonical books,
which were the
books of the
Hebrew canon; and from the
apocryphal books,
which were
those books of
Jewish origin that were
known sometimes...
-
chose a
separate numbering for
apocryphal books and
called it 1
Esdras (using the Gr**** form to
differentiate the
apocryphal book from the
canonical Ezra)...
-
common in
English as to be
known as the "Chinese curse", the
saying is
apocryphal, and no
actual Chinese source has ever been produced. The most likely...
- ἀπόκρυφος, romanized: apókruphos, lit. 'hidden')
denotes the
collection of
apocryphal ancient books thought to have been
written some time
between 200 BC and...
- The
Dictionary of
National Biography (DNB) is a
standard work of
reference on
notable figures from
British history,
published since 1885. The
updated Oxford...
-
Erwin König is a name of an
apocryphal Wehrmacht sniper allegedly killed by the
Soviet sniper Vasily Zaytsev during the
Battle of Stalingrad. König is...
- thou
little knowest the
mischief thou hast done." The
story is
largely apocryphal:
according to
another account,
Newton simply left a
window open when he...