In biblical study,Apocrypharefers to books outside an acceptedcanonof scripture. In modern use, the term refers specifically to a group of ancient Jewish books that are not part of the Hebrew Bible but are considered canonical in Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches; Protestant churches fo...
2.Erroneous; fictitious:"Wildly apocryphal rumors about starvation in Petrograd ... raced through Russia's trenches"(W. Bruce Lincoln). 3.ApocryphalBibleOf or having to do with the Apocrypha. a·poc′ry·phal·lyadv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyr...
Discover the meaning of Apocryphal Epistles in the Bible. Study the definition of Apocryphal Epistles with multiple Bible Dictionaries and Encyclopedias and find scripture references in the Old and New Testaments.
This dissertation deals withrepresentations in European art from the OldTestament Apocrypha. The OT Apocrypha arebooks of the Bible which are not part of theHebrew Canon. Four Books from the Apocryphahave been chosen for an in-depth study - TheBook of Tobit, the Book of Judith, Additions to...
Pre-Flood in origin. Scholars and Theologians, however, tend to disagree, thereby taking a position which is at variance with Jude's. James 4:5 quotes a passage outside of the New Testament AS SCRIPTURE to his readers. This means that James held books outside of the Old Testament as Scr...
Study the meaning of Apocryphal Gospels in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Learn more about the biblical context and references of Apocryphal Gospels.
First, The Apocryphal Adam and Eve. Brian Murdoch, formerly Professor of German at Stirling, has written many books on older tradition, including Cornish Literature (Woodbridge, 1993), Adam's Grace (Cambridge, 2000), and The Medieval Popular Bible (Cambri...
I felt something change in me; open up, if you will. Everything fell into place for me, and I realized that it all said something deep and personal to me, and that God had been there the whole time, and that He knew that I would come around, and so in His patience He allowed ...
Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, pseudepigraphal work (not in any biblical canon) purporting to present the last words of the 12 sons of Jacob—founders of the 12 tribes of Israel. The book is an imitation of the “blessing of Jacob” described in ch
The Pentecostal Discovery of the New Testament Theme of God's Power and Its Relevance to the African Context Investigates a biblical basis for the Pentecostal focus on the power of God. Dimension of the power in the Gospel of Luke; Significance of the power to the... P. J. Gräbe - ...