An Introduction to the Apocrypha
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: November 17, 1977
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780195023404
First sentence: THE BOOK WHICH STANDS FIRST AMONG THE APOCRYPHA DIFFERS FROM THE OTHER APOCRYPHAL BOOKS IN THAT IT IS, EXCEPT FOR ONE PORTION, merely a divergent account of events which are related in several canonical books of the Old Testament.
Description: An examination of the books of the Apocrypha, their history and their significance, based on the revised standard version of the Apocrypha.