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What does Apocrypha mean?

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  1. (plural only) That group of works which formed part of the Septuagint, but not of the Hebrew canon recognized by the Jews, and which is considered by some Christians to form an authentic part of Scripture, but which is rejected by others (namely by Protestants).
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Protestants accept none of these additional books as canon either, but see them having roughly the same status as the other Apocrypha.
The libretto by Giacomo Cassetti is based on the story of Judith as told in the fourth book of the Apocrypha, and like other oratorios written for the Venetian conservatories, is in Latin rather than Italian.
He distinguishes between what Pullman has borrowed from the Apocrypha and details Pullman has invented for his narrative purposes.
Apocrypha are works, usually written, of unknown authorship or of doubtful origin.
They had all completed their sections by 1608, the Apocrypha committee finishing first.
A notable strength of the opening chapter is the author's summary of ecclesiastical uses of the Apocrypha.

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