Old Testament apocrypha

C12107
concept

Old Testament apocrypha are a collection of ancient Jewish writings, not included in the Hebrew Bible, that expand upon or supplement Old Testament narratives and teachings and are considered canonical by some Christian traditions but not by others.

All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Second Temple period literature 2
rewritten Bible 2
Deuterocanonical character 1

Description generation (CDg)

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Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Old Testament apocrypha
Generated description
Old Testament apocrypha are a collection of ancient Jewish writings, not included in the Hebrew Bible, that expand upon or supplement Old Testament narratives and teachings and are considered canonical by some Christian traditions but not by others.

Instances (10)

Instance Via concept surface
2 Esdras biblical apocryphal book
Deuterocanonical books biblical books
Anna (wife of Tobit) Deuterocanonical character
Assumption of Moses Second Temple period literature
Lesser Genesis rewritten Bible
Book of Giants Second Temple period text
Psalms of Solomon Second Temple period literature
1 Enoch Second Temple Jewish literature
Jubilees Second Temple period work
1 Esdras