Apocrypha (in early editions)

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biblical apocrypha religious text collection section of the Bible

Apocrypha (in early editions) refers to a collection of Jewish religious writings included between the Old and New Testaments in early printings of the King James Bible but later omitted from most Protestant editions.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Apocrypha	10
Deuterocanonical books	1
Deuterocanonical books (in some editions)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical apocrypha ⓘ religious text collection ⓘ section of the Bible ⓘ
basedOn	Septuagint ⓘ surface form: Septuagint tradition
containsWork	1 Esdras ⓘ 1 Maccabees ⓘ 2 Esdras ⓘ 2 Maccabees ⓘ Additions to Esther ⓘ Baruch ⓘ Bel and the Dragon ⓘ Book of Sirach ⓘ surface form: Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) Judith ⓘ Letter of Jeremiah ⓘ Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children ⓘ Prayer of Manasseh ⓘ Susanna ⓘ Tobit ⓘ Book of Wisdom ⓘ surface form: Wisdom of Solomon
distinguishedFrom	Apocryphal New Testament writings ⓘ Apocryphal New Testament writings ⓘ surface form: Pseudepigrapha
hasCanonicalStatus	deuterocanonical (in Catholic and Orthodox traditions) ⓘ non-canonical (in most Protestant traditions) ⓘ
hasGenre	historical narrative ⓘ prayer and additions to canonical books ⓘ wisdom literature ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	Book of Common Prayer ⓘ surface form: Anglican lectionaries English religious literature ⓘ Protestant views of the Old Testament canon ⓘ
hasLanguage	Early Modern English ⓘ Hebrew (source texts) ⓘ Koine Greek ⓘ surface form: Koine Greek (source texts)
hasPrintFeature	often printed without verse references in margins ⓘ printed as a separate section ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 17th century English Bible printing ⓘ
includedIn	King James Version ⓘ surface form: 1611 King James Bible
influencedBy	Council of Trent ⓘ surface form: Council of Trent canon decisions (indirectly, via debates on canon)
omittedFrom	most later Protestant editions of the King James Bible ⓘ
partOf	King James Version ⓘ
positionInBible	between Old Testament and New Testament ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
subjectOf	Protestant–Catholic debates on the biblical canon ⓘ
usedBy	Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ surface form: Anglican Church (historically) Lutheran Church (for reading and instruction) ⓘ
usedFor	edification but not doctrine (in many Protestant traditions) ⓘ