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• pseudepigrapha
  pseudepigrapha

  noun

  certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.
• Pseudepigrapha
  Pseudepigrapha

  plural noun

  various Jewish writings from the first century _bc to the first century _ad that claim to have been divinely revealed but which have been excluded from the Greek canon of the Old Testament

pseudepigrapha

American  

[soo-duh-pig-ruh-fuh] / ˌsu dəˈpɪg rə fə /

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.

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Pseudepigrapha British  

/ ˌsjuːdɛpɪˈɡræfɪk, ˌsjuːdɪˈpɪɡrəfə /

plural noun

1. Also called (in the Roman Catholic Church): Apocrypha.  various Jewish writings from the first century _bc to the first century _ad that claim to have been divinely revealed but which have been excluded from the Greek canon of the Old Testament

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Other Word Forms

• Pseudepigraphic
  adjective
• pseudepigraphal
  adjective
• pseudepigraphic
  adjective
• pseudepigraphical
  adjective
• pseudepigraphous
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of pseudepigrapha

1685–95; < New Latin < Greek, neuter plural of pseudepíigraphos falsely inscribed, bearing a false title. See pseud-, epigraph, -ous

Example Sentences

Dr. Charles Francis Potter, Manhattan Humanist and Bible expert, has worked for years, will work for years more, on a psychological study of Jesus in which the pseudepigrapha will figure.

From Time Magazine Archive

The use of these pseudepigrapha requires great caution.

From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 by Szold, Henrietta

If the Synagogue cast out the pseudepigrapha, and the Church adopted them with a great show of favor, these respective attitudes were not determined arbitrarily or by chance.

From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 by Szold, Henrietta

Besides the pseudepigrapha there are other Jewish sources in Christian garb.

From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 by Szold, Henrietta

From the point of view of legends, the apocryphal books are of subordinate importance, while the pseudepigrapha are of fundamental value.

From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 by Szold, Henrietta