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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 pseudepigrapha originated in circles that harbored the germs from which Christianity developed later on.

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

The only essential difference is that the Midrashic form prevails in the Haggadah, and the parenetic or apocalyptic form in the pseudepigrapha.

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