pseudepigrapha
noun
certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.
pseudepigraphical
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a word derived from
pseudepigrapha.
Example Sentences
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The lack of historical allusion makes it difficult to precisely date the writing, however, using other pseudepigraphical works as a reference, it was probably written a few hundred years before the birth of Christ.
From First Book of Adam and Eve by Rutherford Hayes Platt
At the basis of this collection lies the ancient Persian pseudepigraphical book Javidan khired, or "Eternal wisdom."
From Iranian Influence on Moslem Literature, Part I by G. K. (Gushtaspshah Kaikhushro) Nariman
