The Apocrypha Judeo-Christian Legends and Pseudepigrapah – Book of Creation

The Apocrypha Judeo-Christian Legends and Pseudepigrapah – Book of Creation: The Sefer Yetrirah (Book of Formation of Book of Creation). Book on Jewish Mysticism…ascribed to the patriarch Abraham, although others attribute to Rabbi Akiva…date it between the 2nd Century BC and 2nd Century AD.

The Apocrypha is a collection of books written in the four centuries between the Old and New Testaments. Though the Apocrypha is not Scripture, many Protestants have found the collection useful historically, theologically, and spiritually. Discerning readers of the Apocrypha gain a fuller understanding of first-century Judaism. historical standpoint, the Apocrypha sheds light on two monumental events in Second Temple Judaism: the Hellenization crisis and the Maccabean revolt. These events shaped the consciousness and ideology of every Jewish person living in the first century AD and are therefore vital for the study of the New Testament. (https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/what-is-the-apocrypha)

Apocrypha: Hidden
Deuterocanon: The books of the Old Testament which are part of the canon of Scripture but which are not found in the Hebrew Bible.