pseudepigrapha

pseudepigrapha
/sooh'deuh pig"reuh feuh/, n. (used with a plural v.)
certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.
[1685-95; < NL < Gk, neut. pl. of pseudepíigraphos falsely inscribed, bearing a false title. See PSEUD-, EPIGRAPH, -OUS]

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      in biblical literature, a work affecting biblical style and usually spuriously attributing authorship to some biblical character. Pseudepigrapha are not included in any canon. See apocrypha.

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