pseudepigraphal
Look at other dictionaries:
pseudepigraphal — pseud·epig·ra·phal … English syllables
pseudepigraphal — adjective see pseudepigraphic … Useful english dictionary
Baruch, Apocalypse of — ▪ pseudepigraphal work in full The Book Of The Apocalypse Of Baruch The Son Of Neriah, a pseudepigraphal work (not in any canon of scripture), whose primary theme is whether or not God s relationship with man is just. The book is also… … Universalium
Isaiah, Ascension of — ▪ pseudepigraphal work pseudepigraphal work surviving intact only in a 5th–7th century AD Ethiopic edition. Fragments exist in Greek, Coptic, Latin, and Old Slavonic. Three separate works comprise the total book, the final version by a… … Universalium
Jubilees, Book of — ▪ pseudepigraphal work also called the Little Genesis, pseudepigraphal work (not included in any canon of scripture), most notable for its chronological schema, by which events described in Genesis on through Exodus 12 are dated by… … Universalium
Moses, Assumption of — ▪ pseudepigraphal work a pseudepigraphal work (not in any biblical canon), a prophecy of the future relating to Israel, put into the mouth of Moses and addressed to Joshua just before the great lawgiver died. Using Moses predictions and… … Universalium
Peter, Apocalypse of — ▪ pseudepigraphal Christian writing also called Revelation To Peter, pseudepigraphal (noncanonical and unauthentic) Christian writing dating from the first half of the 2nd century AD. The unknown author, who claimed to be Peter the… … Universalium
Protevangelium of James — ▪ pseudepigraphal work pseudepigraphal (noncanonical and unauthentic) work written about the mid 2nd century AD to enhance the role of Mary, the mother of Jesus, in Christian tradition. The story of Mary s childhood as given in the… … Universalium
Aristeas, Letter of — pseudepigraphal work of pseudo history produced in Alexandria, probably in the mid 2nd century BC, to promote the cause of Judaism. Though the size and prestige of the Jewish community had already secured for itself a definite place in… … Universalium
Genesis Apocryphon — ▪ apocryphal work pseudepigraphal work (not accepted in any canon of scripture), one of the most important works of the Essene community of Jews, part of whose library was discovered in 1947 in caves at Qumrān, near the Dead Sea, in… … Universalium
