Meaning & use
pseudepigrapha
A collection of ancient Jewish and early Christian religious writings falsely attributed to biblical figures and not accepted into the biblical canon.
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Scholars study the pseudepigrapha alongside the Bible to understand ancient religious thought more fully.
The Book of Enoch is one of the best-known texts within the pseudepigrapha.
A note on using this word
Pseudepigrapha is a plural noun, literally meaning 'falsely inscribed' in Greek, distinct from the Apocrypha, which has different canonical status.
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