PSEUDEPIGRAPHAL

Meaning of PSEUDEPIGRAPHAL in English

adjective

see pseudepigraphic

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

PSEUDEPIGRAPHA — — pseudepigraphic /sooh'dep i graf"ik/ , pseudepigraphical, pseudepigraphous, pseudepigraphal , adj. /sooh'deuh pig"reuh feuh/ , n. ( used with a …
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APOCRYPHA — (from Greek apokryptein, to hide away), in biblical literature, works outside an accepted canon of scripture. The history of the …
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TWELVE PATRIARCHS, TESTAMENTS OF THE — pseudepigraphal work (not in any biblical canon) purporting to present the last words of the 12 sons of Jacobfounders of …
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SOLOMON, PSALMS OF — a pseudepigraphal work (not in any biblical canon) comprising 18 psalms that were originally written in Hebrew, although only Greek …
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RAPHAEL — born April 6, 1483, Urbino, Duchy of Urbino died April 6, 1520, Rome, Papal States The Grand-Duke's Madonna, oil painting …
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PROTEVANGELIUM OF JAMES — pseudepigraphal (noncanonical and unauthentic) work written about the mid-2nd century AD to enhance the role of Mary, the mother of …
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PROPHETS, THE LIVES OF THE — pseudepigraphal collection (not in any scriptural canon) of folk stories and legends about the major and minor biblical prophets and …
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PETER, GOSPEL OF — pseudepigraphal (noncanonical and unauthentic) Christian writing of the mid-2nd century AD, the extant portion of which covers the condemnation, Crucifixion, …
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PETER, APOCALYPSE OF
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PAUL, ACTS OF — one of the earliest of a series of pseudepigraphal (noncanonical) New Testament writings known collectively as the Apocryphal Acts. Probably …
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MOSES, ASSUMPTION OF — a pseudepigraphal work (not in any biblical canon), a prophecy of the future relating to Israel, put into the mouth …
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JUBILEES, BOOK OF — also called the Little Genesis, pseudepigraphal work (not included in any canon of scripture), most notable for its chronological schema, …
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ISAIAH, ASCENSION OF — pseudepigraphal work surviving intact only in a 5th7th-century-AD Ethiopic edition. Fragments exist in Greek, Coptic, Latin, and Old Slavonic. Three …
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GENESIS APOCRYPHON — pseudepigraphal work (not accepted in any canon of scripture), one of the most important works of the Essene community of …
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ENOCH, SECOND BOOK OF — also called Slavonic Book Of Enoch, pseudepigraphal work whose only extant version is a Slavonic translation of the Greek original. …
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ENOCH, FIRST BOOK OF — also called Ethiopic Book Of Enoch, pseudepigraphal work (not included in any canon of scripture) whose only complete extant version …
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BIBLICAL LITERATURE IN LITURGY — Biblical literature in liturgy Biblical literature in the liturgy of Judaism The liturgy of Judaism is that of the synagogue, …
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BARUCH, APOCALYPSE OF — in full The Book Of The Apocalypse Of Baruch The Son Of Neriah, a pseudepigraphal work (not in any canon …
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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 …
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AHIKAR, THE STORY OF — folktale of Babylonian or Persian origin, about a wise and moral man who supposedly served as one of the chief …
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ADAM AND EVE, LIFE OF — pseudepigraphal work (a noncanonical writing that in style and content resembles authentic biblical works), one of many Jewish and Christian …
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PSEUDEPIGRAPHA — n.pl. 1 Jewish writings ascribed to various Old Testament prophets etc. but written during or just before the early Christian …
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PSEUDEPIGRAPHA — n.pl. 1. Jewish writings ascribed to various Old Testament prophets etc. but written during or just before the early Christian …
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