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== Definition == | |||
According to the Electronic Text Center of the University of Virginia, the term "apocrypha" was coined by the fifth-century biblical scholar St. Jerome and refers to the biblical books included as part of the Septuagint (the Greek version of the Old Testament), but not included in the Hebrew Bible. | According to the Electronic Text Center of the University of Virginia, the term "apocrypha" was coined by the fifth-century biblical scholar St. Jerome and refers to the biblical books included as part of the Septuagint (the Greek version of the Old Testament), but not included in the Hebrew Bible. | ||
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== Other sources == | |||
Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocrypha] | Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocrypha] | ||