Questions tagged [apocrypha]
Reserved for questions involving deuterocanonical texts. These are biblical texts that are included in some canons and excluded in others. This does not include gnostic texts or Apostolic Fathers.
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What are the Strange "<" Marks in the Hebrew Text of Ben Sira 32:16 ff.?
In the Cairo Genizah Manuscript "E" of the Book of Ben Sira (ספר בן סירא, otherwise known in Catholic/Orthodox Deuterocanon as "Ecclesiasticus" or the "Wisdom of Sirach"),...
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What does the Verb, "Sod," mean in Jubilees 24:3?
Robert Henry Charles remains (long after his death) a highly respected translator (and transcriber) of apocryphal and pseudepigraphal works related to the Bible. Now, although his English translations ...
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What did Jesus eat immediately after his fasting in the desert? [closed]
We read in Lk 4:1:4 ( KJV):
And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did ...
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Do angels have different dwelling places?
Mark 12:25 is presented in slightly different manner in different versions. For instance:
Weymouth New Testament:
For when they have risen from among the dead, men do not marry and women are not ...
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What made Moses strike the rock in Numbers 20?
We read in Numbers 20 how the itinerant Israelites run out of water.
Moses takes up the matter with God and is given the following instructions:
Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather ...
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What was Baby Jesus ' redeemed with ' at the Temple?
We read in Exodus 13: 1- 2 & 12-13:
The Lord said to Moses, “Consecrate to me every firstborn male. The
first offspring of every womb among the Israelites belongs to me,
whether human or animal. ...
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Why did Jesus call Herod 'that fox'? [duplicate]
Luke 13:31-32 KJV
31 The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee. 32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, ...
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Is the high priest Hilkiah (2 Kings 23:24) also the father of Susanna (Daniel 13:2 in Catholic Bibles)?
In 2 Kings 23:24, the high priest Hilkiah plays an important role in discovering a lost 'Book of the Law' in the Temple of Jerusalem:
Josiah purged the consultation of ghosts and spirits, with the
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Whom Did Jacob's Sons Marry (Jubilees 34)?
The non-biblical book of Jubilees chapter 34 (c. 2nd c. b.c.e.) preserves a tradition about the wives of Jacob's sons:
And after Joseph perished, the sons of Jacob took unto themselves wives. The name ...
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In Matthew 26:29 could Christ be referring to the book of Enoch? [closed]
KJV Matthew 26 : 29
But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
Christ promises that he will never ...
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Where can I find a concordance / original text analysis and dictionary for the Apocrypha?
For study reasons, I would like to find a concordance for the Deuterocanonical books + the Book of Enoch. Ideally, the concordance should contain the original Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic text with an a ...
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Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Works Questioning the Internal Unity of 2 Esdras 1-2
Among the King James Version Apocrypha, there is a certain book, called Second Esdras, which is found neither in the Masoretic Text, nor in the Greek Septuagint; its first two and last two chapters ...
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Does 4 Ezra (2 Esdras) teach the divinity of Ezra?
The following question has been initially posted by user44810 on Judaism.SE, where it was closed for lying outside the community's defined scope.
In an article by the University of St. Andrews about ...
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Is this ancient explosive mixture mentioned in the Apocrypha plausible?
I recently decided to read the Apocrypha. Sounded interesting. Anyway, when I got to The Book of Bel and The Dragon, there was this verse, which struck me as particularly interesting:
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Is Hebrews 4:13 a quote from the book of Enoch?
Young's Literal Translation
and there is not a created thing not manifest before Him, but all things are naked and open to His eyes -- with whom is our reckoning.
Book of Enoch
Chapter 1X
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