The Apocrypha Universal Deuterocanon Baruch

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The Apocrypha Universal Deuterocanon Baruch: Called Baruch…ascribe the book to the well-known assistant to Jeremiah…collection of four very different compositions, ending with “The Letter of Jeremiah”…Baruch reads his scroll to King Jechoniah…C200 BC.

The Apocrypha is a collection of books written in the four centuries between the Old and New Testaments. Though the Apocrypha is not Scripture, many Protestants have found the collection useful historically, theologically, and spiritually. Discerning readers of the Apocrypha gain a fuller understanding of first-century Judaism. historical standpoint, the Apocrypha sheds light on two monumental events in Second Temple Judaism: the Hellenization crisis and the Maccabean revolt. These events shaped the consciousness and ideology of every Jewish person living in the first century AD and are therefore vital for the study of the New Testament. (https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/what-is-the-apocrypha)

Apocrypha: Hidden
Deuterocanon: The books of the Old Testament which are part of the canon of Scripture but which are not found in the Hebrew Bible.

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