The Apocrypha Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs

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The Apocrypha Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs: Contain last words of Twelve sons of Jacob. It is part of the Oskan [irst complete printing of the Bible in Armenian, known as the Oskan Bible] Armenian Orthodox Bible…written in Hebrew or Greek, possibly in the 2nd century BC and reached their final form in the 2nd Century AD.

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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