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Apocrypha

Clementine Vulgate

In 1592, Pope Clement VIII published his revised edition of the Vulgate, referred to as the Sixto-Clementine Vulgate. He moved three books not found in the canon of the Council of Trent from the Old Testament into an appendix “lest they utterly perish” (ne prorsus interirent).

  • Prayer of Manasseh
  • 3 Esdras (1 Esdras in the King James Bible)
  • 4 Esdras (2 Esdras in the King James Bible)

King James Version

The English-language King James Version (KJV) of 1611 followed the lead of the Luther Bible in using an inter-testamental section labelled “Books called Apocrypha”, or just “Apocrypha” at the running page header. The KJV followed the Geneva Bible of 1560 almost exactly (variations are marked below). The section contains the following:

  • 1 Esdras (Vulgate 3 Esdras)
  • 2 Esdras (Vulgate 4 Esdras)
  • Tobit
  • Judith (“Judeth” in Geneva)
  • Rest of Esther (Vulgate Esther 10:4 – 16:24)
  • Wisdom
  • Ecclesiasticus (also known as Sirach)
  • Baruch and the Epistle of Jeremy (“Jeremiah” in Geneva) (all part of Vulgate Baruch)
  • Song of the Three Children (Vulgate Daniel 3:24–90)
  • Story of Susanna (Vulgate Daniel 13)
  • The Idol Bel and the Dragon (Vulgate Daniel 14)
  • Prayer of Manasseh (Daniel)
  • 1 Maccabees
  • 2 Maccabees

(Included in this list are those books of the Clementine Vulgate that were not in Luther's canon).

These are the books most frequently referred to by the casual appellation “the Apocrypha”. These same books are also listed in Article VI of the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England. Despite being placed in the Apocrypha, in the table of lessons at the front of some printings of the King James Bible, these books are included under the Old Testament.

Jewish Apocrypha

In the Torah

  • Genesis Apocryphon (מגילה חיצונית לבראשית)
  • Life of Adam and Eve (ספר אדם וחוה)
  • Testament of Qahat (צוואת קהת)
  • Visions of Amram (חזון עמרם)
  • Book of Jubilees (ספר היובלים)
  • 1 Enoch ('ספר חנוך א)
  • 2 Enoch ('ספר חנוך ב)
  • 3 Enoch ('ספר חנוך ג)
  • Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs (צוואות השבטים)
  • Testament of Abraham (צוואת אברהם)
  • Apocalypse of Abraham (חזון אחרית הימים של אברהם)
  • Assumption of Moses (עליית משה)
  • Joseph and Aseneth (יוסף ואסנת)

In Nevi'im

  • Book of Gad the Seer (דברי גד החוזה)
  • Book of Wisdom (חכמת שלמה)
  • Psalms of Solomon (מזמורי שלמה)
  • Letter of Jeremiah (איגרת ירמיהו)
  • Ascension of Isaiah (עליית ישעיהו)
  • 1 Baruch (ספר ברוך)
  • 2 Baruch ('חזון ברוך א)
  • 3 Baruch ('חזון ברוך ב)

In Ketuvim

  • Testament of Job (דברי איוב)
  • 1 Esdras (עזרא החיצוני)
  • 2 Esdras (חזון עזרא)
  • Psalm 151 (מזמור קנ“א)
  • Psalms 152–155 (מזמורי קנ”ב–קנ“ה)
  • Additions to the Book of Esther (תוספות למגילת אסתר)
  • Additions to Daniel (תוספות לספר דניאל)
  • Prayer of Manasseh (תפילת מנשה)

Other apocrypha

  • Sirach (בן סירא)
  • Book of Judith (ספר יהודית)
  • Book of Tobit (ספר טוביה)
  • 1 Maccabees ('ספר מקבים א)
  • 2 Maccabees (ספר מקבים ב׳)
  • 3 Maccabees (ספר מקבים ג׳)
  • 4 Maccabees (ספר מקבים ד׳)
  • Letter of Aristeas (איגרת אריסטיאס)
  • Sibylline Oracles (חזיונות הסיבילות)
  • Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum (קדמוניות המקרא)
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