pseudepigrapha

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From the point of view of legends, the apocryphal books are of subordinate importance, while the pseudepigrapha are of fundamental value.

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  1. plural noun Spurious writings, especially writings falsely attributed to biblical characters or times.
  2. plural noun A body of texts written between 200 B.C. and A.D. 200 and spuriously ascribed to various prophets and kings of Hebrew Scriptures.

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  1. Greek, from neuter pl. of pseudepigraphos, falsely ascribed : pseudēs, false; see pseudo- + epigraphein, to inscribe (epi-, epi- + graphein, to write; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. New Latin, from Greek ψευδεπίγραφα, neuter plural of ψευδεπίγραφος, falsely inscribed or ascribed: see pseudepigraphous.
 

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