Apocryphal Texts
Prayer of Manasseh
Addition to Esther
Baruch & Epistle of Jeremy
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The Prayer of Manasseh is a 15 verse prayer of King Manasseh of Judah after being captured by the Assyrians supposedly said in II Chronicles 33:19 -
"His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers."
It says here this prayer was recorded by the seers (prophets). Is the Prayer of Manasseh the same prayer supposedly said?

Within the Dead Sea Scrolls there is a psalm in 4Q381 attributed to King Manasseh, but this is a different composition than the one within the Catholic Apocrypha.

One thing people have an issue with within the book is verse 8 -
"..for Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, who did not sin against you.."
Implying Abraham Isaac and Jacob were sinless.
Most scholars believe this prayer was first written in Greek during the first or second century BC.
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The book of Esther is the only book of the Old Testament where God specifically works in the background, instead of the forefront. In fact, the name of God YHWH does not even show up in the entire book, but this addition to Esther added the name of God over fifty times. Based on the literary style, theology, and anti-gentile sentiment, and the fact that the additions do not show up in the Hebrew texts, which probably were not composed at the same time by the same person, can be dated to the second or first centuries BCE.
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Baruch was the scribe of Jeremiah, the prophet of ancient Israel during the rule of Babylon. The Book of Baruch is a scattered collection of writings attributed to Jeremiah and his scribe, Baruch. It contains two chief parts (Chapter 1-3, and Chapters 4-5) followed by the letter of Jeremiah which is included as Chapter 6. The Epistle, or Letter, of Jeremiah (“Jeremy”) is sometimes included at the end of the second part of the text, and in other cases the book and the letter are separated.
All modern translations are derived from a central Greek book, as Jerome stated there was no authoritative Hebrew text of Baruch in existence, thus he controversially did not include it in his Vulgate.
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Womp womp.
Three more books down, many more to come.
God Bless

And God said, let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. - Genesis 1:11

It was the word of God, the sound of God, that created the Earth.

...
And that sound is Christ

Apocryphal Texts
Wisdom of Solomon
Ecclesiasticus of Sirach
In the Septuagint, a Greek translation of the Old Testament and other Jewish writings, the Wisdom of Solomon and Sirach are listed alongside Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon as the seven books of wisdom. What are they really?
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The Wisdom of Solomon is packed full of wisdom contributed to King Solomon.
In 1 Kings 3:12-13 the Lord gave Solomon "a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee."

Is Wisdom therefore Solomon's wisdom? It is doubtful. The Wisdom of Solomon was most likely authored in Greek rather than in Hebrew. Second, the date of writing is uncertain, but is generally not believed to be before the second century BC, approximately 800 years after the lifetime of Solomon. Third, the early church determined that Solomon was not the author. An early manuscript called the Muratorian fragment notes the book was written by "the friends of Solomon in his honor."
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Ecclesiasticus or Sirach is a second century BC writing by a Jewish scribe named Shimon ben Yeshua ben Eliezer ben Sira who was from Jerusalem. Ecclesiasticus was originally written in Hebrew though it also existed in Greek after being translated in Egypt by the author's grandson Joshua. It is believed Shimon was living in Alexandria, Egypt, where he had started a Jewish school, at the time of the book's compilation. Ecclesiasticus is the only book found in the Apocrypha whose writer signed the writing. The book was also found among the Dead Sea Scrolls.

There are some passages that resemble the New Testament such as...
Sirach 29:11 -
"Lay up thy treasure according to the commandments of the most High, and it shall bring thee more profit than gold."
Matthew 6:19-20 -
"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:"
and Sirach 10:14 -
"The Lord hath cast down the thrones of proud princes, and set up the meek in their stead."
Luke 1:52 where Mary is glorying in her pregnancy -
"He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree."

This book specifically is one of the few apocryphal writings with legitimacy concerning its authorship and when it was written.
Jerome believed it was best considered among the ecclesiastical books (writings of the church) rather than as one of the canonical biblical books. This evaluation reflected the earlier church councils and leaders and remains the best evaluation of the Book of Ecclesiasticus for today.
While this work is not a forgery, it can be assumed the book was not inspired or God-breathed.

Here is a couple lists of different Apocryphal texts, including a huge portion of Gnostic works. I dont agree 100% with the categories of the books but its a list of works nonetheless.
https://biblefacts.org/canon/

Apocryphal Texts
Beta Israel
This is some of the canonical Old Testament books of Beta Israel in Ethiopia translated into English.
Falasha Anthology by Wolf Leslau
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.188774/mode/2up

Apocryphal Texts
Judith
Tobit
Both of these books are regarded in the Catholic and Orthodox churches as deuterocanonical. What are they about and is there any legitimacy?
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The Book of Judith is about a widow named Judith who uses her beauty and charm to destroy Assyrian general and save Israel from oppression. Already, this short summary shows some problems morally and doctrinally.

The Hebrew versions name important figures directly such as the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes, thus placing the events in the Hellenistic period when the Maccabees battled the Seleucid monarchs.
The Greek version uses deliberately cryptic and non-historic references such as "Nebuchadnezzar", a "King of Assyria", who "reigns in Nineveh", for the same king. The adoption of that name, though unhistorical, has been sometimes explained either as a copyist's addition, or an arbitrary name assigned to the ruler of Babylon.

This book is not historically accurate. Neither Greek nor Hebrew writings confirm when it is taken place or certain things that take place. Because of these inconsistencies, some scholars believe the book to be a historic novel or a historic drama meant to be acted out on stage.
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The Book of Tobit is a story about two different Israelite families:
-Tobit, a blind but wealthy Israelite man, is deported to Nineveh while his wealth is left behind. His son, Tobias, is sent to retrieve silver from Media for his father with the aide of the angel Raphael.
-A demon named Asmodeus falls in love with a woman named Sarah, a woman from Media, and kills any man who gets too close with Sarah.
On the journey, Tobias meets Sarah and falls in love. With help of the angel Raphael, the demon is exorcized and Tobias marries Sarah. They journey back to Nineveh and the father Tobit is healed of his blindness.

Five copies of the book were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls (4QTob 196-200) in both Hebrew and Aramaic. The book was also found in Arabic, Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopic, and Syriac in their respective areas.
Because of its discovery in the Dead Sea Scrolls we can confirm Tobit was part of the second temple library. Based on the story, we can assume the book was first written around 700.BCE. The oldest copies found are dated from 225 and 175.BC.

After we get through the KJV 1611 apocryphal books we'll get to the real meat and potatoes I promise

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Quick rundown:

-Naming Peter “rock” is a title of honor being under God not of power (see how God renames the patriarchs)
-The rock of Peter is his faith and ministry in Christ not in his own humanity (see Origen, Cyprian, Augustine, Hilary, Bede, Chrysostom)
-This is a ministry bound in faith not lineage or location like the Levites
-The keys of heaven are given to all the apostles not just Peter (John 20:21-23)
-The apostles are all sent without distinction (John 20:21)
-Confirming new disciples/apostles never required Peter’s approval (Paul, Timothy, Titus)
-works of ministers are all equally under God (1 Cor 3:6)
-A minister’s authority is invalidated by false doctrine because one obeys God not man (Gal 1:8, Acts 5:29, 2 John 1:10)
-This is not Donatism since it has nothing to do with the validity of sacraments. The sacraments comes through God’s Word not the minister’s power
-Unlike Peter, the Roman Papacy is the Antichrist (2 Thes 2:3-4)

For more info see “The Power and Primacy of the Pope”

This chart shows the different ways to classify and divide the books of Esdras