The Apocrypha Orthodox Deuterocanon Esdras

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The Apocrypha Orthodox Deuterocanon Esdras: Esdras is an ancient Greek version of the biblical Book of Ezra in use among early church and modern Christians. As part of the Septuagint translation of the Old Testament, it is regarded as deuterocanonical in the churches of the East but apocryphal in the West.

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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