pseudepigrapha

pseud·e·pig·ra·pha  (sd-pgr-f)

pl.n.

1. Spurious writings, especially writings falsely attributed to biblical characters or times.

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

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pseude·pigra·phal (-r-fl), pseudep·i·graphic (sdp--grfk), pseudep·i·graphi·cal (--kl), pseude·pigra·phous (-r-fs) adj.

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pseudepigrapha

the spurious writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be biblical in character, as the Books of Enoch. — pseudepigraphic, pseudepigraphical, pseudepigraphous, adj.

See also: Bible

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Noun

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Pseudepigrapha - 52 texts written between 200 BC and AD 200 but ascribed to various prophets and kings in the Hebrew scriptures; many are apocalyptic in nature religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing - writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity