Intro The story of Susanna or Shoshana (שׁוֹשַׁנָּה, Hebrew Šošanna, Tiberian Hebrew Šôšannāh: Egyptian “lily”) is part of the book of Daniel chapter 13, considered deuterocanonical by Catholics and Orthodox…
Intro The narrative of Bel and the dragon is one that has been incorporated by much of the Christian canon (Catholic and Orthodox over all) into the Biblical Book of…
Introduction The Didache (Greek: Διδαχή, literally “Teaching”) is an Apocryphal Text also known as the “Doctrine of the Twelve Apostles” (or “Teaching of the Lord through the Twelve Apostles to…
Introduction The Ascension of Isaiah is an apocryphal Judeo-Christian text dated around the first century AD. The first section of the text is also called “Martyrdom of Isaiah” is probably…
Intro Revelation of Moses (Greek: Αποκάλυψις Μωυσέως, Apokalypsis Mōuseōs; Hebrew: ספר אדם וחוה) also known as the “Life of Adam and Eve,” is a group of Jewish apocryphal writings. It…
2 Baruch 2 Baruch is a Hebrew pseudepigraphic text that is thought to have been written in the late first century C.E. or early second century C.E., after the destruction…
The Gospel of Nicodemus is an apocryphal Gospel believed to be derived from an original Jewish work written by Nicodemus, who is mentioned in the Gospel of John as a…
The Testament of Abraham is a Book considered apocryphal in the Old Testament, and according to researchers composed around the 1st century C.E. Of Jewish origin, it is usually considered…
The Book of Baruch (also called 1Baruch) is a deuterocanonical Book of the Bible in some Christian traditions. In Judaism and Protestant Christianity, it is not considered part of the…
Introduction One of the most intriguing and fascinating ancient texts in history is in our opinion at ASH: “The Book of the Secrets of Enoch,” also known as the “Second…
The Gospel of James, also known as the Infancy Gospel of James or the Protoevangelium of James, is an apocryphal Gospel probably written about AD 145, which expands backward in…
Apocrypha are works, usually written works, that are of unknown authorship, or of doubtful authenticity, or spurious, or not considered to be within a particular canon. The word is properly…
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