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Apocrypha (OT)

The Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, Philo Judaeus, Dead Sea Scrolls, Targum, Mishnah, Talmud, Midrash, Kabbalah – Jewish literature is quite diverse and ranges over an extended period. I have tried to pull together what is available on the web in English translation. If you can read Hebrew or Greek, much more is available than you will find here.

What are these writings? (disclaimer)

  1. Resources for study:
    1. Intro. to Apocrypha
    2. Best text: New Oxford Annotated Apocrypha – NRSV (augmented 3rd edition)
    3. Commentary: E. C. Bissell (1914)
  2. Psalmx151 – Intro. | Eng. transl. | Greek text | discussion of DSS Heb. text
  3. Wisdom of Solomon – Intro. | Eng. transl. | Greek text
  4. Susanna – Intro. | Eng. transl. | Greek text
  5. 1 Maccabees – Intro. | Eng. transl. | Greek text | Commentary
  6. 2 Maccabees – Intro. | Eng. transl. | Greek text
  7. 3 Maccabees – Intro. | Eng. transl. | Greek text
  8. 4 Maccabees – Intro. | Eng. transl. | Greek text
  9. Sirach (also known as Wisdom of Jesus ben Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus) – Intro. | Eng. transl. | Greek text
  10. Baruch – Intro. | Eng. transl. | Greek text
  11. Tobit – Intro. | Tobit | Greek text
  12. Bel and the Dragon (also known as Daniel 14) – Intro. | Eng. transl. | Greek text
  13. Prayer of Azariah – Intro. | Eng. transl. | Greek text
  14. Epistle of Jeremiah (sometimes included as Baruch, chapter 6) – Intro. | Eng. transl. | Greek text
  15. Prayer of Manasseh – Intro. | Eng. transl. | Greek text
  16. 4 Ezra (also known as 2 Esdras) – Intro. | Eng. transl. | Greek text
  17. Judith – Intro. | Eng. transl. | Greek text
  18. Additions to the Book of Esther – Intro. | Eng. transl. | Greek text
  19. 1 Esdras (also known as 3 Esdras) – Intro. | Eng. transl. | Greek text