Apocrypha
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* [http://brandplucked.webs.com/apocryphakjb.htm Why did the 1611 KJV Include the Apocrypha] by [[Will Kinney]] | * [http://brandplucked.webs.com/apocryphakjb.htm Why did the 1611 KJV Include the Apocrypha] by [[Will Kinney]] | ||
* [http://sites.google.com/site/kjvtoday/home/editions Editions of the KJV and the Apocrypha] by [[KJV Today]] | * [http://sites.google.com/site/kjvtoday/home/editions Editions of the KJV and the Apocrypha] by [[KJV Today]] | ||
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The biblical apocrypha (from the Greek word ἀπόκρυφος meaning hidden) are books published in an edition of the Bible whose canonicity the publisher either rejects or doubts. For this reason they are typically printed in a third section of the Bible apart from the Old and New Testaments. In some editions they are omitted entirely.
A comparative list can be found in the article on books of the Bible. The biblical apocrypha are sometimes referred to as the Apocrypha. For extra-biblical works sometimes referred to, usually by Catholics, as apocrypha, see the articles on apocrypha and on Pseudepigrapha.
Although the term apocrypha simply means hidden, this usage is sometimes considered pejorative by those who consider such works to be canonical parts of scripture.
