Tag: Pseudepigrapha

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Revelation of Esdras, The

WORD AND REVELATION OF ESDRAS,THE HOLY PROPHET AND BELOVED OF GOD. IT came to pass in the thirtieth year, on the twenty- second of the month, I was in my house. And I cried out and said to the Most High: Lord, give the glory,(1) in order that I may see Thy mysteries. And when it was night, there cam...

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Jubilees, The Book of

From "The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament"R.H. CharlesOxford: Clarendon Press, 1913INTRODUCTION 1. SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE BOOK. The Book of Jubilees is in certain limited aspects the most important book in this volume for the student of religion. Without it we could of course have in ...

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Second Treatise of the Great Seth, The

Translated by Roger A. Bullard and Joseph A. Gibbons And the perfect Majesty is at rest in the ineffable light, in the truth of the mother of all these, and all of you that attain to me, to me alone who am perfect, because of the Word. For I exist with all the greatness of the Spirit, which is a fri...

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1 Enoch (Ethiopic Apocalypse of Enoch)

About the Book of Enoch(also referred to as "Ethiopic Enoch" or "1 Enoch") The Book of Enoch (also known as 1 Enoch) was once cherished by Jews and Christians alike, this book later fell into disfavor with powerful theologians–precisely because of its controversial statements on the nature and deeds...

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Testament of Abraham, The

I. Abraham lived the measure of his life, nine hundred and ninety-five years, and having lived all the years of his life in quietness, gentleness, and righteousness, the righteous one was exceeding hospitable; for, pitching his tent in the cross-ways at the oak of Mamre, he received every one, both ...

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Letter of Aristeas, The

R.H. Charles-EditorOxford: The Clarendon Press, 1913 SINCE I have collected Material for a memorable history of my visit to Eleazar the High priest of the Jews, and because you, Philocrates, as you lose no opportunity of reminding me, have set great store upon receiving an account of the motives and ...