Modern pseudepigrapha
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Modern pseudepigrapha or modern apocrypha are terms sometimes used to refer to any book written in the style of the books of the Bible, and claiming to be of similar age (pseudepigrapha), but written in a much later (modern) period. They differ from apocrypha, books from that period but not accepted into the Biblical canon.
Alleged Examples
The following is a list of works commonly alleged to be modern pseudepigrapha. Groups supporting the authenticity of these works would not agree with this classification.
- Acts chapter 29 (Sonnini Manuscript)
- Book of Abraham
- Aquarian Gospel of Jesus Christ
- Archko Volume
- Gospel of Barnabas
- Letter of Benan
- Description of Christ
- Life of Issa (allegedly discovered by Nicolas Notovitch)
- Book of Jasher (Pseudo-Jasher)
- Gospel of Josephus
- Letter from Heaven
- Lost Books of the Bible
- Book of Mormon
- Book of Moses
- Confessions of Pontius Pilate
- Nazarene Gospel
Reference
- Edgar J. Goodspeed, Famous Biblical Hoaxes or, Modern Apocrypha. Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1956
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