apocrypha

• اسم يُطلق على مجموعة من الأسفار أو الكتب الدينية التي لا تُعتبر ضمن الأسفار القانونية المعترف بها في بعض التقاليد اليهودية والمسيحية البروتستانتية، بينما تعدّها الكنائس الأرثوذكسية والكاثوليكية أسفارًا قانونية ثانوية أو موحى بها. وتشمل أيضًا الكتب المنحولة أو المشكوك في صحتها.

A proper noun referring to a collection of 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status.

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1. Biblical textsC2formal

   A collection of 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible. Eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status.

   الأسفار القانونية الثانية

   • The Apocrypha includes books like Tobit and Judith.
   • Many Protestant Bibles do not include the Apocrypha.
   • Scholars debate the historical accuracy of the Apocrypha.

2. Writings of doubtful authenticityC2formal

   Writings or statements whose authorship or authenticity is uncertain or disputed.

   الأسفار المنحولة

   • The apocrypha of the early church includes many gospels not in the New Testament.
   • Historians often treat these texts as apocrypha due to lack of evidence.
   • The collection of apocrypha was excluded from the official canon.

   المرادفاتpseudepigrapha

   الأضدادcanonscripture