“Writings with false attributions.” Jewish and Christian writings of the third century B.C.E. through the sixth century C.E. allegedly written by a biblical figure, that rewrite sections of the Bible, or that otherwise resemble biblical...

Books mainly dating from the time of the Second *Temple which are not included in the *Canon of Scripture. Well known examples of pseudepigrapha include the Book of *Enoch, the Book of *Adam and Eve and the *Assumption of Moses. (See also...

Pseudepigrapha (from Ancient Greek pseudes = "false", epigraphe = "inscription"; see the related epigraphy) are falsely attributed works, texts whose claimed authorship is unfounded; a work, simply, "whose real author attributed it to a figure of the...