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Sirach
Jewish wisdom text from the early 2nd century BCE, part of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox biblical canonsWritten 2nd century BCE -
Book of Judith
book in the Septuagint, regarded as canonical in Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, about the story of the widow Judith who assassinates an enemy general, HolofernesWritten no date recorded -
Book of Tobit
3rd/2nd century BCE Jewish tale of Tobit’s son Tobias’s journey with the angel Raphael, considered canonical in Catholicism and in Eastern ChristianityWritten no date recorded -
1 Maccabees
historical book detailing the Maccabean Revolt, found in Catholic and Orthodox BiblesWritten 2nd century BCE -
Book of Baruch
deuterocanonical book of the Bible in some Christian traditionsWritten no date recorded -
Letter of Jeremiah
deuterocanonical book of the Old Testament of the BibleWritten no date recorded -
1 Esdras
ancient Greek version of the biblical Book of Ezra as preserved in the SeptuagintWritten no date recorded -
Prayer of Manasseh
work of 15 verses, ostensibly the penitential prayer of king Manasseh of Judah; written in Greek, in the 1st or 2nd century BCE; part of some versions of the Orthodox deuterocanonWritten 1st millennium BCE -
Life of Adam and Eve
group of Jewish apocryphal writings about the lives of Adam and Eve from the expulsion from the Garden of Eden to their deathsWritten no date recorded
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