THE THIRD BOOK OF ESDRAS THE FOURTH BOOK OF ESDRAS TOBIAH OR TOBIE JUDITH or JEHUDITH THE BOOK OF WISDOM THE PRAYER OF MANASSEH THE FIRST OF THE MACHABEES THE SECOND OF THE MACHABEES Other books found in the Apocrapha (middle books) These were excluded for the following reasons:
The rest of the book of Esther;
Found in the Latin and not in the Hebrew Appears to have been added to the text; Authorship and style appears different than that of the original book of Esther. The book of Jesus the son of Sirach
Found in the Latin and not in the Hebrew Appears to have been added to the text; Authorship and style appears different than that of the original books. Baruck the Prophet
Found in the Latin and not in the Hebrew Appears to have been added to the text; Authorship and style appears different than that of the original books. AND Baruch was was a scribe for Jeremy, but thought to promote himself: And God said unto him: Jeremy 45:2 And seekest thou yet promotion?* Look not for it, and desire it not. For I will bring a miserable plague upon all flesh sayeth the Lord. But thy life will I give the for a prey, wheresoever thou goest.* kjv 1611, did have a book of the "prophet"Baruch, yet it was not written in Hebrew . see here "look for it not". Thus it was excluded from this text. RN. The song of the three children in the oven
Found in the Latin and not in the Hebrew Appears to have been added to the text; Authorship and style appears different than that of the original books. The story of Susanna
Found in the Latin and not in the Hebrew Appears to have been added to the text; Authorship and style appears different than that of the original books. The story of Bellac
Found in the Latin and not in the Hebrew Appears to have been added to the text; Authorship and style appears different than that of the original books.
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