In a message dated 1999-10-03 05:10:44 Eastern Daylight Time,
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> One cannot, of course, come up with a complete list of apocryphal
> books, because the word means "those books not accepted in the canon";
> of which there is an infinite number. One could mention the apocryphal
> Gospels and Apocalypses, and thousands of other "marginal" books,
> including perhaps the Book of Mormon and the writings of Mary Baker
> Eddy.
Yes, but I was just trying to establish the status of various works that are
commonly classified as "Apocrypha" by various groups. The Prayer of
Manassseh is included in that collection by nearly everybody (and in fact
I recall reading an edition of "The Apocrypha" that included that work along
with all of the "deuterocanonical" works). But the "Psalms of Solomon"
are a bit obscure -- they seem to be even harder to find than such works
as the "Book of Enoch" and the "Apocalypse of Peter". If anyone can
identify a book currently in print that contains a translation of the "Psalms
of Solomon", I would be most grateful.
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