Apocryphal Books
Apocryphal Books
Apocryphal Books
• Special Revelation
1. God’s self-revelation through both old and new
Testaments
Ancient Versions
O.T.- Hebrew and Aramaic
N.T.- Greek
• Autograph- Original writings of the prophets
• Manuscripts- Copies of the Autograph
1. Sepuagint (IXX)- Greek translator of the OT prepared by 70 Learn
ed Scholars
2. Aramaic Targum- Targums means Translation, happened
After their return of captivity.
3. Syriac- Most ancient copy of the whole Bible
4. Coptic- Native large of the ancient Egyptians
5. Gothic- Language of the Goths lived during the Roman
Empire
6. Latin Vulgate- Latin Translation
Different claims as books of the Bible
The Biblical Canon is the collection of scriptural books that God has given his
cooperate people, which are distinguished by their qualities, reception by the
Collective body, and their apostolic connection either by authorship or
association.
Canonization of The Bible
• Cannonization means a listing of Books which p
osses divine authority
Inherent authority
That made the books as accepted as inspired by God without the Church
Intervention of Cannonization.
The Lost Books of the Bible
The following Books one referred to the Bible, but not included in it, so they have become known as
Lost Books of the Bible