pseudepigrapha
/ˌsjuːdɪˈpɪɡrəfə
/plural noun
Spurious or pseudonymous writings, especially Jewish writings ascribed to various biblical patriarchs and prophets but composed within approximately 200 years of the birth of Christ.Many of these pseudepigrapha are not merely falsely ascribed, but the result of deliberate deception....
- Therefore, to church members the Book of Mormon is not fiction, not pseudepigrapha, not literary embellishment, not a parable or an allegory, but a book about real people who lived in ancient times.
Derivatives
pseudepigraphal
- Furthermore, the pseudepigraphal 2 Enoch, though not connecting wisdom and word directly, is also well aware of the aforementioned wisdom being present prior to the creation of the heavens and the earth.
- Although there may have been as many as 50 pseudepigraphal gospels, most are known only by name from a few isolated statements by early church writers.
pseudepigraphic
- There is also an ancient pseudepigraphic tradition which contains spurious anecdotal material about Hippocrates' life.
- Pseudepigraphic writing was particularly popular among the Jews during Hashmonean and Roman periods and this style of writing was adopted by the early Christians.
pseudepigraphical
Origin
Late 17th century: neuter plural of Greek pseudepigraphos 'with false title' (see pseudo-, epigraph).