Apocrypha
/əˈpɒkrɪfə
/plural noun [treated as singular or plural]
1Biblical or related writings not forming part of the accepted canon of Scripture.
1.1 (apocrypha) Writings or reports not considered genuine.The Book of Enoch influenced later Jewish apocrypha, and left marks in the New Testament and amongst the works of the early Fathers....
- Both Jewish and Christian apocrypha helped shape the Christian imaginative repertoire throughout the Medieval period.
- The essays that commanded my sustained attention ranged from one end of the century to the other, from the canon to the apocrypha and back.
Origin
Late Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin apocrypha (scripta) 'hidden (writings)', from Greek apokruphos, from apokruptein 'hide away'.
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