Project Gutenberg's Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible, by Anonymous

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Title: Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible Apocrypha

Author: Anonymous

Release Date: June 12, 2008 [EBook #124]

Language: English

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Produced by Robert Kraft

Project Gutenberg Etext of Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible, also known as the Apocrypha, please remember that these are not not in their final form until the last day of the stated month. In this particular case, there has been some discussion on this as we had no titles received with these books: and uncertainty was also evident about what order to present them in.

Encoded under the direction of Robert Kraft for distribution through the Center for Computer Analysis of Texts, (CCAT), at the University of Pennsylvania. Robert Kraft <[email protected]>

Bob Kraft, who produced these Etexts has been VERY kind in this and has allowed us to present them as we choose. However, I am short of time at the moment, and therefore am leaving them as I had them, other than placing his suggested titles in each book, as they appear to be more complete that what I used as I had no titles to begin with and had to expand from abbreviations. I am also including two suggested tables of contents, and ask that a reader feel free to reorder their own copies as desired; please do not repost modified copies in the name of Project Gutenberg, as we hope to have new editions out of our own. However, it is always the primary goal of Project Gutenberg to get these books out on time in a manner that is 99.9% accurate, which I hope we will have accomplished by the end of the month.

The Project Gutenberg Etext of Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible also known as the Apocrypha [Book titles added as there were none in the files we received. One typo of Ezra to Esdr was changed as were some of the marginations. The books were each received as an Etext file, and have been put here into one single file for utilty and they are placed in an order suggested by one of our advisors— we would be happy to post indices of other suggested orderings and other commentaries.]

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Here is the suggested table of contents of Bob Kraft:

[I have written out the numerals and the words "Book of" etc., for a certain amount of internal consistency with our two previous Project Gutenberg releases of the King James Bible which did not include the books listed below. The tables of contents I received for this were inconsistent in this; I am not a Biblical scholar, and am just doing the best I can; my sincere apologies for any errors, which with your assistance, will be corrected by month's end. There are also Etexts to be made of even more Apocryphal materials, if you can help us get them into our Electronic Public Library. Thanks, Michael S. Hart]

Not meant to be a complete listing of of all the books not included in various editions of the Bible: with your help, perhaps we can find more.

The Books Presented Below Use These Titles

  The First Book of Esdras
  The Second Book of Esdras [sometimes Fourth Book of Ezra]
  The Book of Tobit
  The Book of Judith
  The Rest of the Chapters of the Book of Esther
  The Wisdom of Solomon
  The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus
  The Book of Baruch
  The Epistle of Jeremy [sometimes Chapter Six of Baruch]
  The Song of the Three Holy Children
  The Prayer of Azariah [missing in one table of contents]
  The History of Susanna [in Daniel]
  The History of the Destruction of Bel and the Dragon
  The Prayer of Manasses King of Judah
  The First Book of the Maccabees
  The Second Book of the Maccabees

Here is the table of contents in the order presented below:

  The First Book of Esdras
  The Second Book of Esdras [sometimes Fourth Book of Ezra]
  The Greek Additions to Esther
  The First Book of the Maccabees
  The Second Book of the Maccabees
  The Book of Tobit
  The Book of Judith
  The Wisdom of Solomon
  The Book of Sirach (or Ecclesiasticus)
  The Book of Baruch
  The Epistle (or letter) of Jeremiah
  The Book of Susanna (in Daniel)
  The Prayer of Azariah
  The Prayer of Manasseh
  Bel and the Dragon (in Daniel)

The First Book of Esdras

1 Esdr 1:1 And Josias held the feast of the passover in Jerusalem unto his Lord, and offered the passover the fourteenth day of the first month;

1 Esdr 1:2 Having set the priests according to their daily courses, being arrayed in long garments, in the temple of the Lord.

1 Esdr 1:3
And he spake unto the Levites, the holy ministers of Israel, that they
should hallow themselves unto the Lord, to set the holy ark of the
Lord in the house that king Solomon the son of David had built:

1 Esdr 1:4
And said, Ye shall no more bear the ark upon your shoulders: now
therefore serve the Lord your God, and minister unto his people
Israel, and prepare you after your families and kindreds,

1 Esdr 1:5 According as David the king of Israel prescribed, and according to the magnificence of Solomon his son: and standing in the temple according to the several dignity of the families of you the Levites, who minister in the presence of your brethren the children of Israel,

1 Esdr 1:6
Offer the passover in order, and make ready the sacrifices for your
brethren, and keep the passover according to the commandment of the
Lord, which was given unto Moses.

1 Esdr 1:7 And unto the people that was found there Josias gave thirty thousand lambs and kids, and three thousand calves: these things were given of the king's allowance, according as he promised, to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites.

1 Esdr 1:8 And Helkias, Zacharias, and Syelus, the governors of the temple, gave to the priests for the passover two thousand and six hundred sheep, and three hundred calves.

1 Esdr 1:9 And Jeconias, and Samaias, and Nathanael his brother, and Assabias, and Ochiel, and Joram, captains over thousands, gave to the Levites for the passover five thousand sheep, and seven hundred calves.

1 Esdr 1:10 And when these things were done, the priests and Levites, having the unleavened bread, stood in very comely order according to the kindreds,

1 Esdr 1:11 And according to the several dignities of the fathers, before the people, to offer to the Lord, as it is written in the book of Moses: and thus did they in the morning.

1 Esdr 1:12 And they roasted the passover with fire, as appertaineth: as for the sacrifices, they sod them in brass pots and pans with a good savour,

1 Esdr 1:13 And set them before all the people: and