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The Apocrypha was removed from the King James Bible in 1885, after being part of it for 274 years. This left the Bible with 66 books instead of 80. The main reason for Jewish rejection of the book is that it was inconsistent with the teachings of the Torah. Martin Luther’s 1534 Bible was actually the first to separate the Apocrypha as an intertestamental section with a note explaining they are not divinely inspired. | Eric Jordan Saavedra

The Deuterocanon / Apocrypha Overview

Apocrypha means hidden things.The word Apocrypha was then associated with the meaning untrue.These writings consist of 13 books 1 and 2 Esdras, Tobit, Judith, an addition of Esther, additions to Daniel, Wisdom of Solomon.Ecclesiasteicus (also known as the wisdom of Jesus the son of Sirach) Baruch, the letter of Jeremiah, the prayer of Manasses and 1 and 2 Maccabees.Whether something is written hundreds of years later or hundreds of years before, the test has to be applied whether it agrees with