Old Testament Apocrypha

A historical narrative of the Maccabean revolt, the rededication of the Jerusalem temple, and the rise of the Hasmonean dynasty.

An independent, rhetorically vivid account of the persecution under Antiochus IV and Judas Maccabeus’s struggle to restore the temple.

A wide-ranging Jewish wisdom collection by Ben Sira, joining practical instruction with praise of Torah, creation, worship, and Israel’s ancestors.

A composite Jewish apocalyptic work attributed to Enoch, preserved complete in Geʿez and deeply influential on early Jewish and Christian imagination.

A Jewish diaspora tale in which piety, family loyalty, healing, and the guidance of the angel Raphael converge across two households.

A Hellenistic Jewish meditation on divine Wisdom, righteousness, immortality, and God’s guidance of Israel’s history.