Pseudepigraphical
[soo-duh-pig-ruh-fuh] /ˌsu dəˈpɪg rə fə/
noun, (used with a plural verb)
1.
certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.
Pseudepigrapha
/ˌsjuːdɪˈpɪɡrəfə/
plural noun
1.
various Jewish writings from the first century bc to the first century ad that claim to have been divinely revealed but which have been excluded from the Greek canon of the Old Testament Also called (in the Roman Catholic Church) Apocrypha
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