This Halcyon Classics ebook contains the Apocrypha, books (also known as Deuterocanonical books), considered to be non-canonical by most Protestant Christians. Catholic, Orthodox, and Oriental Christians consider most of the Deuterocanonical books to be canonical (except 1 and 2 Esdras and the Prayer of Manasseh). The dispute over the status of the Apocrypha/Deuterocanonical books is one of the major differences between Protestant and Catholics/Orthodox/Oriental First Book of EsdrasThe Second Book of EsdrasEsdras [sometimes Fourth Book of Ezra]The Greek Additions to EstherThe First Book of the MaccabeesThe Second Book of the MaccabeesThe Book of TobitThe Book of JudithThe Wisdom of SolomonThe Book of Sirach (or Ecclesiasticus)The Book of BaruchThe Epistle (or letter) of JeremiahThe Book of Susanna (in Daniel)The Prayer of AzariahThe Prayer of Manasseh Bel and the Dragon (in Daniel)This unexpurgated edition contains the complete text, with minor errors and omissions corrected.
Books can be attributed to "Anonymous" for several reasons:
* They are officially published under that name * They are traditional stories not attributed to a specific author * They are religious texts not generally attributed to a specific author
Books whose authorship is merely uncertain should be attributed to Unknown.