the name of two apocryphal books which were always excluded the
Jewish canon, and are too absurd to be admitted as canonical by the
Papists themselves. They are supposed to have been originally written in
Greek by some Hellenistical Jews; though some imagine that they were
first written in Chaldee, and afterward translated into Greek. It is
uncertain when they were composed, though it is generally agreed that
the author wrote before Josephus.
Jewish canon, and are too absurd to be admitted as canonical by the
Papists themselves. They are supposed to have been originally written in
Greek by some Hellenistical Jews; though some imagine that they were
first written in Chaldee, and afterward translated into Greek. It is
uncertain when they were composed, though it is generally agreed that
the author wrote before Josephus.