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An Introduction to the Apocryphal Books of The Old and New Testament By H. T. Andrews This book is an extensive revision of a book written around the turn of the century by H. T. Andrews, entitled The Apocryphal Books of the Old and New Testaments. The pur pose of the original work, and of this one as well, is to present the reader with a survey o f the early religious literature which did not earn a place in the Old and New Testaments. In addition to dealing with the Apoc rypha and Pseude-pigrapha, the more recent revision contains a chap ter summarizing the more significant portions of the Qumran literature, discovered in 1947 and known more popularly as the Dead Sea Scrolls. The reason for the revision is given as the advance o f Biblical scholarship since the appearance of the former edition. Certainly the in corporation of the studies of such men as R. H. Charles and R. H. Pfeiffer, plus the additional manu script discoveries, makes the present project eminently worthwhile. The revision will be found very helpful to the lay reader who desires a brief acquaintance with this litera ture, but the person who desires to do a more detailed study will find only a passing interest, due to the lack of documentation which would enable him to trace the many allu sions and quotations. Helpful descriptions regarding the condition of Jewish life and early Christian outlook are found in the volume. Perhaps the author over states the dependence of some New Testament writers upon these non- canonical books, however. For ex ample, evidence is cited from the Apocalypse of Baruch to show that Paul, in order to arrive at the the ology found in his epistles, simply purified and Christianized the Juda ism of his day. Probably there is some relationship, but such an out look does not do justice to the New Testament statements regarding the
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