Introducing the Apocrypha <subTitle>Message, Context, and Significance</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>deSilva, David A.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">8:1</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Baker Academic</publisher> <dateIssued>2002</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">0 e</languageTerm> </language> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">ng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>499tr.</extent> <extent>Paperback, Illustration</extent> <extent>24cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>The books of the Apocrypha are a witness to faith, specifically the faith of Jewish people living from 200 B.C.E. to 100 C.E. Contemporary Christian readers find these books to be surprisingly relevant. In addition, they provide essential historical background for understanding the Judaism of Jesus¹ day and the Jewish matrix of early Christianity.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">David A. deSilva</note> <subject> <topic>Judaism</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Apocryphal books (Old Testament)</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Jews -- customs and customs -- up to 70</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">229.061</classification> <classification authority="ddc">D457-D25</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780801097416</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/6100/5822492556-140.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/6100/5822492556-140.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordContentSource authority="marcorg">1</recordContentSource> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2021-1</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119070415.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>