Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE BOOKS OF THE APOCRYPHA

THEIR ORIGIN, TEACHING AND CONTENTS

LIBRARY OF HISTORIC THEOLOGY

EDITED BY THE REV. WM. C. PIERCY, M.A.

_Each Volume, Demy 8vo, Cloth, Red Burnished Top, 5s. net._

VOLUMES NOW READY.

THE PRESENT RELATIONS OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION.
By the Rev. Professor T. G. BONNEY, D.Sc.

ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.
By Professor EDOUARD NAVILLE, D.C.L.

MYSTICISM IN CHRISTIANITY.
By the Rev. W. K. FLEMING, M.A., B.D.

RELIGION IN AN AGE OF DOUBT.
By the Rev. C. J. SHEBBEARE, M.A.

THE CATHOLIC CONCEPTION OF THE CHURCH.
By the Rev W. J. SPARROW SIMPSON, D.D.

COMMON OBJECTIONS TO CHRISTIANITY.
By the Rev. C. L. DRAWBRIDGE, M.A.

MARRIAGE IN CHURCH AND STATE.
By the Rev. T. A. LACEY, M.A. (Warden of the London Diocesan
Penitentiary).

THE BUILDING UP OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.
By the Rev. Canon R. B. GIRDLESTONE, M.A.

CHRISTIANITY AND OTHER FAITHS. An Essay in Comparative Religion
By the Rev. W. ST. CLAIR TISDALL, D.D.

THE CHURCHES IN BRITAIN. _Vols. I._ and _II._
By the Rev. ALFRED PLUMMER, D.D. (formerly Master of University
College, Durham).

CHARACTER AND RELIGION.
By the Rev. the HON. EDWARD LYTTELTON, M.A. (Head Master of Eton
College).

MISSIONARY METHODS, ST. PAUL’S OR OURS?
By the Rev. ROLAND ALLEN, M.A. (Author of “Missionary Principles”).

THE RULE OF FAITH AND HOPE.
By the Rev. R. L. OTTLEY, D.D. (Canon of Christ Church, and Regius
Professor of Pastoral Theology in the University of Oxford).

THE RULE OF LIFE AND LOVE.
By the Rev. R. L. OTTLEY, D.D.

THE RULE OF WORK AND WORSHIP.
By the Rev. R. L. OTTLEY, D.D.

THE CREEDS: THEIR HISTORY, NATURE AND USE.
By the Rev. HAROLD SMITH, M.A. (Lecturer at the London College of
Divinity).

THE CHRISTOLOGY OF ST. PAUL (Hulsean Prize Essay).
By the Rev. S. NOWELL ROSTRON, M.A. (Late Principal of St. John’s
Hall, Durham).

_The following works are in Preparation_:—

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: ITS PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.
By the Rev. Prebendary B. REYNOLDS.

THE CHURCH OUTSIDE THE EMPIRE.
By the Rev. C. R. DAVEY BIGGS, D.D.

THE NATURE OF FAITH AND THE CONDITIONS OF ITS PROSPERITY.
By the Rev. P. N. WAGGETT, M.A.

THE ETHICS OF TEMPTATION.
By the Ven. E. E. HOLMES, M.A.

EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE.
By the Rev. WM. C. PIERCY, M.A.

AUTHORITY AND FREETHOUGHT IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
By the Rev. F. W. BUSSELL, D.D.

GOD AND MAN, ONE CHRIST.
By the Rev. CHARLES E. RAVEN, M.A.

GREEK THOUGHT AND CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE.
By the Rev. J. K. MOZLEY, M.A.

THE GREAT SCHISM BETWEEN THE EAST AND WEST.
By the Rev. F. J. FOAKES-JACKSON, D.D.

THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL IN OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY.
By the Rev. A. TROELSTRA, D.D.

Full particulars of this Library may be obtained from the Publisher.

LONDON: ROBERT SCOTT.

THE BOOKS OF THE
APOCRYPHA

THEIR ORIGIN, TEACHING AND
CONTENTS

BY THE REV.
W. O. E. OESTERLEY, D.D.

EXAMINING CHAPLAIN TO THE BISHOP OF LONDON; WARDEN OF THE
“SOCIETY OF THE APOCRYPHA,” LONDON DIOCESE.

LONDON: ROBERT SCOTT
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1915

_All Rights Reserved_

_First Edition_, 1914.

_Second Impression_, 1915.