The Uncanonical Jewish Books: A Short Introduction to the Apocrypha and Other Jewish Writings 200 B.C.–100 A.D.

The object of Introduction is to provide a short account not only of the books in the Church Apocrypha, but of the other Jewish writings from 200 BC to AD 100, which should now be occupying the attention of those interested in the New Testament. For without some knowledge of the contemporary literature of the period, we lose the chief key to understanding the world to which Christ came, and the atmosphere in which the church was born. This survey gives a trustworthy impression of the general trend of literary activity during this period.