Apocryphal vs Pseudepigrapha - What's the difference?
apocryphal | pseudepigrapha |
Of, or pertaining to, the .
Of doubtful authenticity, or lacking authority; not regarded as canonical.
Of dubious veracity; of questionable accuracy or truthfulness; anecdotal or in the nature of an urban legend.
writings falsely ascribed to famous persons (historical or mythical) to give texts greater legitimacy. Such compositions -- for example, the ???? ??????'' of Pseudo-Aristotle, ''De unius in re publica dominatione'' by Pseudo-Plutarch, the ''Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum'' by Pseudo-Philo, the ''Liber fornacum'' of Pseudo-Geber, the ''Psalms of Solomon by Pseudo-Solomon, etc. -- were usually composed many centuries after the ostensible author had died.
* {{quote-book
, year= 1906
, isbn=
, date=
, author= (Henry Barclay Swete)
, publisher = Macmillan
, title= The Apocalypse of St. John: the Greek text with introd., notes and indices
, url= http://books.google.com/books?id=ay8aAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR170
, page= clxx
, chapter= Authorship
, passage= The Jewish pseudepigrapha bear the names of Old Testament patriarchs, kings, or prophets.
}}
As an adjective apocryphal
is of or relating to the apocrypha.As a noun pseudepigrapha is
writings falsely ascribed to famous persons (historical or mythical) to give texts greater legitimacy such compositions -- for example, the Περὶ Κόσμου'' of pseudo-aristotle, ''de unius in re publica dominatione'' by pseudo-plutarch, the ''liber antiquitatum biblicarum'' by pseudo-philo, the ''liber fornacum'' of pseudo-geber, the ''psalms of solomon by pseudo-solomon, etc -- were usually composed many centuries after the ostensible author had died.apocryphal
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Many scholars consider the stories of the monk Teilo to be apocryphal .
- There is an apocryphal tale of a little boy plugging the dike with his finger.