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Great Synagogue," established by Ezra and Nehemiah, all
other sacred or religious literature besides those included
within the Canon was called Apocrypha and excluded from
the Hebrew Bible by an assembly of the learned and pious
Jews, the last of whom was the famous "Simeon the Just,"
who died in 310 B.C. Now among these Apocryphal books
are included the Apocalypses of Enoch, Barukh, Moses,
Ezra, and the Sibyline books, written at different epochs
between the time of the Maccabees and after the destruction
of Jerusalem by Titus. It seems to be quite a la mode with
the Jewish Sages to compose Apocalyptical and religious
literature under the name of some celebrated personage of
antiquity. The Apocalypse at the end of the New Testa-
ment which bears the name of John the Divine is no
exception to this old Judeo Christian habitude. If "Judah
the brother of the Lord" could believe that "Henoh the
Seventh from Adam" was really the author of the one
other sacred or religious literature besides those included
within the Canon was called Apocrypha and excluded from
the Hebrew Bible by an assembly of the learned and pious
Jews, the last of whom was the famous "Simeon the Just,"
who died in 310 B.C. Now among these Apocryphal books
are included the Apocalypses of Enoch, Barukh, Moses,
Ezra, and the Sibyline books, written at different epochs
between the time of the Maccabees and after the destruction
of Jerusalem by Titus. It seems to be quite a la mode with
the Jewish Sages to compose Apocalyptical and religious
literature under the name of some celebrated personage of
antiquity. The Apocalypse at the end of the New Testa-
ment which bears the name of John the Divine is no
exception to this old Judeo Christian habitude. If "Judah
the brother of the Lord" could believe that "Henoh the
Seventh from Adam" was really the author of the one