The Deuterocanon, more commonly known as Apocrypha, is the collection of writings often sandwiched between "the Old and New Testaments. Some Christian denominations consider these books to be canonical or "semi-canonical. While Protestants largely reject the books as spurious or even heretical, and the Roman and "Orthodox churches accept them as canonical, it may be wise to recognize that historic Christianity has held to more of a middle ground, including by Reformers such as Martin Luther and early Catholic writers like Jerome. There has always been a distinction between protocanonical books of the Bible and the deuterocanonical books the former being near-universally attested to as God-breathed by the Church and the latter often questioned for their canonicity. At the same time, the deuterocanonical books are held in higher regard than the truly heretical Gnostic works that were written after the advent of Christianity. 16 Books in 1, this book includes: 1 ESDRAS 2 ESDRAS ADDITIONS TO THE BOOK OF ESTHER 1 MACCABES 2 MACCABES TOBIT JUDITH WISDOM SIRACH BARUCH EPISTLE OF JEREMIAH SUSANNA PRAYER OF AZARIAH PRAYER OF MANASSEH BEL AND THE DRAGON LAODICEANS 11-point Times New Roman typeface. 6" x 9" edition features a Gloss finish with thick, high-quality, cream-colored pages. With The Complete Apocrypha you can discover what the world was like before Noah's Flood, who the Nephilim were, how Cain died, how Abraham was tutored in the knowledge of God by Noah's son Shem, what happened during the 400 "silent years", how the Prophet Daniel slayed a dragon, and the answers to countless other mysteries