The Apocrypha: The Lutheran Edition: Text

by Edward A. Engelbrecht

Publisher:

Concordia Publishing House

, 2012

Overview

For more than one hundred years, the Apocrypha has been left out of English versions of the Bible. Described by Martin Luther as useful texts to read, but not divinely inspired, the Apocrypha allows Lutherans to look back at their heritage and see the Bible as our forefathers would have. Furthermore, the texts of the Apocrypha are essential reading for filling in the 400-year gap between the Old and New Testaments. A key resource for understanding the New Testament’s background, this edition of the Apocrypha includes notes, maps, charts, illustrations, introductions to the books, and an extensive set of articles that provide guidance to those who are studying ancient literature such as the Dead Sea Scrolls. This study-Bible-style treatment of the Apocrypha is certain to be the most extensive, popular edition available; especially to those eager to study the unique Lutheran perspective on these books and the time between the testaments.

Contents

Most Highlighted Verses in The Apocrypha: The Lutheran Edition: Text

Judith 5:6–7: This people is descended from the Chaldeans. At one time they lived in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the gods of their fathers who were in Chaldea.

Judith 5:17–18: As long as they did not sin against their God they prospered, for the God who hates iniquity is with them. But when they departed from the way that he had appointed for them, they were utterly defeated in very many battles and were led away captive to a foreign country; the temple of their God was razed to the ground, and their cities were captured by their enemies.

Greek Esther 4:14: For if you keep silence at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another quarter, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows

Wisdom of Solomon 2:23–24: for God created mankind for incorruption and made him in the image of his own character, but through the devil’s envy death entered the world, and those who belong to his party experience it.

Sirach 33:12: some of them he blessed and exalted, and some of them he made holy and brought near to himself; but some of them he cursed and brought low, and he turned them out of their place.

Product Details

• Title: The Apocrypha: The Lutheran Edition: Text
• Author: Edward A. Engelbrecht
• Series: The Apocrypha: The Lutheran Edition
• Publisher: Concordia Publishing House
• Print Publication Date: 2012
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. O.T. › Apocrypha
• Resource ID: LLS:APCRPHLTHD
• Resource Type: Bible
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-03-06T18:12:27Z