The Golden Wisdom of the Apocrypha: With explanatory Preface, and an Appendix containing some of the Proverbial Wisdom of the Talmud.

Knight, William. The Golden Wisdom of the Apocrypha: With explanatory Preface, and an Appendix containing some of the Proverbial Wisdom of the Talmud. Oxford: B. H. Blackwell, 1910. 8vo. 64pp. Half tan and gray paper covered boards with black lettering to spine. All page edges untrimmed. Ex libris stamp to inside of front board. Printed on high quality cotton rag. Fascinating work on Apocrypha (see below). Minor age wear and staining to boards. Minor browning throughout, with sporadic foxing. Bookseller plate to inside of rear board. Otherwise clean and tight. Very good condition. vg. Hardcover.

Apocrypha (from the Greek, meaning “those having been hidden away”) are texts of uncertain authenticity or writings where the authorship is questioned. In Judeo-Christian theology, the term apocrypha refers to any collection of scriptural texts that falls outside the canon. (19933) $65