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A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jainas c5.91

A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jainas c5.91

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c5.91

¹ The meanings of Apocrypha are given in this Dictionary on p. 50. They are "Books of old Testament included in Septuagint and Vulgate, but not originally written in Hebrew, nor counted genuine by Jews, and excluded from Canon at Reformation. In order that we can follow this, we may note the meanings of Septuagint and Vulgate. They are respectively as under:— "Greek version of O. T. including the apocrypha said to have been made about 270 B. C. by seventy translators." "Latin version of the Bible prepared by Jerome te in the 4th c."