THE
APOCRYPHA
or
Writings not found on the common
 and published Bible

Edited by
 Manuel Komroff

 1936

New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1936. Very Good+ condition. The 14 books removed from the Bible in 1611 when the King James version was issued as authorized edition. Authorized by whom? Apocrypha (from the Greek word áπόκρυφα, meaning "those having been hidden away".  Some "authority" deemed their authorship as questionable. Does this mean that in the authorized edition, where many of the authors write about and describe their own deaths is beyond doubt?. In the formulation of early church doctrines there was dissention, personal jealousy, intolerance, persecution and bigotry. The word "apocryphal" was first applied, in a positive sense, to writings which were kept secret because they were the vehicles of esoteric knowledge considered too profound or too sacred to be disclosed to anyone other than the initiated. It is used in this sense to describe A Holy and Secret Book of Moses, called Eighth, or Holy. Omissions also applied to writings that were hidden not because of their divinity but because of their questionable value to the church. In fact, hundreds of sacred texts have been removed over millennia from both the old and new testaments. Mind control has been an art long before George Orwell wrote 1984. Minimal wear, no inscription or markings. Book is tight, clean and solid. 6¼" x 9½" tall, 8vo. 348 pages.