Apocrypha & Deuterocanonical Literature

Judith (Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical, 16 chapters). Key figures: Arpachshad (or Arphaxad), Moab, Ammon, Asshur, Lud, Ishmael. Key places: Nineveh, Ecbatana, Euphrates, Tigris, Persia, Cilicia. Opens with: "IN the twelfth year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, who reigned over the Assyrians in Nineveh, the great city; in the days of Arphaxad, who ..."

The Wisdom of Solomon (Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical, 19 chapters). Key places: Sodom. Opens with: "Love righteousness, you⌃ that be judges of the earth, Think you⌃ of the Lord with a good mind, And in singleness of heart seek you⌃ him;..."

The Second Book of the Maccabees (Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical, 15 chapters). Key figures: Abram/Abraham, Isaac, Jacob/Israel, Judas, Jonathan, Moses. Key places: Jerusalem, Egypt, Persia, Cyrene, Asia, Phoenicia. Opens with: "THE brethren, the Jews that are in Jerusalem and they that are in the country of Judaea, send greeting to the brethren, the Jews that are th..."

Tobit (Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical, 14 chapters). Key figures: Naphtali, Asher, Jacob/Israel, Baal, Aaron, Levi. Key places: Kedesh 1, Galilee, Nineveh, Jerusalem, Baal, Media. Opens with: "THE book of the words of Tobit, the son of Tobiel, the son of Ananiel, the son of Aduel, the son of Gabael, of the seed of Asiel, of the tri..."

The First Book of the Maccabees (Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical, 16 chapters). Key figures: Jacob/Israel, Judah, David, Mattathias, Simeon, Simon. Key places: Greece, Rome, Jerusalem, Egypt, Zimri, Samaria. Opens with: "AND it came to pass, after that Alexander the Macedonian, the son of Philip, who came out of the land of Chittim, and struck Darius king of ..."

The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus (Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical, 51 chapters). Key figures: Lot, Jacob/Israel, Moses, Adam, Aaron, Enoch. Key places: Sin, Ophir, Jerusalem, Hermon, Jericho, Pishon. Opens with: "All wisdom comes from the Lord, And is with him forever...."

Baruch (Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical, 5 chapters). Key figures: Judah, Moses, Jacob/Israel, Abram/Abraham, Isaac, Canaan. Key places: Babylon, Jerusalem, Egypt, Canaan, Teman. Opens with: "AND these are the words of the book, which Baruch the son of Nerias, the son of Maaseas, the son of Sedekias, the son of Asadias, the son of..."

1 Esdras (Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical, 9 chapters). Key figures: Jacob/Israel, Solomon, David, Moses, Joram, Aaron. Key places: Jerusalem, Egypt, Carchemish, Euphrates, Megiddo, Judea. Opens with: "AND Josias held the passover in Jerusalem to his Lord, and offered the passover the fourteenth day of the first month;..."