Acts of Thomas
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Third century apocryphal narrative of the apostle Thomas evangelising India. Combines miracle stories, the Hymn of the Pearl, and ascetic teaching from early Syriac Christianity.
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Additions to EstherGreek Septuagint expansions to the Book of Esther that fill in prayers, dreams, and royal decrees absent from the Hebrew text. Reads as a devotional companion to canonical Esther.
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Short narrative appended to the Book of Daniel in the Greek Septuagint. Tells how the prophet Daniel saves a falsely accused Babylonian woman, blending courtroom drama with biblical moral lesson.
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Two short tales added to Daniel in the Septuagint, in which the prophet exposes the fraud of Babylonian priests and slays a dragon worshipped as a god. Highlights the rejection of idolatry.
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Historical account of the Jewish revolt under the Maccabees against the Seleucid Empire in the second century BCE. Recognised as canonical by Catholic and Orthodox traditions.
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Companion to 1 Maccabees focused on the temple purification and on theological themes such as resurrection and martyrdom. A foundational source for the festival of Hanukkah.
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