{"id":5349,"date":"2021-09-08T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/?p=5349"},"modified":"2021-05-02T14:53:47","modified_gmt":"2021-05-02T14:53:47","slug":"books-of-the-apocrypha-oesterley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/books-of-the-apocrypha-oesterley\/","title":{"rendered":"Books of the Apocrypha &#8211; W O E Oesterley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/introduction-apocrypha_oesterley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"613\" src=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/introduction-apocrypha_oesterley.jpg\" alt=\"William Oscar Emil Oesterley [1866\u20131950], An Inroduction to the Books of the Apocrypha\" class=\"wp-image-5355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/introduction-apocrypha_oesterley.jpg 400w, https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/introduction-apocrypha_oesterley-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today&#8217;s free book is W O E Oesterley&#8217;s Introduction to the Books of the Apocrypha. My thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/book-aid.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Book Aid<\/a> for making a copy of this public domain title available for digitisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/book_introduction-apocrypha_oesterley.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">William Oscar Emil Oesterley [1866\u20131950], <em>An Inroduction to the Books of the Apocrypha<\/em>. London: SPCK, 1935, 1958. Hbk. pp.345. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Prefatory Note<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Prolegomena to the Apocrypha<\/strong><ol><li>The Books of the Apocrypha<\/li><li>The Apocrypha as Literature<\/li><li>The Books of the Apocrypha in Their Chronological Order<\/li><li>A Survey of the Historical Background<\/li><li>The Wisdom Literature<\/li><li>The Apocalyptic Literature<\/li><li>The Doctrinal Teaching of the Apocrypha<\/li><li>The Importance of the Apocrypha for New Testament Study<\/li><li>The Apocrypha in the Church<\/li><\/ol><\/li><li><strong>The Books of the Apocrypha<\/strong><ul><li>I Esdras (The &#8220;Greek Ezra&#8221;)<\/li><li>II Esdras (The &#8220;Ezra Apocalypse&#8221;)<\/li><li>The Book fo Tobit<\/li><li>The Book of Judith<\/li><li>The Rest of the Chapters of the Book of Esther<\/li><li>The Wisdom of Solomon<\/li><li>Ecclesiasticus<\/li><li>Baruch<\/li><li>The Epistle of Jeremy<\/li><li>The Song of the Three Holy Children<\/li><li>The History of Susanna<\/li><li>Bel and trhe Dragon<\/li><li>The Prayer of Manasses<\/li><li>The First Book of Maccabees<\/li><li>The Second Book of Maccabees<\/li><li>Indexes<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Image: <em>Anna and the Blind Tobit<\/em>, Rembrandt and Dou (1630). Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Book_of_Tobit#\/media\/File:Rembrandt_Harmensz._van_Rijn_160.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s free book is W O E Oesterley&#8217;s Introduction to the Books of the Apocrypha. My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this public domain title available for digitisation. William Oscar Emil Oesterley [1866\u20131950], An Inroduction to the Books of the Apocrypha. London: SPCK, 1935, 1958. Hbk. pp.345. 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