Additional Old Testament Books of Human Origin.

Fifteen books of historical, poetical, prophetical and religious interest written by the Jews, and some possibly by early Christians, dating from the time of their return from exile in Babylon until after their absorption into the Roman Empire, covering the period approx. 300 BC - 100 AD. They are regarded by some as having been inspired by God.

Although they were no doubt a source of encouragement to the Maccabean freedom fighters of that time, the Jews who wrote them never regarded them as inspired writings. They were however included in the Septuagint (Greek) and the Vulgate (Latin) translations of the Old Testament. Jerome, who was responsible for the Vulgate, gave them a lower value than the rest of the Bible, and invented the name 'Apocrypha' for these books.
In 1534 Martin Luther placed the Apocryphal Books in a separate section of his translation of the Bible, with the note: "Apocrypha-these are the books which are not held equal to the sacred scriptures and yet are useful and good for reading". This practice has been followed in other Protestant versions.

These books are omitted altogether by most Protestant and Orthodox authorities but the Roman Catholic Church at the Council of Trent in 1546 maintained that they were authentic and inspired as much as the rest of Scripture, and they are to be found in the Roman Catholic versions of the Bible from the Douay version of 1582 onwards. In recent times the Apocryphal Books have been included in some other new editions of the Bible, possibly with the reunion of all churches in mind.

Abraham
Acts of the Apostles
Adam
Adoption
Affliction
Age, Aion
Almighty God
Altar
Amen
Angel
  1. Human angels
  2. "The angels who sinned"
  3. Immortal angels
  4. "Fallen angels"
  5. "Evil angels"
Anger
Anointing
Antichrist
Apocrypha
Apostasy
Apostle
Archangel
Ark
  1. Ark constructed by Noah
  2. Ark of the Covenant
Armageddon
Ascension
Assyria
Astrology
Atonement