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Apocalypse of Abraham is a pseudepigraphic work (a text whose claimed authorship is uncertain) based on much earlier Abraham narratives from the Hebrew Bible (or Christian Old Testament ). Probably composed between about 70–150 CE from earlier writings and tradition, it is of Jewish origin and is part of the Apocalyptic literature popular first in early Judaism and later in early Christianity. It has survived only in Old Slavonic recensions and it is not regarded as authoritative scripture by Jews or any Christians , although it used to be considered so by the (now-extinct) Bogomil sect.1
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The Apocalypse of Abraham is a pseudepigraphic (a text whose claimed authorship is unfounded) work based on the Old Testament . Probably composed between about 70–150 AD, it is of Jewish origin and is usually considered to be part of the Apocalyptic literature . It has survived only in Old Slavonic recensions—it is not regarded as scripture by Jews or any Christian group.
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The Apocalypse of Abraham is a pseudepigraphic work (a text whose claimed authorship is unfounded) based on the Old Testament . Probably composed between about 70–150 AD, it is of Jewish origin and is usually considered to be part of the Apocalyptic literature . It has survived only in Old Slavonic recensions—it is not regarded as authoritative scripture by Jews or any Christian group.
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The Apocalypse of Abraham is a pseudepigraphic work (a text whose claimed authorship is uncertain) based on the Old Testament . Probably composed between about 70–150 AD from earlier writings and tradition possibly kept from the time of Abraham , it is of Jewish origin and is usually considered to be part of the Apocalyptic literature .It has survived only in Old Slavonic recensions and it is not regarded as authoritative scripture by Jews or any Christians , though it likely held some prominence up into the first century A.D.
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Ancient Jewish manuscript dating to 70–150 AD The Apocalypse of Abraham is an apocalyptic Jewish pseudepigrapha (a text whose claimed authorship is uncertain) based on biblical Abraham narratives.It was probably composed in the first or second century, between 70–150 AD. It has survived only in Old Slavonic recensions. It is not regarded as scripture by Jews or Christians , but it was a scripture for the now-extinct Bogomil sect.
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pseudepigraphic
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apocalyptic jewish pseudepigrapha
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