i. Palestinian Jewish Literature:--
(a) _Historical_.
1 (i.e. 3) Ezra.
1 Maccabees.
(b) _Legendary_.
Book of Baruch (see BARUCH).
Judith.
(c) _Apocalyptic_.
2 (i.e. 4) Ezra (see also under separate article on APOCALYPTIC
LITERATURE).
(d) _Didactic_.
Sirach (see ECCLESIASTICUS).
Tobit.
ii. Hellenistic Jewish Literature:--
_Historical and Legendary_.
Additions to Daniel (q.v.).
" " Esther (q.v.).
Epistle of Jeremy (q.v.).
2 Maccabees (q.v.).
Prayer of Manasses (see MANASSES).
_Didactic_.
Book of Wisdom (see WISDOM, BOOK OF.)
Since all these books are dealt with in separate articles, they call for
no further notice here.
LITERATURE.--Texts:--Holmes and Parsons, _Vet. Test. Graecum cum var.
lectionibus_ (Oxford, 1798-1827); Swete, _Old Testament in Greek_,
i.-iii. (Cambridge, 1887-1894); Fritzsche, _Libri Apocryphi V.T. Graece_
(1871). Commentaries:--O.F. Fritzsche and Grimm, _Kurzgef. exeget.
Handbuch zu den Apok. des A.T_. (Leipzig, 1851-1860); E.C. Bissell,
_Apocrypha of the Old Testament_ (Edinburgh, 1880); Zockler, _Apok. des
A.T._ (Munchen, 1891); Wace, _The Apocrypha_ ("Speaker's Commentary")
(1888). Introduction and General Literature:--E. Schurer[3], _Geschichte
des jud. Volkes_, vol. iii. 135 sqq., and his article on "Apokryphen" in
Herzog's _Realencykl_. i. 622-653; Porter in Hastings' _Bible Dic_. i.
111-123.