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The Orthodox Deuterocanon is the Books of the Orthodox canon of Scripture that are outside of the Protestant OT and Rabbinical TaNaKh.
In Judith, the Babylonian king objected that the Jews didn't assist his wars, which seems to imply that the events in the book occurred after the Babylonian conquest of Judah.
According to Russian Wikipedia, although the Slavic III Esdras (AKA 4 Ezra) is in Slavic Bibles, it's not actually part of the Russian Church's canon. I may have read this elsewhere too. It's not in Greek Bibles. I don't know if it's in the actual canon of any Orthodox Church.
Orthodox Wiki's article on the Deuterocanon lists "The portion of II Esdras called the "Prayer of Manasseh"". But I don't know why it says that this Prayer is part of II Esdras (III Esdras in Russian Bibles) because they are separate works. Jerome's Vulgate I think placed the Prayer of Manasseh right before Jerome's own Prologue to I Esdras.
I guess that 4 Maccabbees is not canonical for the Greeks if they put it in their appendix.
The Ethiopian Church has a short canon and a long one. I recall the Books of Clement and the Apocalypse of Peter as being in the long version.
Wikipedia claims that 4 Ezra is part of the Ethiopian canon. It also says, "Unique to the Orthodox Tewahedo canon are the Paralipomena of Jeremiah (4 Baruch), Jubilees, Enoch, and the three books of Meqabyan... The Orthodox Tewahedo broader Old Testament has one additional book: the Ethiopic version of the Book of Joseph ben Gurion or Yosëf wäldä Koryon, elsewhere called Josippon, or referred to by its author, Pseudo-Josephus, categorizing its authorship as pseudepigraphical."
About the Ethiopian broader NT, Wikipedia says, "The Orthodox Tewahedo broader New Testament canon has eight additional books. These are the four books of Sinodos, the two divisions of the Book of the Covenant, Ethiopic Clement, and the Ethiopic Didascalia. Most of the literature herein would either be considered part of the writings of the Apostolic Fathers or part of the Ancient Church Orders."
- Psalm 151 - Ascribed to David
- Wisdom of Solomon
- Tobit - belonged to the Tribe of Naphtali and deported to Nineveh after the Assyrian conquest, which happened around 722 BC
- Prayer of Manasseh - This king lived in 709-643 BC
- Epistle of Jeremiah - Jeremiah (650-570 BC) predicted the Babylonian conquest
- Baruch - He was Jeremiah's scribe in the 6th c. BC and this book addresses issues relating to the Babylonian Exile
- Judith - lived during the harsh part of Nebudchadnezzar II's rule over Judah
- The portions of Daniel:
- I Esdras (2 Esdras in Russian Bibles) - Ezra led a group of exiles back from the Babylonian captivity when it ended.
- Portions of Esther - Esther was involved in royal power during the Persian period. She was the wife of King Ahasuerus, commonly identified with Xerxes I who ruled in 485-465 BC.
- Wisdom of Sirach (Ecclesiasticus), ascribed to Jesus ben Sirach of the Hellenistic period, possibly written in 180–175 BC.
- I Maccabees - The Maccabean Revolt lasted from 167 to 160 BC
- II Maccabees
- III Maccabees
- IV Maccabees - In the Georgian Orthodox canon and in the appendix of Greek Bibles, but not Russian ones.
In Judith, the Babylonian king objected that the Jews didn't assist his wars, which seems to imply that the events in the book occurred after the Babylonian conquest of Judah.
According to Russian Wikipedia, although the Slavic III Esdras (AKA 4 Ezra) is in Slavic Bibles, it's not actually part of the Russian Church's canon. I may have read this elsewhere too. It's not in Greek Bibles. I don't know if it's in the actual canon of any Orthodox Church.
Orthodox Wiki's article on the Deuterocanon lists "The portion of II Esdras called the "Prayer of Manasseh"". But I don't know why it says that this Prayer is part of II Esdras (III Esdras in Russian Bibles) because they are separate works. Jerome's Vulgate I think placed the Prayer of Manasseh right before Jerome's own Prologue to I Esdras.
I guess that 4 Maccabbees is not canonical for the Greeks if they put it in their appendix.
The Ethiopian Church has a short canon and a long one. I recall the Books of Clement and the Apocalypse of Peter as being in the long version.
Wikipedia claims that 4 Ezra is part of the Ethiopian canon. It also says, "Unique to the Orthodox Tewahedo canon are the Paralipomena of Jeremiah (4 Baruch), Jubilees, Enoch, and the three books of Meqabyan... The Orthodox Tewahedo broader Old Testament has one additional book: the Ethiopic version of the Book of Joseph ben Gurion or Yosëf wäldä Koryon, elsewhere called Josippon, or referred to by its author, Pseudo-Josephus, categorizing its authorship as pseudepigraphical."
About the Ethiopian broader NT, Wikipedia says, "The Orthodox Tewahedo broader New Testament canon has eight additional books. These are the four books of Sinodos, the two divisions of the Book of the Covenant, Ethiopic Clement, and the Ethiopic Didascalia. Most of the literature herein would either be considered part of the writings of the Apostolic Fathers or part of the Ancient Church Orders."