Description

«Biblical apocrypha» is the application thatallows us to get acquainted with the stories that can not be seeneither in the New or in the Old Testament. These stories can befound in the Bible King James and they will be instructive for bothchildren and adults. It is very simple and the most convenientprogram for reading texts from Biblical apocrypha. In thisapplication, ease of use coupled with a beautiful interface. Thesetwo features allow you to read the stories from the Bible KingJames without distracting for anything else. The «Biblicalapocrypha» includes a number of categories, which are brieflydescribed below.

The first chapter is devoted to Esdras - the Jewish high priest,returned after the Babylonian captivity to recreate a Jewish stateon the basis of the law of the Torah. Esdras tells you about thoseevents that occurred in the period between the V and VI centuriesBC.
The Book of Tobit tells about the blind Tobit and his son Tobias,whose guide was the angel Raphael. The Book of Tobit was written inthe second century BC.
The book of Judith tells of a Jewish widow who saved her nativecity from invasion of the Assyrians. The text of the Book of Judithwas written on the basis of earlier oral traditions in the middleof the II century BC.
Additions to the Book of Esther is the stories which were notincluded in the canonical Bible. However, these additions to theBook of Esther survived and you can read them thanks to ourapplication.
The Book of Wisdom of Solomon contains ancient didactically wisesayings. The author of the Wisdom of Solomon is presumed to KingSolomon.
The total content of Wisdom of Jesus Son of Sirach anciently wasconsidered as deeply instructive book for those seeking lessons ofwisdom and piety. Fathers of the Church often used the expressionsfrom the Wisdom of Jesus Son of Sirach as confirmation of theirdidactic thoughts.
Prologue to Wisdom of Jesus Son of Sirach was written by thegrandson of the author of Wisdom of Jesus Son of Sirach. Prologueto Wisdom of Jesus Son of Sirach gives some explanations thatrelate to this book.
The Book of Baruch was written to show the Jews that all theirdisasters, such as the Babylonian captivity and the burning ofJerusalem, were sent to them for their sins and their fathers’sins, to encourage them to repent and promise to console bytemporal and eternal freedom. The book of Baruch containsremarkable prophecy about the new spiritual glory of Jerusalem,whose children will be gathered from the west unto the east by theword of the Holy.
The Letter of Jeremiah ironically describes how to create idols,how to maintain it, including removal of dust, and tells aboutpriests, benefiting from all this. As a result, the author of theLetter of Jeremiah comes to the idea that good people will notengage in such a vain thing.
One of the most interesting sections of our application is thePrayer of Azariah. The Prayer of Azariah is the meaning of theprayer of the Jewish people, punished and penitent.
The legend tells of how during the Babylonian captivity a beautifulJewess Susanna was falsely accused by two senior horny old men,peeping at her. However Susanna was justified because of thediscrepancies in the testimonies of the elders.
In the first chapter of the book of Bel and the Dragon Daniel byingenious way opens deception by which the priests of Bel wereforcing to think that the idol devours food and drinks brought tohim. In the second part of the book of Bel and the Dragon, Danielkills the dragon, throwing him dough consisting of resin, fat, andhair into the jaws; after swallowing of this dough the dragonbursts.
Prayer of Manasseh glorified Lord's omnipotence, His mercy to thepatriarchs of the Jewish people and to all the repentant people.Also Prayer of Manasseh reminds Manasseh’s own excessive sins andhis remorse.
Books of the Maccabees tell us about the Maccabees - leaders of therevolt of the Jews against the Seleucid dynasty.