Description
The Good News Bible includes the Apocrypha and Deuterocanonical books, which are books that are not found in the Protestant Bible. These books were written primarily in the time between the Old and New Testaments, and some of them are not found in Catholic Bibles.
The Good News Bible - with Deuterocanonical Books
Good News Translation e-Bible with Deuterocanonical books. Features: user friendly navigation with cross-references, footnotes, word list, names index, Septuagint readings and outline chart of Bible history.
Presentation page
hardcover - 1514 pages
Maps of the Old Testament
Palestine map in the time of Jesus
Outline chart of Bible History
Septagint Readings
Contains all the Deuterocanonical Books
Question: "What are the Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical books?"
Answer:
Roman Catholic Bibles have several more books in the Old Testament than Protestant Bibles. These books are referred to as the Apocrypha or Deuterocanonical books. The word
apocrypha
means hidden, while the word
deuterocanonical
means second canon. The Apocrypha/Deuterocanonicals were written primarily in the time between the Old and New Testaments. The books of the Apocrypha include
1 Esdras
2 Esdras
Tobit
Judith
Wisdom of Solomon
Ecclesiasticus
Baruch
the Letter of Jeremiah
Prayer of Manasseh
1 Maccabees, and
2 Maccabees
as well as additions to the books of Esther and Daniel. Not all of these books are included in Catholic Bibles.