Modern pseudepigrapha

Modern pseudepigrapha or modern apocrypha are terms sometimes used to refer to any book written in the style of the books of the Bible, and claiming to be of similar age (pseudepigrapha), but written in a much later (modern) period. They differ from apocrypha, books from that period but not accepted into the Biblical canon.

Alleged Examples

The following is a list of works commonly alleged to be modern pseudipigarpa. Groups supporting the authenticity of these works would not agree with this classification.

• Gospel of Barnabas
• Book of Mormon
• Book of Abraham
• Book of Moses
• Book of Jasher (Pseudo-Jasher)
• Life of Issa

Reference

Edgar J. Goodspeed, Famous Biblical Hoaxes or, Modern Apocrypha. Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1956