This is just a quick list of some past posts from “Messianic Musings” about the Apocrypha. I will be posting more soon about the Wisdom of Solomon. These books are a fascinating way to understand developing Jewish thought leading up to the New Testament:
https://derek4messiah.wordpress.com/2007/09/07/tobit-and-the-jewishness-of-the-new-testament/
https://derek4messiah.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/psalm-151-a-lesson-for-israel-then-and-now/
https://derek4messiah.wordpress.com/2007/08/30/an-apocryphal-prayer/
https://derek4messiah.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/apocryphal-wisdom/
Also…don’t forget to read today’s post (below) about John 1.
Derek