A collection of fourteen ancient writings of considerable historical value, but not forming a part of the inspired canon of Scripture. Two of them profess to be continuations of Esther and Daniel respectively. In Bibles that contain the Apocrypha these additions are easily detected, and especially so in Esther, in the whole of the inspired part of which the name of God does not occur (for special reasons). As soon, however, as the Apocryphal part begins, we get “And God,” and His name is afterward continually occurring.