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The Complete Apocrypha & Hidden Manna Library

Open the old volumes. Search the witnesses. Hear the books read aloud. This restored reading room gathers the traditional KJV Apocrypha, Eastern Christian additions, Old Testament pseudepigrapha, early Christian writings, rare Jewish literature and the sources studied and cited by early Adventists.

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1–5Maccabees scans
80+Works indexed
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Ellen G. White · 1850

“The Hidden Book”

Ellen G. White said the Apocrypha was the hidden book and the wise of the last days should understand it—Manuscript 4, 1850
“I then saw the Word of God, pure and unadulterated, and that we must answer for the way we received the truth proclaimed from that Word. I saw that it had been a hammer to break the flinty heart in pieces, and a fire to consume the dross and tin, that the heart might be pure and holy. I saw that the Apocrypha was the hidden book, and that the wise of these last days should understand it. I saw that the Bible was the standard Book, that will judge us at the last day. I saw that heaven would be cheap enough, and that nothing was too dear to sacrifice for Jesus, and that we must give all to enter the kingdom. I heard an angel say, ‘Think ye God will place His seal where there is an idol? No, no.’”

— Ellen G. White, Manuscript 4, 1850; Manuscript Releases, vol. 16, p. 34.3

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Exact wording matters: Ellen White called the Apocrypha “the hidden book.” Revelation 2:17 contains the Bible’s expression “hidden manna.” This page places the two expressions beside one another without changing her words.

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The Apocrypha Audio Library

Begin with The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, then choose another book below. Each “Play here” button loads that audiobook into the same privacy-enhanced player so the page stays fast on phones and tablets.

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The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs

Listen to the complete audiobook with text while following the 1908 R. H. Charles scan in the reading shelf above.

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1 · Featured

The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs

Full audiobook with text.

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2 · History

The Book of Jasher

Complete audiobook with text.

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3 · Prophecy

The Book of Enoch

Full audiobook with text.

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4 · History

The Book of Jubilees

R. H. Charles edition audiobook.

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5 · KJV Apocrypha

1 Esdras

Complete KJV audiobook with text.

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6 · KJV Apocrypha

2 Esdras

Complete KJV audiobook.

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7 · KJV Apocrypha

Tobit

Full audiobook with text.

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8 · KJV Apocrypha

Judith

Full audiobook with text.

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9 · Wisdom

Wisdom of Solomon

Full KJV audiobook with text.

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10 · Wisdom

Sirach / Ecclesiasticus

Full 1611 KJV audiobook.

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11 · Prophecy

Baruch

Full KJV audiobook with text.

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12 · Prayer

Prayer of Manasseh

Complete KJV audio reading.

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13 · Daniel

Susanna

Complete KJV 1611 audiobook.

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14 · Daniel

Bel and the Dragon

Full KJV audiobook with text.

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15 · History

1 Maccabees

Complete KJV audio reading.

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16 · History

2 Maccabees

Complete KJV audiobook.

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17 · Eastern Apocrypha

3 Maccabees

Complete Septuagint audiobook with synchronized text.

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18 · Eastern Apocrypha

4 Maccabees

Complete Septuagint audiobook with synchronized text.

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19 · Esther

Additions to Esther

Full Apocrypha audiobook with text.

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20 · Daniel

Song of the Three Holy Children

Prayer of Azariah and the Song, KJV audiobook.

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Playback note: These recordings are hosted by third-party YouTube channels. Availability, advertising and captions are controlled by the uploader and YouTube. The historical scans on this page remain the reference editions for careful comparison.

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The Four Books of Maccabees—Scanned and Open

All four are now visible as separate scan cards. The first three open in the 1913 Oxford critical collection; the fourth also has its own 1895 Cambridge volume. Beneath them is the Library of Congress manuscript containing both III and IV Maccabees.

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Maccabees I

1 Maccabees

R. H. Charles, ed. · Oxford, 1913

The rise of the Maccabean resistance and the rededication of the sanctuary, preserved in the scanned first volume.

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Historic scanScanned 1913 Oxford volume containing Second Maccabees
Maccabees II

2 Maccabees

R. H. Charles, ed. · Oxford, 1913

A second historical account emphasizing persecution, courage, worship and the cleansing of the temple.

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3 Maccabees foundScanned 1913 Oxford volume containing the complete Third Book of Maccabees
Maccabees III

3 Maccabees—Full Historical Scan

C. W. Emmet translation · Oxford, 1913

The missing book is restored in plain sight. This scan contains the complete Third Book of Maccabees with introduction, translation and notes.

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4 Maccabees foundCover scan of The Fourth Book of Maccabees and Kindred Documents in Syriac, Cambridge 1895
Maccabees IV

4 Maccabees—Dedicated 1895 Scan

R. L. Bensly & W. E. Barnes · Cambridge, 1895

A dedicated, public-domain volume of Fourth Maccabees and related Syriac documents from Princeton Theological Seminary Library.

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Library of Congress · Public-domain manuscript

New Testament With III and IV Maccabees

The Library of Congress has digitized Greek Manuscript 1342, dated about A.D. 1200, described in its catalog as New Testament and III and IV Maccabees. Open the surviving manuscript images one by one, enlarge them and inspect the pages directly.

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The Complete Reading Shelf

Every public-domain volume below opens in the same reader. Direct PDF links are supplied where Archive.org provides unrestricted files.

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Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha, Vol. I

R. H. Charles · 1913

1 Esdras, Maccabees, Tobit, Judith, Sirach, Wisdom, Baruch and the additions to Daniel and Esther.

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Pseudepigrapha, Vol. II

R. H. Charles · 1913

Jubilees, Enoch, Twelve Patriarchs, 2 Esdras, Baruch, Psalms of Solomon, Ahikar and more.

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Prophecy

The Book of Enoch

R. H. Charles · Oxford, 1912

A major scholarly English edition of 1 Enoch with introduction and textual notes.

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History

The Book of Jubilees

R. H. Charles · 1902

A historical translation of the work sometimes called “Little Genesis.”

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Historic Bible

1611 KJV With Apocrypha

Authorized King James Version

Read the traditional English Apocrypha in its historic position between the Testaments.

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New Testament

The Apocryphal New Testament

William Hone · 1820

Infancy narratives, Nicodemus, Paul and Thecla, Barnabas, Hermas and other early Christian writings.

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Jewish Literature

Babylonian Talmud

Michael L. Rodkinson · 1903

A recognized historical English translation supplied for comparison with books merely claiming Talmudic origins.

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Jewish Literature

The Talmud of Jerusalem

Moïse Schwab · 1886

A historical translation of Jerusalem Talmud material—distinct from the Babylonian Talmud.

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Lost Books & Forgotten Books of Eden

1926 compilation

A broad popular anthology. The Archive.org copy may require free borrowing.

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Scanned edition of the Second Book of Enoch
Enoch Tradition

2 Enoch: Book of the Secrets of Enoch

Historical English translation

The Slavonic Enoch tradition, supplied as a separate searchable scan and embedded reader.

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Cover scan of The Odes and Psalms of Solomon, 1916
Songs & Psalms

The Odes and Psalms of Solomon

Manchester University Press · 1916

A historical Syriac and English edition of the Odes of Solomon together with the Psalms of Solomon.

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Scanned Oxford Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha collection containing 3 and 4 Maccabees and many other works
Master Collection

Oxford Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha—Complete Two-Volume Record

R. H. Charles, ed. · 1913

The cataloged two-volume contents include 3 Maccabees, 4 Maccabees, Enoch, Jubilees, the Twelve Patriarchs, Baruch, Ezra, the Sibylline Oracles, Ahikar and more.

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Cover of wider-canon Grand Bible compilation containing Ethiopian Meqabyan and other historic religious texts
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Ethiopian Meqabyan & Wider-Canon Collection

Modern compilation of historical translations

Includes 1, 2 and 3 Meqabyan—the Ethiopian books sometimes called Ethiopic Maccabees—which are different writings from Greek 1–4 Maccabees.

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The Direct-Reading Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha Library

Every title below is a working destination—not a plain-text promise. Select the linked book title or Read scan here to load the volume into this page’s reader. Select Download files for the archive’s PDF, searchable text and other available formats. Where a verified narration exists, an audio control is supplied.

What can I read here?

This library includes 1 and 2 Enoch, Jubilees, the Twelve Patriarchs, the Sibylline Oracles, Moses and Baruch literature, 1–5 Maccabees, Meqabyan, Jasher, ancient testaments, early gospels, apocryphal acts, apocalypses and the Apostolic Fathers.

Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Wider-Canon Books & Jewish Writings

1 Enoch

Pseudepigrapha

R. H. Charles’s 1912 scholarly edition.

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Jubilees

Pseudepigrapha

R. H. Charles’s historical edition of Little Genesis.

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4 Ezra

Apocalypse

Read this work in R. H. Charles’s Oxford pseudepigrapha collection.

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3 Maccabees

Maccabees

C. W. Emmet’s Third Maccabees in the 1913 Oxford collection.

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5 Maccabees

Maccabees

Henry Cotton’s 1832 Oxford volume containing the work he titled Fifth Maccabees.

Identification: “Fifth Maccabees” is the title Henry Cotton applied in 1832 to an Arabic Jewish historical work. The LOC catalogs this exact edition.

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New Testament Apocrypha & the Apostolic Fathers

These are historical Christian writings outside the New Testament canon. The linked collections identify the editions and preserve them for direct comparison and study.

Source note: The page distinguishes historical printed scans, later manuscript discoveries and modern searchable compilations. A linked collection may contain several works; the archive record identifies the edition, editor, date and available download formats.

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The Master Index—Every Major Apocrypha Collection in One Place

“Apocrypha” is used differently across Protestant, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Ethiopian and historical-study collections. This index puts the major bodies of literature on one page and connects each group to a readable historical scan.

The Traditional 1611 KJV Apocrypha

The fifteen-book sequence historically printed between the Old and New Testaments.

  1. 1 Esdras
  2. 2 Esdras
  3. Tobit
  4. Judith
  5. The Rest of Esther
  6. Wisdom of Solomon
  7. Ecclesiasticus / Sirach
  8. Baruch
  9. Epistle of Jeremiah
  10. Song of the Three Holy Children / Prayer of Azariah
  11. Susanna
  12. Bel and the Dragon
  13. Prayer of Manasseh
  14. 1 Maccabees
  15. 2 Maccabees
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Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and Ancient Jewish Writings

Every title now jumps to its working embedded-reader entry, download source and verified audio when available.

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New Testament Apocrypha and Early Christian Writings

Every gospel, act, apocalypse and Apostolic Father below now jumps directly to its reader and download entry.

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The Traditional KJV Apocrypha

The 1611 Authorized Version printed these writings between the Old and New Testaments.

  1. 1 Esdras
  2. 2 Esdras
  3. Tobit
  4. Judith
  5. The Rest of Esther
  6. The Wisdom of Solomon
  7. Ecclesiasticus, or Sirach
  8. Baruch
  9. The Epistle of Jeremiah
  10. The Song of the Three Holy Children
  11. Susanna
  12. Bel and the Dragon
  13. The Prayer of Manasseh
  14. 1 Maccabees
  15. 2 Maccabees

The 1822 Joseph Teal family Bible

The Great Bible Ellen Harmon Held While in Vision Contained the Apocrypha

Early in 1845, seventeen-year-old Ellen Harmon lifted the Harmon family’s enormous Bible and held it on her outstretched left arm for twenty to thirty minutes while in vision. J. N. Loughborough later documented the account after interviewing witnesses from her own family. Other eyewitness accounts describe her raising an open family Bible above her head, turning its pages, pointing to passages and accurately repeating the words while witnesses examined the texts.

1822Joseph Teal edition
18½ lb.Recorded weight
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ApocryphaBetween the Testaments

The volume was printed in Boston by Joseph Teal and measured approximately eighteen inches long, eleven inches wide and four inches thick. Published descriptions of this Bible identify it as containing the Apocrypha between the Old and New Testaments. The historical KJV shelf on this page supplies the traditional fifteen-book Apocrypha sequence for direct reading.

Two related accounts belong together: the White Estate’s “Big Bible” history records the 1845 Harmon-home incident; Spiritual Gifts, volume 2, pages 77–79, and later pioneer histories preserve the related eyewitness account of the open Bible held aloft while passages were indicated and repeated.

Read the official Big Bible historyOpen Spiritual Gifts, vol. 2 PDFRead Founders of the MessageStudy: Ellen White and the Apocrypha

What the Advent Pioneers Actually Wrote

No rumor, no recycled quotation card: the statements below are tied to the historical publication or official transcript where they appear.

“Hidden book, it is cast out. Bind it to the heart … let not its pages be closed, read it carefully.”
— Ellen G. White, “Remarks in Vision,” Manuscript 5, 1849; The Ellen G. White Letters and Manuscripts With Annotations, vol. 1, p. 183. The ellipsis marks omitted repetitions and surrounding transcript material.
Official EGW transcription
“I saw that the Apocrypha was the hidden book, and that the wise of these last days should understand it. I saw that the Bible was the standard Book, that will judge us at the last day. I saw that heaven would be cheap enough, and that nothing was too dear to sacrifice for Jesus, and that we must give all to enter the kingdom. I heard an angel say, ‘Think ye God will place His seal where there is an idol? No, no.’”
— Ellen G. White, Manuscript 4, 1850; Manuscript Releases, vol. 16, p. 34.3. The complete passage appears in the featured quotation above.
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“The 2nd book of Esdras, contains very important truths for those that keep God’s law and commandments; they will probably benefit no others.”
— Captain Joseph Bates, A Seal of the Living God (1849), pp. 66–67.
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“Concerning the Apocrypha, we regard portions of it as containing much light and instruction. If we were asked to specify, we should mention 2 Esdras, Wisdom of Solomon, and 1 Maccabees.”
— “To Correspondents,” Review and Herald, August 5, 1858, p. 96; editorial staff included Uriah Smith, J. N. Andrews, James White, J. H. Waggoner, R. F. Cottrell and Stephen Pierce.
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“The following is from 2 Esdras 16: ‘The more they deck their cities, their houses, their possessions, and their own persons, the more I will be angry with them, saith the Lord.’”
— S. N. Haskell, “Remedy for Covetousness,” Review and Herald, June 20, 1871.
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“2 Esdras 2. This is a most interesting chapter. It seems to me to give good evidence of inspiration. To the believer in present truth it is of especial interest.”
— Early Adventist correspondence published in the Review and Herald, August 8, 1871.
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Questions Readers Ask

Are these photographs of original ancient manuscripts?

No. They are scans of historical printed editions. The publication year and editor or translator are stated wherever known.

Did Ellen White use the words “hidden manna” for the Apocrypha?

Her documented words were “the hidden book.” “Hidden manna” is the expression found in Revelation 2:17. The distinction is preserved throughout this page.

Why does the page provide both an embedded reader and a PDF?

The embedded reader is convenient on phones and tablets. The PDF is useful for downloading, searching, citation and offline study.

Can I listen to the Apocrypha without leaving this page?

Yes. Choose any “Play here” button in the audio library. The selected YouTube audiobook will load in the privacy-enhanced player on this page, and a direct YouTube link is also provided.

Where are 3 Maccabees and 4 Maccabees?

Both are unmistakably displayed in the Four Books of Maccabees scan room. Third Maccabees opens in the 1913 Oxford scan; Fourth Maccabees has a dedicated 1895 Cambridge scan. Both also have embedded audio, and the Library of Congress manuscript link opens a Greek codex containing III and IV Maccabees.

Is there a Fifth Book of Maccabees, and can I read it here?

Yes. Open the 5 Maccabees entry to read Henry Cotton’s complete 1832 Oxford volume inside this page or download its files. The official Library of Congress catalog record is linked there. “Fifth Maccabees” is a later title applied to an Arabic Jewish historical work and is not part of the standard KJV Apocrypha.

Can I read the New Testament Apocrypha here?

Yes. The New Testament Apocrypha reading room links the infancy gospels, Gospel of Nicodemus, Thomas, Philip and Mary, the apocryphal Acts, three apocalypses, the Didache, Barnabas, Hermas, Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp, Laodiceans and the Paul–Seneca correspondence to embedded scans and downloads.

Where can I search for original Advent pioneer books?

Begin with the Library of Congress catalog, then compare its records with the scanned collections linked throughout this page from the Internet Archive and Adventist Digital Library.

Why are provenance notices included?

A historical library should never disguise a medieval work as a lost biblical manuscript or a nineteenth-century composition as a verified first-century record. Accurate identification strengthens serious study.