UNCANONICAL BOOKS (II). THE APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE 198 Preliminary Remarks 198 (_a_) The Book of Enoch 201 (_b_) The Sibylline Oracles 208 (_c_) The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 210 (_d_) The Psalms of Solomon 214 (_e_) The Book of Jubilees 216 (_f_) The Assumption of Moses 218 (_g_) The Ascension of Isaiah 219 (_h_) The Book of the Secrets of Enoch 220 (_i_) The Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch 222 (_j_) The Apocalypse of Moses (The Life of Adam and Eve) 222 (_k_) The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch 223 CHAPTER XI THE WISDOM LITERATURE; THE JEWISH CONCEPTION OF WISDOM 224 I. The Wisdom Literature 224 II. The Origin of the Hebrew Conception of Wisdom 226 III. The Jewish Conception of Wisdom 233 Summary 247 CHAPTER XII THE DOCTRINAL TEACHING OF THE APOCRYPHA 251 Preliminary Remarks 251 (_a_) The doctrine of God 254 (_b_) The doctrine of the Law 260 (_c_) The doctrine of Sin 267 (_d_) The doctrine of Grace and Free-will 278 (_e_) The doctrine of the Messiah 281 (_f_) The doctrine of the Future Life 288 (_g_) The doctrine of Angels 300 (_h_) Demonology 304 Summary 305 _PART II_ INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOKS OF THE APOCRYPHA INTRODUCTORY 319 CHAPTER I THE WISDOM OF JESUS, THE SON OF SIRACH; OR ECCLESIASTICUS 321 I. The Title of the Book 321 II. The Author and his Book 322 III. The Date of the Book 327 IV. The Original Language of the Book; the recently found Hebrew Manuscripts 329 V. The Authorized and Revised Versions of Ecclesiasticus 331 VI. The “Sadducæan” doctrinal standpoint in Ecclesiasticus 334