pseudepigraphn.
/s(j)uːdˈɛpᵻɡrɑːf/, /s(j)uːdˈɛpᵻɡraf/, U.S. /sudˈɛpəˌɡræf/ A book or writing that is falsely titled or attributed; a spurious or pseudonymous writing. Cf. pseudepigrapha n.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > having no or wrong author's name
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1851 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 276 He has paid much attention..to all the earlier pseudepigraphs of the New or Old Testament, which are written in Greek.
1884 C. A. Briggs Bibl. Study 155 The book of Jubilees of the first century and other pseudepigraphs of the time.
1886 C. A. Briggs Messianic Prophecy xiii. 412 We have an example of such a pseudepigraph in Ecclesiastes.
1953 C. H. Patterson Philos. Old Test. 249 Other critics who take a less extreme position, have urged that many parts of the book are pseudepigraphs or accounts that were written by persons other than the ones to whom they have been attributed.
1996 Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Mar. 7/2 The standard editions of Chrysostom's works are littered with pseudepigraphs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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