pseudepigraphy

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English

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Etymology

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From pseudo- +‎ epigraphy.

Noun

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pseudepigraphy (plural pseudepigraphies)

  1. The composition of pseudepigrapha, false credit of authorship to give ideas greater legitimacy.
    • 1988, Ithamar Gruenwald, From Apocalypticism to Gnosticism: Studies in Apocalypticism, Merkavah Mysticism and Gnosticism, Peter Lang, page 24:
      Pseudepigraphy was sometimes regarded as a literary lie, a forgery, which enabled the apocalyptic writers to acquire authority for their writings by using a borrowed identity.
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