New Testament apocrypha New Testament apocrypha The New Testament apocrypha (singular apocryphon) are a number of writings by early Christians that give accounts of Jesus and his teachings, the nature of God, or the teachings of his apostles and of their lives. Some of these writings have been cited as scripture by early Christians, but since the fifth century a widespread consensus has emerged limiting the New Testament to the 27 books of the modern canon. Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Protestant churches generally do not view these New Testament apocrypha as part of the Bible. The word "apocrypha" means "things put away"
The Books of the Bible Biblica is developing a Spanish-language version of "The Books of the Bible" using the Nueva Versión Internacional entitled "Los Libros de la Biblia". Zondervan is planning to release a trade edition of "The Books of the Bible" in the fall of 2012. In its 2007 "Bible and Bible Reference Survey," "Preaching.com" called "The Books of The Bible" "one of the most interesting [Bibles published] this year," and predicted that the format changes would "aid reading and seeing the more natural divisions in the text which are often obscured by the chapter and verse divisions." A review in the journal Themelios