Response:

I am not exactly sure what you are referring to, unless it is the non-canonical writings such as the Apocrypha, which are fifteen books of Jewish literature written during the intertestamental period, and the Pseudepigrapha, which were written between 200 B.C. and 200 A.D., and never accepted as part of the canon of Scripture. Apocrypha books were accepted by some as being part of the Scriptures. Pseudepigrapha books were rejected virtually by all.

A list of the Old Testament Apocrypha would be Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus, Tobit, I and II Esdras, I and II Maccabees, Judith, Baruch, Letter of Jeremiah, Additions to Esther, Prayer of Azariah, Susanna, Bel and the Dragon, and the Prayer of Manassah.

There are any number of Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, including Enoch, I, II, III Baruch, Book of Adam and Eve, Book of Noah, Penitence of Jannes and Jambres, etc.

There are also New Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha. The Apocrypha would include the Epistle of Barnabas, Epistle to Corinthians (not the same as in the Bible), Epistles of Clement, Shepherd of Hermas, The Didache, Apocalypse of Peter, Acts of Paul and Thecla, Epistle to Laodiceans, Gospel of the Hebrews, Epistle of Polycarp, and the Epistles of Ignatius. As far as Pseudepigrapha from the New Testament era, there are 21 other gospels, 8 other books of Acts, 4 other epistles, and 7 other apocalypses.

I assume you could find these writings at a large theological library. They may even be available on-line, although I wouldn't know where.

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