Leon Underwood, 1929. “The Dream of Mardocheus”

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Wow, it’s our last full week of reading the Apocrypha! We finish 2 Esdras and begin 4 Maccabees. What has been your experience reading these books? Do you think they should be read more widely or not? Do you think they’re as sacred as the canonical biblical books? #DBR3Y #TheApocrypha #Bible

This week we’re reading 2 Esdras. Why do we read the Bible? As Christians, it’s the book of our faith tradition, so it’s important for us to know what it says, and for us to be in dialogue with it and each other, whether or not we agree with it, and why! #DBR3Y #TheApocrypha #2Esdras

This week we continue reading through several books in the Apocrypha, including Psalm 151. Why do you think that Psalm 151 may have been written? #DBR3Y #TheApocrypha #1Esdras #PrayerOfManasseh #Psalm151 #3Maccabees #Bible

As we begin to read 1 Esdras, how would you answer the question of what is the strongest power? #TheApocrypha #Bible #1Esdras #Power

This week we finish reading the Wisdom of Ben Sirach. As we finish, David deSilva helps us to understand some of the context around this book. How is his wisdom similar and different to Jesus’? To ours? #DBR3Y #TheApocrypha #WisdomOfBenSirach #Sira #Bible