pseudepigraphy

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noun

The composition of pseudepigrapha, false credit of authorship to give ideas greater legitimacy.

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Meanings

nounpseudepigraphy (plural pseudepigraphies)

plural pseudepigraphies

  1. The composition of pseudepigrapha, false credit of authorship to give ideas greater legitimacy.

    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.

    1988, Ithamar Gruenwald, From Apocalypticism to Gnosticism: Studies in Apocalypticism, Merkavah Mysticism and Gnosticism, Peter Lang, page 24

Origin

From pseudo- + epigraphy.

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pseudepigraphy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudepigraphy

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“pseudepigraphy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudepigraphy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudepigraphy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudepigraphy.

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