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The [[Book of Enoch]] is an example of a pseudepigraph; no [[Hebrew]] [[scholars]] would ascribe its authorship to Enoch, a figure mentioned in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.5 Genesis 5]. Nevertheless, in some cases, especially for [[books]] belonging to a religious [[canon]], the question of whether a text is pseudepigraphical or not elicits sensations of [[loyalty]] and can become a matter of heavy [[Debate|dispute]]. The authenticity or [[value]] of the work itself, which is a separate question for [[experience]]d [[readers]], often becomes sentimentally [[Entanglement|entangled]] in the [[association]]. Though the inherent [[value]] of the [[text]] may not be called into question, the weight of a revered or even [[apostolic]] [[author]] lends [[authority]] to a [[text]]: in Antiquity pseudepigraphy was "an accepted and honored custom practiced by students/admirers of a revered figure".[2] This is the [[essential]] [[motivation]] for pseudepigraphy in the first place.

The [[Book of Enoch]] is an example of a pseudepigraph; no [[Hebrew]] [[scholars]] would ascribe its authorship to Enoch, a figure mentioned in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.5 Genesis 5]. Nevertheless, in some cases, especially for [[books]] belonging to a religious [[canon]], the question of whether a text is pseudepigraphical or not elicits sensations of [[loyalty]] and can become a matter of heavy [[Debate|dispute]]. The authenticity or [[value]] of the work itself, which is a separate question for [[experience]]d [[readers]], often becomes sentimentally [[Entanglement|entangled]] in the [[association]]. Though the inherent [[value]] of the [[text]] may not be called into question, the weight of a revered or even [[apostolic]] [[author]] lends [[authority]] to a [[text]]: in Antiquity pseudepigraphy was "an accepted and honored custom practiced by students/admirers of a revered figure".[2] This is the [[essential]] [[motivation]] for pseudepigraphy in the first place.

Pseudepigraphy covers the false ascription of names of authors to works, even to perfectly authentic works that make no such claim within their text. Thus a widely accepted but incorrect attribution of authorship may make a perfectly authentic text pseudepigraphical. Assessing the actual writer of a text brings questions of pseudepigraphical attributions within the [[discipline]] of [[literary criticism]]. In a [[parallel]] case, forgers have been known to improve the [[Commerce|market]] value of a perfectly genuine [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Century 17th-century] Dutch painting by adding a painted signature [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rembrandt Rembrandt] fecit.

Pseudepigraphy covers the false ascription of names of authors to works, even to perfectly authentic works that make no such claim within their text. Thus a widely accepted but incorrect attribution of authorship may make a perfectly authentic text pseudepigraphical. Assessing the actual writer of a text brings questions of pseudepigraphical attributions within the [[discipline]] of [[literary criticism]]. In a [[parallel]] case, forgers have been known to improve the [[Commerce|market]] value of a perfectly genuine [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Century 17th-century] Dutch painting by adding a painted signature [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rembrandt Rembrandt] fecit.

On a related note, a famous name assumed by the author of a work is an allonym.

On a related note, a famous name assumed by the author of a work is an allonym.

The term Pseudepigrapha commonly refers to numerous works of Jewish religious literature written from about 200 BC to 200 AD.[3] Not all of these works are actually pseudepigraphical.[3] Such works include the following:[3]

The term Pseudepigrapha commonly refers to numerous works of Jewish religious literature written from about 200 BC to 200 AD.[3] Not all of these works are actually pseudepigraphical.[3] Such works include the following:[3]

* [http://www.pseudepigrapha.com/apocrypha_ot/3macc.htm 3 Maccabees]

* [https://www.pseudepigrapha.com/apocrypha_ot/3macc.htm 3 Maccabees]

* [http://www.pseudepigrapha.com/apocrypha_ot/4macc.htm 4 Maccabees]

* [https://www.pseudepigrapha.com/apocrypha_ot/4macc.htm 4 Maccabees]

* [http://www.pseudepigrapha.com/pseudepigrapha/assumptionofmoses.html Assumption of Moses]

* [https://www.pseudepigrapha.com/pseudepigrapha/assumptionofmoses.html Assumption of Moses]

* [http://www.pseudepigrapha.com/pseudepigrapha/enoch.htm Ethiopic Book of Enoch] (1 Enoch)

* [https://www.pseudepigrapha.com/pseudepigrapha/enoch.htm Ethiopic Book of Enoch] (1 Enoch)

* [http://www.pseudepigrapha.com/pseudepigrapha/enochs2.htm Slavonic Book of Enoch] (2 Enoch)

* [https://www.pseudepigrapha.com/pseudepigrapha/enochs2.htm Slavonic Book of Enoch] (2 Enoch)

* [http://www.pseudepigrapha.com/jubilees/index.htm Book of Jubilees]

* [https://www.pseudepigrapha.com/jubilees/index.htm Book of Jubilees]

* [http://www.pseudepigrapha.com/pseudepigrapha/3Baruch.html Greek Apocalypse of Baruch] (3 Baruch)

* [https://www.pseudepigrapha.com/pseudepigrapha/3Baruch.html Greek Apocalypse of Baruch] (3 Baruch)

* [http://www.pseudepigrapha.com/pseudepigrapha/aristeas.htm Letter of Aristeas]

* [https://www.pseudepigrapha.com/pseudepigrapha/aristeas.htm Letter of Aristeas]

* [http://www.pseudepigrapha.com/pseudepigrapha/slanev.htm Life of Adam and Eve]

* [https://www.pseudepigrapha.com/pseudepigrapha/slanev.htm Life of Adam and Eve]

* [http://www.pseudepigrapha.com/pseudepigrapha/amartis.htm Martyrdom] and [http://www.pseudepigrapha.com/pseudepigrapha/AscensionOfIsaiah.html Ascension of Isaiah]

* [https://www.pseudepigrapha.com/pseudepigrapha/amartis.htm Martyrdom] and [https://www.pseudepigrapha.com/pseudepigrapha/AscensionOfIsaiah.html Ascension of Isaiah]

* [http://www.pseudepigrapha.com/apocrypha_ot/wisolom.htm Psalms of Solomon]

* [https://www.pseudepigrapha.com/apocrypha_ot/wisolom.htm Psalms of Solomon]

* [http://www.earlyjewishwritings.com/sibylline.html Sibylline Oracles]

* [https://www.earlyjewishwritings.com/sibylline.html Sibylline Oracles]

* [http://www.pseudepigrapha.com/pseudepigrapha/2Baruch.html Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch] (2 Baruch)

* [https://www.pseudepigrapha.com/pseudepigrapha/2Baruch.html Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch] (2 Baruch)

* [http://www.pseudepigrapha.com/pseudepigrapha/TalesOfThePatriarchs.html Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs]

* [https://www.pseudepigrapha.com/pseudepigrapha/TalesOfThePatriarchs.html Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs]

==Notes==

==Notes==