Pseudepigraphy

Pseudepigrapha (from Ancient Greek pseudes = "false", epigraphe = "inscription"; see the related epigraphy) are falsely attributed works, texts whose claimed authorship is unfounded; a work, simply, "whose real author attributed it to a figure of the past." For instance, few Hebrew scholars would ascribe the Book of Enoch to the prophet Enoch, and few liberal Christian scholars would insist today that the Third Epistle of John was written by John the Evangelist, or that the Second Epistle of Peter was written by Saint Peter 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 dispute. The authenticity or value of the work itself, which is a separate question for experienced readers, often becomes sentimentally 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".This is the essential motivation for pseudepigraphy in the first place.
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Als Pseudepigraphie (griechisch ψευδεπιγραφία – wörtlich etwa „die Falschzuschreibung“, von ψευδ~ „unecht, unwahr“ und επιγράφω „ich schreibe zu“) bezeichnet man das Phänomen, dass ein Text fälschlicherweise einem bekannten Verfasser zugeschrieben wird. Eine Schrift mit falscher Verfasserangabe nennt man dementsprechend das Pseudepigraph.
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Pseudepigrafi (grek. pseudepigraphos av pseudes "falsk" och epigrapho "göra en påskrift", i sin tur av epi- "över" och grapho "skriva") är att tillskriva en text en annan författare än den verkliga. Detta kan ta många former, från sekreterarskap till ren förfalskning. Att beteckna en text som pseudepigrafisk säger alltså mycket lite om dess äkthet. En text som är pseudepigrafisk kan benämnas pseudepigraf.
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pseudepigraphy
\pseu`de*pig"ra*phy\ (?), n. the ascription of false names of authors to works.

(n.)
The ascription of false names of authors to works.