Knowra Pseudepigraphy Pseudepigraphy Pseudepigraphy is the practice of composing a work under the name of someone other than its actual author. It appears in religious, literary, and political texts.
Pseudonymity : The practice of writing or publishing under an assumed name. Pseudepigraphy uses an attributed identity, though pseudonymity need not claim a real historical author.
Second Epistle of Peter : A New Testament letter attributed to Peter, whose authorship is disputed among scholars. Its attribution to Peter makes it a central case in debates about early Christian pseudepigraphy.
Second Temple Judaism : The diverse Jewish religious and cultural traditions of the period from the rebuilding of the Temple to its destruction in 70 CE. Many Jewish pseudepigraphic works emerged within the literary worlds of this period.
Anonymous work : A work whose author is unknown or deliberately unnamed. Anonymity withholds an author's name; pseudepigraphy supplies another person's name.
Forgery : The creation or alteration of an object or document intended to deceive about its origin or authenticity. Pseudepigraphy can deceive, but the term does not by itself establish fraudulent intent.
Pastoral Epistles : The New Testament letters 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, and Titus, traditionally attributed to Paul. Differences from Paul's other letters have led many scholars to question the traditional attribution.
Apocalyptic literature : Writing that reveals hidden heavenly realities and visions of divine judgment or history's end. Apocalyptic works often use the voice of an ancient figure to frame revelations about later times.
Ghostwriting : The practice of writing material credited publicly to another person. Ghostwriting generally involves a real credited client, unlike attribution to a different historical author.
Authorship : The state or process of creating a written, artistic, or other work. Pseudepigraphy separates a work's named author from the person who composed it.
Book of Daniel : A Jewish apocalyptic book that presents visions associated with Daniel, a figure set in the Babylonian exile. Its visions are framed through an ancient seer while reflecting circumstances associated with the second century BCE.
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