The Apocrypha Author:Edgar J. Goodspeed (translator) The Apocrypha consists of the books that are found in the Greek version of the Jewish Bible-the Septuagint, the earliest complete version of the Bible we possess-but which were not included in the final, canonical version of the Hebrew Bible. For this reason they were called "Apocrypha," the hidden or secret books; and while they formed part of ... more »the original King James version of 1611, they are no longer included in modern bibles. ...The translation by Edgar J. Goodspeed is into contemporary English.« less