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The third does not hold a place in the Apocrypha, but is read in the [[Greek Church]].<ref name="m"/> Its design is to comfort the Alexandrian Jews in their persecution.<ref name="m"/> Its writer was evidently an Alexandrian Jew.<ref name="m"/>
 
The third does not hold a place in the Apocrypha, but is read in the [[Greek Church]].<ref name="m"/> Its design is to comfort the Alexandrian Jews in their persecution.<ref name="m"/> Its writer was evidently an Alexandrian Jew.<ref name="m"/>
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The fourth was found in the Library of Lyons, but was afterwards burned.<ref name="m"/> The fifth contains a history of the Jews from B.C. 184 to B.C. 86.<ref name="m"/> It is a compilation made by a Jew after the destruction of [[Jerusalem]], from ancient memoirs, to which he had access.<ref name="m"/> It need scarcely be added that none of these books has any divine authority.<ref name="m"/>
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The fourth was found in the Library of Lyons, but was afterwards burned.<ref name="m"/> The fifth contains a history of the Jews from B.C. 184 to B.C. 86.<ref name="m"/> It is a compilation made by a Jew after the destruction of [[Jerusalem]], from ancient memoirs, to which he had access.<ref name="m"/>
    
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