Deuterocanonical References
Book of Tobit
- Book (or Wisdom) of Ahikar referenced by Tobit 1:22, Tobit 2:10, Tobit 11:18, Tobit 14,10
Sirach (verse numbers vary slightly between versions)
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- Aesop's fable of The Two Pots referenced at Sirach 13:2-3
- The Egyptian Satire of the Trades, or another work in that tradition referenced at Sirach 38:24-39:11
2 Maccabees
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- "The archives" referenced by 2Maccabees 2:1
- Memoirs of Nehemiah referenced by 2Maccabees 2:13, could be the same as the book of Nehemiah.
- 'letters of the kings" referenced by 2Maccabees 2:13
- "five books by Jason of Cyrene" referenced by 2Maccabees 2:23: the author of 2 Maccabees here tells us that the work is abridged from the history by Jason.
- "the king's letter" referenced by 2Maccabees 11:22
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