The 15 books of the Apocrypha have always been included in the Holy Bible placed between the Old and New Testament. contained parts of the apocrypha books in Hebrew, including Sirac.
Fragments of Dead Sea Scrolls dating back to before 70 A.
D.
The word \'Apocrypha\' literally means \'hidden\'.
It was later removed in 1885 A.
D.
The Apocrypha was part of the original 1611 King James Bible.
It was in Luther\'s Bible of 1534 that the Apocrypha was first published as a separate inter-testamental section.
The 15 books of the Apocrypha have always been included in the Holy Bible placed between the Old and New Testament