The New Oxford Annotated Apocrypha, Third Edition is a useful reference tool for students of intertestamental or Jewish history. It contains all the notes found in the Apocryphal / Deuterocanonical books of the New Oxford Annotated Bible, Third Edition. Students, professors and generalreaders alike have relied upon the Oxford Annotated Bible for four decades. Now a new editorial board and team of contributors have completely updated this classic work. The result is a volume which maintains and extends the excellence the Annotated's users have come to expect, bringing newinsights, information, and approaches to bear upon the understanding of the biblical text.