The Holy Bible, as we hold it today, is esteemed by many religious institutions and especially conservative Christians to be the inspired, inerrant Word of God. While no other text can claim this same unique authority, apocryphal and pseudepigraphal literature such as what is contained in this volume, provides literature that often precedes or follows the chronology of biblical texts, which are frequently used or assigned as supplemental works, within academic settings, to help students and scholars discover or better understand cultural and historical context within the Word of God.