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! Book !! Description
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| '''[[Tobit|Tobit]]''' || A narrative about a righteous Israelite in exile and his son Tobias, who is guided by the angel Raphael.
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| '''[[Book of Judith|Judith]]''' || The story of a Jewish widow who saves her people by deceiving and killing the Assyrian general Holofernes.
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| '''[[Additions to Esther]]''' || Extra passages found in the Greek version of Esther that add prayers, letters, and more explicit references to God.
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| '''[[Wisdom of Solomon]]''' || A philosophical and poetic text reflecting on wisdom, righteousness, and God's relationship with Israel.
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| '''[[Sirach|Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)]]''' || A large wisdom book similar in style to Proverbs, written by Ben Sira around the 2nd century BCE.
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| '''[[Book of Baruch|Baruch]]''' || A short book attributed to Jeremiah's scribe, including prayers of confession and a poem praising wisdom. Often includes the ''[[Letter of Jeremiah]]'' (sometimes counted separately).
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| '''[[Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children|Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Young Men]]''' || An addition to Daniel; a prayer and hymn sung by the three men in the fiery furnace.
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| '''[[Susanna (Book of Daniel)|Susanna]]''' || An addition to Daniel; the story of a virtuous woman falsely accused of adultery and vindicated by the young Daniel.
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| '''[[Bel and the Dragon]]''' || An addition to Daniel; two short narratives in which Daniel exposes the frauds of idol worship.
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| '''[[1 Maccabees]]''' || A historical account of the Jewish revolt against the Seleucid Empire under the Maccabee family (2nd century BCE).
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| '''[[2 Maccabees]]''' || A more theological retelling of some of the same events, with a focus on martyrdom and God's justice.
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! colspan="2" | Additional books accepted in some traditions
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| '''[[1 Esdras]]''' || An alternate Greek version of parts of 2 Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah.
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| '''[[2 Esdras]]''' || An apocalyptic text containing visions attributed to Ezra.
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| '''[[Prayer of Manasseh]]''' || A short penitential prayer attributed to King Manasseh of Judah.
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| '''[[Psalm 151]]''' || A psalm attributed to David, found in the Septuagint but not the Masoretic text.
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| '''[[3 Maccabees]]''' || A narrative set before the Maccabean revolt, describing the persecution of Egyptian Jews under Ptolemy IV.
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| '''[[4 Maccabees]]''' || A philosophical discourse on the supremacy of reason over the passions, using Maccabean martyrs as examples.
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