The canon of the bible and the apocrypha in the churches of the east edited by vahan s hovhanessian bible in the christian orthodox tradition 2 pp vii 114 new york peter lang 2012 gbp39 eur4330 978 1 4331 1035 1 volume 65 issue 4 joseph verheyden. The canon of the bible and the apocrypha in the churches of the east edited byvahan s hovhanessian bible in the christian orthodox tradition 2. Roman catholic and orthodox faith examined and the apocrypha the jewish canon or the hebrew bible was universally received while the apocrypha added to the greek version of the septuagint were only in a general way accounted as books suitable for church reading and thus as a middle class between canonical and strictly apocryphal pseudonymous writings. The canon of the bible and the apocrypha in the churches of the east features essays reflecting the latest scholarly research in the field of the canon of the bible and related apocryphal books with special attention given to the early christian literature of eastern churches