1-2 Esdras (3–4 Ezra) and the Prayer of Manasses; these were printed by themselves in an appendix. Yet the beneficial association of the names Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha with the Hebrew canon has a concomitant disadvantage. It may divert attention from other writings outside the Hebrew Bible which shed light on these books. In particular, the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha should be viewed together with the rich tradition of biblical interpretation attested in the Septuagint, Qumran exegesis, Philo,