A single PDF containing three ancient texts referenced in or printed alongside the King James Bible — the Book of Enoch, the Book of Jasher, and the complete 14-book KJV Apocrypha from the 1611 Authorized Version. Bound together for historical and devotional study. Public domain. No email required.
The phrase usually refers to ancient Jewish or early-Christian writings that were widely read in biblical times but were not included in the final 66-book Protestant canon. Some — like the 14 books of the Apocrypha — were bound inside the original 1611 King James Bible and only removed from most Protestant editions later. Others — like the Book of Enoch and the Book of Jasher — are quoted or referenced by name inside the canonical Scriptures themselves. These books are not 'lost' in the sense of being missing; they're simply not part of the standard canon today.
Quoted directly by Jude in the New Testament (Jude 1:14–15), the Book of Enoch — sometimes called 1 Enoch — describes the fall of the Watchers, the judgment of the Nephilim, and Enoch's visions of heaven and the coming Messiah. Fragments were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran, confirming its importance in first-century Judea. It remains canonical Scripture in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. This bundle contains the complete R.H. Charles 1917 English translation, the most widely cited scholarly edition.
Also called the 'Book of the Upright', Jasher is referenced twice in the Hebrew Scriptures — Joshua 10:13 ("Is not this written in the book of Jasher?") and 2 Samuel 1:18. Several texts have claimed this name through history; this bundle includes the 1840 English edition (often called Sepher Hayashar) which retells biblical history from Creation through the conquest of Canaan. It is read as historical narrative rather than inspired Scripture, but it offers fascinating parallel material to Genesis through Joshua.
The 1611 King James Bible originally printed 14 books between the Old and New Testaments: Tobit, Judith, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus (Sirach), Baruch (including the Epistle of Jeremy), the additions to Esther and Daniel (Susanna, Bel and the Dragon, the Song of the Three Holy Children, the Prayer of Manasseh), and 1 and 2 Maccabees. These remain canonical in Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Bibles. Most Protestant printers stopped including them in the early 1800s — this bundle restores them in their original 1611 form.
Protestants do not regard the Apocrypha, Enoch, or Jasher as inspired Scripture, and we provide them for historical and devotional study only — not as a replacement for the 66-book canon. That said, all three works were considered valuable enough to be quoted, referenced, or printed alongside the canonical Scriptures, and reading them gives modern Christians a clearer picture of the world in which Jesus and the apostles lived.
It depends on the book. The Apocrypha was printed in the original 1611 King James Bible but most Protestant printers stopped including it in the early 1800s, partly to keep costs down. The Book of Enoch and Book of Jasher were never in the Protestant Bible to begin with — they were widely read in biblical times but were not included by the early church councils that fixed the canon.
Protestants generally say no. The 66 books of the Protestant canon are regarded as the complete inspired Word of God. The Apocrypha is regarded as canonical by Catholics and Orthodox Christians but as useful historical writing by Protestants. The Book of Enoch is canonical only in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. We provide these texts for historical and devotional study, not as a replacement for the canonical Bible.
Not in the Bible of the Western or Jewish tradition. However, the Book of Enoch was widely read in first-century Judea — fragments were found at Qumran — and Jude 1:14–15 quotes it directly. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church has always included it in its canon.
Twice. Joshua 10:13 — "Is not this written in the book of Jasher?" — and 2 Samuel 1:18, where David's lament for Saul and Jonathan is said to be written in the book of Jasher. The version included in this bundle is the 1840 English edition.
It is a single PDF — one continuous, searchable document containing the Book of Enoch, the Book of Jasher, and the complete KJV Apocrypha with bookmarks for each section. If you want each book as its own file, see the individual download pages linked below.
Yes. All three works in this bundle are in the public domain. You may print, copy, share, or quote them freely for any personal, ministry, or educational purpose.
A modern Catholic Bible includes 7 deuterocanonical books (Tobit, Judith, 1–2 Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch) plus additions to Esther and Daniel. The 1611 KJV Apocrypha in this bundle includes those 7 books plus 1 Esdras, 2 Esdras, the Prayer of Manasseh, and 3 Maccabees in some editions — broader than the Catholic canon. Enoch and Jasher are not in any major Christian Bible today.
The 14-book Apocrypha as printed in the original 1611 King James Bible — the same translators, the same English, and the same order of books.
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Every name below appears in the King James Bible. Each page gives the meaning, the verse it appears in, and who carried it in Scripture.
The 14 books included in the original 1611 King James Bible — full text.
View pageTobit, Tobias, Sarah, and the archangel Raphael — 1611 KJV Apocrypha.
View pageThe widow of Bethulia who saved her city — 1611 KJV Apocrypha.
View pageThe Maccabean revolt and the origin of Hanukkah — 1611 KJV Apocrypha.
View pageThe seven brothers and the first clear teaching on bodily resurrection.
View pageThe wisdom book behind James 3 and Matthew 11:28–30.
View pageJeremiah's scribe — confession, Wisdom hymn, Letter of Jeremiah.
View pageAlternative version of Ezra–Nehemiah with 'Great is Truth' speech.
View pageJewish apocalypse with imagery behind the Book of Revelation.
View pageThe most quoted book of the 1611 KJV Apocrypha — free PDF study guide.
View pageThe ancient apocalyptic text quoted in Jude — free download.
View pageThe lost book referenced in Joshua and 2 Samuel — free PDF.
View pageThe second-century-BC 'Little Genesis' retelling — free PDF study guide.
View pageThe 114 sayings from Nag Hammadi — origin, themes, and why it's not in the Bible.
View pageThe earliest Christian church manual (c. AD 50–120) — free PDF.
View pageThe earliest Christian writing outside the New Testament (c. AD 95).
View pageEarly Christian tract bound into Codex Sinaiticus — Two Ways teaching.
View pageSecond-century Roman apocalypse — Visions, Mandates, and Similitudes.
View pageThe Dead Sea Scrolls text about the Nephilim sons of the Watchers.
View pageEnoch's journey through the seven heavens and the birth of Melchizedek.
View pageThe heavenly palaces and Enoch transformed into the angel Metatron.
View pageThe first couple after Eden — Satan's second temptation and the Cave of Treasures.
View pageThe fragmentary Coptic text — what survives and why it isn't in the Bible.
View pageThe Gnostic text from Codex Tchacos and why the church rejected it.
View pageWhat was found at Qumran and what the scrolls prove about the Bible.
View pageThe fifteen-verse penitential prayer of Judah's most wicked king — 1611 KJV Apocrypha.
View pageThe falsely accused wife, the two elders, and Daniel's cross-examination.
View pageDaniel exposes the priests of Bel, kills the dragon, and survives a second lions' den.
View pageThe six Greek additions that give Esther her prayer and finally name God.
View pageThe Epistle of Jeremy — seventy-two verses against the idols of Babylon.
View pageThe Prayer of Azariah and the Benedicite, sung inside the fiery furnace.
View pageThe Akhmim fragment, the talking cross, and why the church rejected it by AD 200.
View pageThe Infancy Gospel that gave us Joachim, Anna, and the cave of the nativity.
View pageThe Nag Hammadi text behind the Mary Magdalene 'companion' claim — read honestly.
View pageSeven letters written in chains around AD 107, on the road to the arena.
View pageHis letter to the Philippians and the earliest Christian martyr account.
View pageThe second-century apology on Christians as sojourners and the 'sweet exchange'.
View pagethe Acts of Pilate, the trial narrative, and the Harrowing of Hell
View pagethe clay sparrows, the cursed playmate, and the boy Jesus in the temple
View pagethe second-century vision of heaven and hell that shaped Dante
View pagethe deathbed speeches of Jacob's sons, their moral teaching, and their Qumran background
View pagethe second-century story of the convert of Iconium, the arena at Antioch, and the physical description of Paul
View pagethe 1945 discovery, the 52 Coptic texts, what Gnosticism taught, and why these gospels are not in the Bible
View pageThe complete 66-book King James Version — free download.
View pageThe original Authorized Version — free PDF of the historic 1611 KJV.
View pageFull library — KJV, Apocrypha, Old & New Testament downloads.
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