The word Pseudepigrapha is Greek meaning false (pseude) writings (grapha) and is applied to a group of books which have been excluded from the canon of scripture because they were considered “false.” But who decides what is true and what is false? What belongs in the canon and what does not? The answer is the leaders of the religion, whether it is the Rabbis in Judaism or the Priests in the Roman Catholic Church. Books were accepted or rejected based on their agreeability with their doctrine and not on the content itself. In some cases books of the Pseudepigrapha have been part of the canon but removed later because of a change in doctrine and in some churches around the world they are still part of their canon. Many of the books in the Psuedepigrapha actually augment the Biblical text and define difficult passages. Some books, such as the book of Jasher is actually mentioned in the Bible (Joshua 10:13). Other books have been completely lost such as the “Book of the Wars of Yahweh” (Numbers 21:14) which were no doubt removed and destroyed by someone who felt that it is a “false writing.”