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fables" by the 1913 edition of the '' Catholic Encyclopedia''. It was first translated from the 6th century Ethiopian version into German by August Dillmann, and into English by Solomon Caesar Malan. *The "Pénitence d'Adam", or "Testament d'Adam", composed of some

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"The Books of Adam"
by George J. Reid. ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'', vol. 1, 1907. Old Testament pseudepigrapha Old Testament pseudepigrapha related with Adam and Eve {{Christian-book-stub

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