Books apocryphal to the Protestant canon include the books of [[Maccabees]], [[Esdras]] and [[Tobit]].
Books apocryphal to the Protestant canon include the books of [[Maccabees]], [[Esdras]] and [[Tobit]].
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Western art continued to make reference to Apocryphal subjects long after they were deemed apocryphal - the story of [[Judith]] and [[Holophernes]] was popular with painters, whilst [[Handel]] wrote an opera, [[Judas Maccabeus]] based on the books of [[Maccabees]].