The word Apocrypha means secret or hidden books. Read II Esdras
14:26, "And when thou hast done, some things publish, and some things
shalt thou show secretly to the wise."
The collected records of the Hebrew Israelites
that were recorded during the time at the end of the prophet Malachi to the first coming
of Christ in the Bible. This time period is recorded in the book called the
"Apocrypha".
Books of the Apocrypha