Pseudepigraphy (n) [soo-duh-pig-ruh-fee]
1. the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
2. The ascription of false names of authors to works.
Pseudepigrapha are falsely attributed works, texts whose claimed authorship is represented by a separate author; or a work, "whose real author attributed it to a figure of the past."
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