The time period from the book of Malachi in the Old Testament to the opening of the book of Matthew in the New (about 400 years) is regarded as the intertestamental period. During this period some of the books of the Apocrypha like Tobit and Judith were written; no canonical books (see also: canon) of the Old or New Testaments were written during this time.
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