Abdias

(Ἀβδίας).

Abdias was called the first Bishop of Babylon. Works The History of the Apostolical contest

He was the pretended author of an Apocryphal book, entitled The History of the Apostolical contest. This work claims to have been written in Hebrew, to have been translated into Greek by Eutropius, and thence into Latin by Julius Africanus. It was however originally written in Latin, about A. D. 910. Editions

It is printed in Fabricius, Codex Apocryphus Novi Test. p. 402. 8vo. Hamb. 1703. [A.J.C]