Intertestamental

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Old Testament Apocrypha

Sirach (a.k.a. Ecclesiasticus)

Sirach 25:16-24 — Eve to blame for bringing death into the world
Sirach 40:1 — earth, the mother of us all
Sirach 42:9-14 — Woman the bringer of shame and disgrace
Sirach 43:23-25Appropriation of ANE mythology

Prayer of Manasseh

Prayer of Manasseh 1-4 — A Creation Record: The Primal Sea, Appropriation of ANE mythology

4 Ezra (a.k.a. 2 Esdras)

2 Esdras 6:47-52Leviathan and Behemoth created on the 5th Day
2 Esdras 7:116-126 — The Fall, immortal soul, Paradise and punishment after death

Psalms of Solomon

(The book Psalms of Solomon was in the LXX and some copies of the Peshitta — see at Wikipedia and Jewish Encyclopedia.)

2:29-34the Dragon in the sea

Pseudepigrapha

Book of Jubilees

Jubilees 4:9-16Primordial Incest