Approach shaking, bearing last of early religious texts (9)
I believe the answer is:
apocrypha
This clue could be a double definition.
'approach shaking bearing last' is the first definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'early religious texts' is the second definition.
(apocryphal or non-canonical texts)
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for apocrypha that I've seen before include "Holy books" , "Set of religious books t" , "dropped books" , "dubious writings" , "Old Testament books rejected in Judaism and excluded from Protestant Bible" .)