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JUBILEES, BOOK OF — JUBILEES, BOOK OF, pseudepigraphic work dating from the middle of the Second Temple period. It purports to be the secret revelation of the angel of the Divine Presence to Moses, upon his second ascent to Mount Sinai. Names The original title of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Jubilees, Book of — ▪ pseudepigraphal work also called the Little Genesis, pseudepigraphal work (not included in any canon of scripture), most notable for its chronological schema, by which events described in Genesis on through Exodus 12 are dated by… … Universalium
Jubilees, book of — A Jewish work containing a solar calendar differing from the official; composed in the late 2nd cent. BCE and used by the Qumran community. So called because its chronology is worked out in periods of 49 years … Dictionary of the Bible
Book of Jubilees — Book of Jubilees † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Book of Jubilees (ta Iobelaia). An apocryphal writing, so called from the fact that the narratives and stories contained in it are arranged throughout in a fanciful chronological system… … Catholic encyclopedia
Book of Tobias — Tobias † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Tobias We shall first enumerate the various Biblical persons and then treat the book of this name. I. PERSONS A. Tobias (II Par., xvii, 8). Heb. tobyyahu Yahweh is good ; Sept. Tobias, one … Catholic encyclopedia
Jubilees — The Book of Jubilees (ספר היובלים), sometimes called the Lesser Genesis (Leptogenesis), is an ancient Jewish religious work, considered one of the PseudepigraphaHarris, Stephen L., Understanding the Bible. Palo Alto: Mayfield. 1985.] by most… … Wikipedia
Book of Noah — The Book of Noah is currently thought to be a non extant Old Testament pseudepigraphal work, attributed to Noah. It is quoted in several places in another pseudepigraphal work, 1 Enoch [6 11; 39:1 2a; 54:7 55:2; 60; 65:1 69:25; and 106 107.] , as … Wikipedia
Book of Enoch — For other writings attributed to Enoch, see Book of Enoch (disambiguation). Part of a series on … Wikipedia
Book of Daniel — For other uses, see Book of Daniel (disambiguation). Hebrew Bible … Wikipedia
Book of Esther — Hebrew Bible Tanakh … Wikipedia
