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We often picture Noah stepping off the ark and... well, what? Where did he go? What did he do? The Book of Jubilees, a text not found in the Hebrew Bible but considered sacred by s...
We know he built an altar, offered sacrifices (Genesis 8:20), and, well, planted a vineyard (Genesis 9:20-21). But what about teaching? Did he just let humanity wander off to rebui...
Chapter 7 of Jubilees dives right into the chaos following the emergence of the Nâphîlîm, those figures often translated as "giants" or "fallen ones." Think of them as the offsprin...
We usually think of him as just relieved, planting vineyards, maybe a little… tipsy. But imagine being Noah. You’ve just survived the unimaginable. The entire world, wiped clean. Y...
The Book of Jubilees, a text considered canonical by some but not included in the standard Hebrew Bible, gives us a peek into Noah's anxieties about the future. Specifically, Jubil...
What is the Book of Jubilees, you ask? It's an ancient Jewish text, considered apocryphal by some, pseudepigraphal by others – meaning its authorship is debated. It retells the sto...
It’s a thread woven through so much of Jewish thought, and it surfaces powerfully in the Book of Jubilees. This ancient text, considered canonical by some but not included in the s...
The Book of Jubilees, sometimes called Lesser Genesis, is an ancient Jewish religious work of 2nd century BC origin. It retells parts of Genesis and Exodus, but with a unique spin,...
Chapter 7 offers some fascinating, practical instructions about offerings and agricultural practices. It tells us that whatever's left over from offerings should be eaten by the se...
