Parshat Behar

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The sabbatical year, the jubilee year, laws of land ownership, and the prohibition against usury. Leviticus 25:1-26:2.

Dinah and the Heavenly Realms

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 30:8

The story of Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and the subsequent actions of her brothers, Simeon and Levi, certainly feels that way. It's a tale of honor, betrayal, and swift, brutal just...

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Way of the Patriarchs and Israelite

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 30:12

The Book of Jubilees, a text not included in the Hebrew Bible but valued by some Jewish communities and considered scripture by others, gives us a glimpse. It's intense. Jubilees p...

PatriarchsHoly Land

Return Before You Die

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 30:16

And when we look at texts like the Book of Jubilees, we see just how far that went. The Book of Jubilees, considered scripture by some Jewish and Christian groups, particularly in ...

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Moses's Legacy and Dinah

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 30:20

to the Book of Jubilees, a text not found in the Hebrew Bible itself, but considered sacred by some, particularly within Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity. It's a retelling of Genesi...

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Shechem and the Patriarchs and Sacrifice

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 30:25

And the Book of Jubilees, a text not included in the standard Hebrew Bible but valued in some Jewish traditions, certainly has something to say about it. Jubilees chapter 30, in pa...

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Righteousness of Levi

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 30:28

The Book of Jubilees, for those unfamiliar, is an ancient Jewish text that retells the stories of Genesis and Exodus, but with a fascinating emphasis on chronology and the observan...

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Abraham and Creation

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 30:31

The Book of Jubilees, a text that expands on the narratives in Genesis and Exodus, offers a fascinating glimpse into this very idea. It presents a world where our actions have cosm...

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Jacob and the Patriarchs

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 31:34

That feeling, that yearning for a brighter future, it’s ancient. And it echoes beautifully in the Book of Jubilees, specifically in Chapter 31, a moment of pure blessing and hope. ...

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Jacob's Transgression

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 32:24

We find this pivotal moment described in the Book of Jubilees, a fascinating Jewish text from around the second century BCE that retells and expands upon stories from the Torah. In...

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