Parshat Bereshit

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Covers the creation of the world in six days, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, the first sin, Cain and Abel, and the generations from Adam to Noah. Genesis 1:1-6:8.

Splendor of the Heights and Eden

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 3:44

Jubilees, for those unfamiliar, is an ancient Jewish text that retells the stories of Genesis and Exodus, but with some… let's call them "enhancements." It's considered part of the...

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Gates of Repentance and Everything

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 5:18

The Book of Jubilees, an ancient Jewish text, offers a glimpse into just such a cosmic do-over. Chapter 5 speaks of a time of immense destruction. It paints a picture of divine jud...

Repentance

Noah's Legacy

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 6:29

Think of it as a really old "director's cut" of the Bible. Specifically, we're looking at Jubilees 6. The passage is talking about a particular festival. What festival? Well, that’...

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Moses's Transgression

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 6:56

Ancient texts wrestled with this too, and the Book of Jubilees dives deep into the complexities of time, observance, and the potential for things to go terribly, terribly wrong. Th...

Noah & FloodTorah

Eber and Noah of Jubilee

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 8:13

It's a fascinating read, full of details you won't find anywhere else in the Torah. The Book of Jubilees, sometimes called Lesser Genesis, presents itself as a revelation given to ...

Noah & Flood

Noah Remembered and Tiras

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 9:19

It’s a question that’s sparked imaginations for millennia. And while the Torah gives us broad strokes, some ancient texts offer a surprisingly detailed picture. One of those texts ...

Noah & Flood

Noah Remembered and Ararat

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 10:24

We all know the story of Noah, the ark, and the animals. But what about the aftermath? What kind of world did Noah and his family rebuild? The Book of Jubilees, a fascinating text ...

Noah & Flood

The Tower of Babel

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 10:36

That disconnect, that inability to understand each other, it goes way back. Like, really way back. We're talking about the Tower of Babel. You know, that ambitious, some might say ...

The Great Flood

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 11:5

It offers a unique perspective on the early generations after the Flood. In Jubilees 11, we learn that SÊRÔH was born to Noah's descendants in the seventh year of a particular week...

Noah & Flood