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Let's take a little trip to the mountain of Gilead. We know it as the place where Jacob and Laban made their famous oath. We read in Genesis that they swore to each other they woul...
The story of Isaac and Esau, as told in the Book of Jubilees, definitely gives you that vibe. We pick up the story with Isaac, son of Abraham, having just returned from Beersheba, ...
The ancient text of the Book of Jubilees, a fascinating work expanding on the narratives of Genesis, gives us a poignant example. We find ourselves in the midst of the story of Jac...
We all know about the plagues, the parting of the Red Sea, and the giving of the Ten Commandments. But what about the details that fill in the cracks, the "behind-the-scenes" momen...
It’s a story etched in blood and freedom, a tale not just of liberation, but of divine protection. And it’s a story that gets even richer when we delve into texts beyond the famili...
The Book of Jubilees, an ancient Jewish text, speaks directly to that feeling, especially when it comes to sacred obligations. It pulls no punches: "That man who is clean and close...
The Book of Jubilees, a fascinating text from around the 2nd century BCE, gives us a pretty strong clue. It’s considered apocryphal, meaning it’s not included in the standard Jewis...
Not just any Passover, but the Passover as envisioned in the Book of Jubilees. The Book of Jubilees, for those unfamiliar, is an ancient Jewish text that retells the stories of Gen...
It's considered apocryphal by some, pseudepigraphal by others (meaning, falsely attributed to a biblical figure), but no matter what you call it, it's a fascinating window into a w...
