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We’re turning to the Book of Jubilees, a fascinating text that expands on the stories we find in Genesis, adding layers of detail and perspective. This book, considered scripture b...
The scene opens with a sense of completion. Isaac, the son of Abraham and father of Jacob and Esau, has just finished giving his final instructions and blessings to his sons. Imagi...
A dangerous thing. That’s exactly where we find Esau in the Book of Jubilees, chapter 37. His sons, seeing an opportunity, are pushing him, demanding he lead them into battle again...
Have compassion on thyself, father, and on us and on all our house, for they have come against thee to slay thee and to destroy thy house." And Jacob girded his loins with strength...
The kind that makes you wonder, "Wait, what exactly is going on here?" Well, let's dive into one of those intriguing, slightly uncomfortable corners of the Jewish tradition. We're ...
We're diving into the tale of Judah, one of the twelve sons of Jacob, and a rather...uncomfortable encounter. The Book of Jubilees, by the way, is an ancient Jewish text that retel...
That’s the feeling you get reading the story of Tamar and Judah in the Book of Jubilees. Remember Judah? One of Jacob’s sons, a key figure in the story of Joseph and his coat of ma...
Today, let’s pull back the curtain on a seemingly simple passage from the Book of Jubilees, chapter 44. It’s a passage that, at first glance, reads like a dry family register. But ...
The Book of Jubilees, also sometimes called Lesser Genesis, is considered apocryphal by many Jews and Protestants, but canonical in Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Christianity. Ap...
