Parshat Lech Lecha

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God calls Abraham to leave his homeland for Canaan. Covers Abraham and Sarah in Egypt, the separation from Lot, the war of the kings, and the covenant between the pieces. Genesis 12:1-17:27.

Noah Before the Altar

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 7:9

We get a fascinating, if slightly scandalous, glimpse in the Book of Jubilees. Jubilees, for those unfamiliar, is an ancient Jewish text that retells the stories of Genesis and Exo...

TempleSacrifice

Watchers: Noah at the Dawn of Creation

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 7:26

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...

CreationNoah & FloodTorah

Hidden Book of Moses

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 7:30

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...

Judgment

Wanderings of Noah and Talk

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 7:34

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...

Noah & FloodExile

The Great Flood

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 7:38

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...

Heaven

Noah Beyond the Firmament and Eden

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 8:26

We're diving into the Book of Jubilees today, specifically chapter 8. Now, the Book of Jubilees is considered apocryphal by many, meaning it's not part of the canonical Hebrew Bibl...

HeavenAdam & Eve

Noah Beyond the Firmament and Gihon

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 8:40

One fascinating, if somewhat enigmatic, text that attempts to answer this very question is the Book of Jubilees. Jubilees, a Jewish work of the Second Temple period, offers a uniqu...

HeavenAdam & Eve

Faith of Noah

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 8:43

The Book of Jubilees, a text considered canonical by some but relegated to the Apocrypha by others, offers a fascinating, detailed account. It's like a divine property survey, layi...

Noah & Flood

Noah and Moses

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 9:11

We're not talking politics here, but something far older, something almost mythical. Let's turn to the Book of Jubilees, an ancient Jewish text also known as Lesser Genesis, that o...

Moses