Parshat Noach

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The story of Noah and the great flood, the ark, the covenant of the rainbow, the Tower of Babel, and the generations from Noah to Abraham. Genesis 6:9-11:32.

Rebecca at the Dawn of Creation

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 25:1

The Book of Jubilees, an ancient Jewish text, offers a glimpse into that very notion, sometimes with chilling detail. Jubilees, which some consider to be part of the Pseudepigrapha...

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Blessing of Isaac and Esau

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 26:37

That’s the gut-wrenching scene we find ourselves in as we open the Book of Jubilees, chapter 26. The patriarch Isaac has just unknowingly blessed his younger son, Jacob, instead of...

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Dinah's Legacy

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 30:4

In the Book of Jubilees, a text considered canonical by some ancient Jewish groups (and still by Ethiopian Orthodox Christians), we find a slightly different take on a story many o...

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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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Jacob's Offering and Levi

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 32:1

Our ancestors grappled with it too. to a moment with Jacob, a patriarch wrestling with destiny in the Book of Jubilees. What's the Book of Jubilees, you ask? Think of it as a retel...

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Vessels of the Temple and Isaac

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 33:24

The Book of Jubilees, a text from around the 2nd century BCE, offers a pretty stark perspective. It dives deep into the laws and history of Israel, and it doesn’t shy away from lay...

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Birth of Jacob and Isaac

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 34:1

The Book of Jubilees, an ancient Jewish text that expands on the stories of Genesis and Exodus, gives us a peek into that moment. It’s like a family reunion, generations connecting...

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Jacob and the Patriarchs

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 37:28

He's up against someone filled with animosity, someone ready to do him harm. We don't know exactly who, but the text paints a vivid picture of unwavering hostility. And what does t...

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