471 texts in Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha
The Book of Jubilees, a text not included in the Hebrew Bible but cherished by some, especially in Ethiopian Orthodox tradition, offers a fascinating glimpse. It expands on the fam...
The Book of Jubilees, a text not included in the canonical Hebrew Bible but cherished by some, gives us glimpses into just that. It's like peeking behind the curtain of Genesis, of...
The Book of Jubilees, a text considered canonical by some ancient Jewish groups but not included in the standard Hebrew Bible, offers a unique perspective on this. In Jubilees 4, w...
The Book of Jubilees, an ancient Jewish text, offers us a glimpse into his extraordinary life. This book, considered scripture by some, expands on the biblical narrative, filling i...
The Torah tells us simply that "Enoch walked with God, and he was no more, for God took him" (Genesis 5:24). A bit mysterious, isn't it? Well, the Book of Jubilees – a fascinating ...
The Book of Jubilees, a text not included in the Hebrew Bible but considered sacred by some, gives us a fascinating glimpse into this. It tells us about Adam burning incense, "swee...
Today, we're focusing on a small but powerful passage from chapter 4. The Book of Jubilees tells us that in the fifteenth jubilee period – a "jubilee" being a period of 49 years – ...
Jewish tradition grapples with this very idea, particularly when we consider the stories of the earliest generations. Take Adam, for example. The Book of Jubilees, an ancient Jewis...
The Book of Jubilees, a text not included in the standard Hebrew Bible but considered sacred by some, gives us a peek into how this concept was understood long ago. It states, quit...
Something went terribly wrong in the early days of the world. According to the Book of Jubilees, a group of ancient texts dated to approximately 160-150 BCE, the children of men mu...
to a fascinating, if troubling, passage from the Book of Jubilees. Now, the Book of Jubilees isn't part of the standard Jewish biblical canon, the Tanakh. But it's a hugely importa...
The ancient texts resonate with that feeling too. Take the Book of Jubilees, for instance. It paints a stark picture of a world gone wrong, a world that’s deeply, fundamentally…cor...
The Book of Jubilees, an ancient Jewish text that expands on the stories in Genesis, paints a stark picture of what unfolds when humanity's wickedness reaches a breaking point. It'...
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...
The Book of Jubilees, an ancient Jewish text that expands on the stories in Genesis, has something pretty definitive to say about that. The answer is a resounding no. Jubilees 5 la...
The Book of Jubilees has some pretty strong words about that kind of thinking. It tells us, bluntly, that "if one gave everything that is on the earth, He will not regard the gifts...
The Book of Jubilees, an ancient Jewish text that expands on the stories in Genesis, gives us a compelling glimpse through the example of Noah. The text tells us that Noah's "heart...
But the details... they're often more vivid and terrifying than we imagine. to one particular version, found in the Book of Jubilees, a text considered sacred by some, and a fascin...
We all know the story of the flood, the animals two-by-two, and the rainbow's promise. But what about the aftermath? What did the world look like when the waters finally receded? T...
The Book of Jubilees, an ancient Jewish text that expands on the stories in Genesis, gives us a fascinating, detailed timeline of those pivotal moments. It's like having a cosmic c...
After all that devastation, how did Noah make things right again, not just with God, but with the very earth itself? Well, the Book of Jubilees, a fascinating ancient Jewish text, ...
When Noah finally stepped onto dry land, one of the first things he did was offer a sacrifice. But what was so special about it? The Book of Jubilees, a text that expands on the st...
It's considered part of the apocrypha or deuterocanonical texts by some, and is especially important in Ethiopian Orthodox tradition. It's an ancient Jewish writing that retells th...
Where does that come from, really? We find a fascinating glimpse into its ancient roots in the Book of Jubilees. Now, the Book of Jubilees is a fascinating text, considered part of...
Specifically, not eating it. The Book of Jubilees, a text bubbling with rich detail expanding on the Torah’s narratives, dives headfirst into this very topic. This isn’t just a sug...
Specifically, we're looking at chapter 6. This book, considered scripture by some Jewish groups in antiquity (like the Essenes who lived at Qumran), offers a fascinating perspectiv...
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’...
The Book of Jubilees, a fascinating text from around the 2nd century BCE, sheds some unique light on it. Jubilees focuses on calendar and law, presenting itself as a revelation giv...
And in the Book of Jubilees, a fascinating text considered canonical by some but relegated to the Apocrypha by others, we find a particularly intriguing answer. : what makes a day ...
The passage we’re looking at today comes from chapter 6, and it's all about Noah and the flood. But it's not just a retelling of the familiar story. It's about marking time, about ...
It offers a unique perspective on the calendar, one that's surprisingly precise... and maybe a little controversial. The passage focuses on dividing time: "from the first to the se...
The Book of Jubilees, a text not found in the Hebrew Bible but considered scripture by some, gets pretty specific about the calendar. It envisions a perfectly ordered world, where ...
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...
Ancient texts wrestled with this too, particularly with how easily we can lose track of the sacred rhythms of life. The Book of Jubilees, a text not found in the Hebrew Bible but c...
We usually picture him releasing the dove, seeing the rainbow, and then…poof! The story fades. But Jewish tradition, especially in texts outside the Bible, fills in those gaps. Let...
This book, considered scripture by some and a valuable historical source by others, gives us a detailed look into the life of figures from the Hebrew Bible. Today, we’re focusing o...
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...
Specifically, we're going to look at chapter 7, a small but potent piece of the narrative. It centers around a rather embarrassing incident involving Noah, his sons Shem, Ham, and ...
It all goes back to a rather dramatic episode after the flood, as recounted in the Book of Jubilees. Now, we know the story: Noah's son, Ham, sees his father in a… well, let’s just...
We often picture Noah stepping off the ark and... well, what? Where did he go? What did he do? The Book of Jubilees, a text not found in the Hebrew Bible but considered sacred by s...
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...
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...
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...
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...
What is the Book of Jubilees, you ask? It's an ancient Jewish text, considered apocryphal by some, pseudepigraphal by others – meaning its authorship is debated. It retells the sto...
It’s a thread woven through so much of Jewish thought, and it surfaces powerfully in the Book of Jubilees. This ancient text, considered canonical by some but not included in the s...
The Book of Jubilees, sometimes called Lesser Genesis, is an ancient Jewish religious work of 2nd century BC origin. It retells parts of Genesis and Exodus, but with a unique spin,...
Chapter 7 offers some fascinating, practical instructions about offerings and agricultural practices. It tells us that whatever's left over from offerings should be eaten by the se...
