Torah

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Explore 4,111 Jewish texts related to the theme of Torah, drawn from Midrash, Kabbalah, Apocrypha, and classical Jewish literature.

Perez and Joseph

Apocrypha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

The Book of Jubilees, a fascinating text expanding on the Torah’s narratives, takes us into just such a moment with Judah, son of Jacob. It’s a raw, human story, full of mistakes a...

Fire of Torah

Apocrypha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

The Book of Jubilees, a text considered sacred by some Jewish and Christian traditions, offers a powerful glimpse into the mechanics of forgiveness, and it all starts with a transg...

Judah and the Fires of Gehenna of Tamar

Apocrypha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

The Book of Jubilees, for those unfamiliar, is an ancient Jewish work that retells the stories of Genesis and Exodus, but with a whole lot of extra detail and a very particular poi...

Pharaoh and the Ark

Apocrypha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

It's easy to think of him as simply a messenger, a conduit for God's will. But the Book of Jubilees, a fascinating text from around the 2nd century BCE, paints a picture of Moses t...

The Ten Commandments and Egypt

Apocrypha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

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...

Crown of Torah

Apocrypha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

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...

Moses and Joseph of Passover

Apocrypha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

to a fascinating, and sometimes surprising, peek into the origins of Passover and Shabbat, as seen through the lens of a text called the Book of Jubilees. The Book of Jubilees, som...

Acts of Creation and Sabbath

Apocrypha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

A world without evil. Sounds pretty good. The Book of Jubilees, a text from around the 2nd century BCE, paints just such a picture. It's not part of the standard Hebrew Bible, but ...

The Ten Commandments (Book of Jubilees)

Apocrypha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

Imagine Moses up on Mount Sinai, not just receiving the Ten Commandments, but also getting a cosmic download about the very fabric of time itself. The Book of Jubilees presents its...