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The Book of Jubilees (Paperback)
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The Book of Jubilees, or, as it is sometimes called, "the little
Genesis," purports to be a revelation given by God to Moses through
the medium of an angel, and containing a history, divided up into
jubilee-periods of forty-nine years, from the creation to the
coming of Moses. Though the actual narrative of events is only
carried down to the birth and early career of Moses, its author
envisages the events of a later time, and in particular certain
events of special interest at the time when he wrote, which was
probably in the latter years of the second century B.C., perhaps in
the reign of the Maccabean prince John Hyrcanus. Though
distinguished from the Pentateuch proper, it presupposes and
supplements the latter. The actual narrative embraces material
contained in the whole of Genesis and part of Exodus. But the legal
regulations given presuppose other parts of the Pentateuch,
especially the so-called "Priest's Code," and certain details in
the narrative are probably intended to apply to events that
occurred in the author's own time, the latter years of the second
century B.C. The author himself seems to have contemplated the
speedy inauguration of the Messianic Age, and in this respect his
point of view is similar to that of the Apocalyptic writers. But
his work, though it contains one or two passages of an apocalyptic
character, is quite unlike the typical apocalypses. It is largely
narrative based upon the historical narratives in Genesis and
Exodus, interspersed with legends, and emphasizing certain legal
practices. But his main object was to inculcate a reform in the
regulation of the calendar and festivals, in place of the
intercalated lunar calendar, which he condemns in the strongest
language. He proposes to substitute for this a solar calendar
consisting of 12 months and containing 364 days. Wilder
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