Outside the Bible: Ancient Jewish Writings Related to Scripture, Volumes 1

Outside the Bible: Ancient Jewish Writings Related to Scripture, Volumes 1–3: Translation is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Hebrew Bible is only part of ancient Israel’s writings. Another collection of Jewish works has survived from late- and post-biblical times, a great library that bears witness to the rich spiritual life of Jews in that period. This library consists of the most varied sorts of texts: apocalyptic visions and prophecies, folktales and legends, collections of wise sayings, laws and rules of...

The book of Jubilees is arguably the most important and influential of all the books written by Jews in the closing centures BCE. It is a treasure-house of ancient biblical interpretation, composed by an unknown author who thought deeply about the Torah and Judaism. Jubilees was prized by the Dead Sea Scrolls community; parts of no fewer than 15 manuscripts of this book were found in the caves at Qumran.1 But its influence certainly went beyond this group. Although Rabbinic

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