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The Book of Jubilees, a Jewish retelling of Genesis and the first half of Exodus, was an important work for the community of the Dead Sea Scrolls. This Guide gives an introduction to Jubilees that covers its dating, its textual history and its purpose. It also provides a survey of its theological teachings and themes, and a section-by-section commentary that includes a comparison of its...

Jubilees does not include every date in Genesis (e.g. the date when the ark rested on the mountain), but it adds notes about what happened on 1/4, 1/7, 1/10 and 1/1. Later the writer explains that these are memorial days at the four divisions of the year (6.23–28) and are to be marked with festivals. c. Jubilees 6.1–38. The lengthy sixth chapter deals with Noah’s post-diluvian sacrifice, the covenant and the calendar. It is, therefore, a pivotal chapter in the book, one that elaborates several of
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