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Jubilees: A Commentary on the Book of Jubilees, Chapters 1–50, Volumes 1 & 2 is unavailable, but you can change that!

Jubilees—so called because of its concern with marking forty-nine-year periods (or “jubilees”) in Israel’s history—is an ancient rewriting of Genesis and the first part of Exodus from the point of view of an anonymous second-century BCE Jewish author. Its distinctive perspective-as well as its apparent popularity at Qumran-make it particularly important for any reconstruction of early Judaism....

1/ He put two of Jacob’s fingers on his eyesa and blessed the God of gods. He covered his face,b stretched out his feet, fell asleep forever, and was gatheredc to his ancestors.d 2/ During all of this Jacoba was lying in his bosom and was unaware that his grandfather Abraham had died.b 3/ When Jacob awakened from his sleep, there was Abraham cold as ice. He said, “Father, father!”a But he said nothing to him.b Then he knew that hec was dead.
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