BOOK OF JUBLIEES (500-200BC)--Authenticity

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BOOK OF JUBLIEES

DATING –500-200BC

AUTHOR–PROBABLY A PHARSEE(NOT SURE)

INTRODUCTION

The (b) book of Jubilees is also called the Little Genesis, e book of Divisions, and the Apocalypse of Moses. It repeats the occasions of Genesis and Exodus from introduction to the Exodus of the children of Israel from Egypt. It recalls the occasions in units of jubilees (sets of 49 years) and offers additional details including the fall out of the angels, and the creation (advent) and destruction of the Nephilim. It additionally mentions the three types of pre-flood Nephilim. It info the fact that one-10th of their disembodied spirits would stay on this planet as demons to tempt people and 9-tenths would be chained till the Tribulation length. Research what secrets this dead Sea Scroll holds. Evaluate the mysterious Qumran calendar with that of the Bible to analyze greater about biblical prophecies. 

This Book of Jubilees was well known in the 1st century AD.but book was lost to many of the Christian world for centuries, preserved only in four ethopian Ge’ez texts dating to the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. In the yr 1948 with the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls qumran, fifteen Hebrew scroll fragments were found of the Book of Jubilees.

Four Ge’ez texts relationship to the 15th and sixteenth Centuries. In 1948 with the discovery of theDead Sea Scrolls, fifteen Hebrew scroll Fragments have been determined of the e-book of Jubilees.The English text used here is from the public Area, R. H. Charles, 1917 edition, that is Based totally at the Ethipoic language of Ge’ez.line of the events recorded in Genesis and Exodus. It starts with God us revealing history and prophecy to Moses on Mount Sinai and ranges from the Creation to the Flood, through the time of Abraham, and ends with the Exodus of the youngsters (childrens) of Israel From Egypt.

The writer tries to pull collectively points of the Mosaic regulation and indicates that God ordained Them before the Earth ( or world) become shaped. This is opposite to what Paul stated in Galatians three 3:19,

That they have been ordained by way of the angels and are Not binding on Christians.

“Wherefore then serveth the regulation? It changed into creation or in the beginning because of transgressions, until the Seed should come to whom the promise Became made; and it turned into ordained by way of angels Within the hand of a mediator.

Galatiens 3:19

Canon

Book of JUBLIEES is Considered Canonical by Sacred Ethopian orthodox church, According to Ethopian orthodox legends it's Authentic as it is also Found in Dead sea Scrolls.

Importance/Uses

The book of Jubilees says that  "the history of the department of the days (cclsj) of the law, of the activities of the years, the yr-weeks, and the jubilees of the arena" as revealed to Moses (similarly to the ebook of law or "practise") through Angel of God while he became(lived) for forty days and forty nights. The Timeline given in Jubilees is based totally on multiples of 7; the Calender used in Jubliees are periods of forty nine years (seven "yr-weeks"), into which all of time has been divided.

Brief ACCOUNT OF THE book.

This  book of Jubilees is in sure  aspects the very important book in this extent for the pupil of faith. Without it we should of route have inferred from Ezra and Nehemiah, the priest' Code, and the later chapters of Zechariah the excellent position that the law had achieved in Judaism, but with out Jubilees we could rarely have imagined such an absolute supremacy as unearths expression on this book. This absolute supremacy of the law carried with it, as we've seen inside the standard creation, the suppression of prophecy -at all occasions of the open exercising of the prophetic items. And but those items continued at some stage in all the so-known as centuries of silence-from Malachi down to N.T. Times, but thanks to the fatal incubus of the regulation these gifts could not discover expression store in  literature. Accordingly Jubilees represents the triumph of the motion, which had been at work for the past three centuries or extra.

And yet this maximum triumphant manifesto of legalism contained within its pages the element that turned into destined to dispute its supremacy and sooner or later to reduce the law to the completely secondary role that alone it could rightly claim. This detail of path is apocalyptic, which became the supply of the better theology in Judaism, and eventually turned into the parent of Christianity, wherein apocalyptic ceased to be pseudonymous and became one with prophecy.

The e book of Jubilees was allegedly written in Hebrew with the aid of a Pharisee among the 12 months of the accession of Hyrcanus to the excessive priesthood in one hundred thirty five and his breach with the Pharisees some years earlier than his demise in 105 B.C. It's far the maximum superior pre-Christian representative of the midrashic tendency, which has already been at paintings within the old testomony Chronicles. As the Chronicler had rewritten the records of Israel and Judah from the premise of thepriests' Code, so our writer re-edited from the Pharisaic standpoint of his time the records of occasions from the advent to the publication, or, in step with the writer's view, the republication of the law on Sinai. In the path of re-enhancing he incorporated a huge body of traditional lore, which the midrashic manner had placed at his disposal, and also now not some fresh felony enactments that the exigencies of the past had referred to as forth. His paintings constitutes an enlarged Targum on Genesis and Exodus, in which difficulties in the biblical narrative are solved, gaps provided, dogmatically offensive elements eliminated, and the real spirit of later Judaism infused into the primitive records of the world. His item become to defend Judaism against the attacks of the hellenistic spirit that had been in the ascendant one generation earlier and became nonetheless effective, and to prove that the regulation changed into of everlasting validity. From our writer's contentions and his embittered assaults on the paganisers and apostates, we might also infer that Hellenism had entreated that the levitical ordinances of the law had been best of transitory significance, that that they had not been found by the founders of the nation, and that the time had now come for them to be swept away, and for Israel to take its region inside the brotherhood of the nations. Our writer seemed all such perspectives as fatal to the very life of Jewish religion and nationality. However it is not as such that he assailed them, however on the ground of their falsehood. The law, he teaches, is of eternal validity. Even though discovered in time it was advanced to time. Before it have been made regarded in gundry quantities to the fathers it had been stored in heaven with the aid of the angels, and to its observance henceforward there was no restrict in time or in eternity.

Writing within the palmiest days of the Maccabean dominion, within the high-priesthood of John Hyrcanus, searched for the instantaneous creation of the Messianic kingdom. This state become to be dominated over through a Messiah sprung, now not from Levi -this is, from the Maccabean circle of relatives, as a number of his contemporaries anticipated- but from Judah. This kingdom could be gradually realized in the world, and the transformation of physical nature could pass hand in hand with the moral transformation of guy till there has been a brand new heaven and a new earth. As a result, ultimately, all sin and ache could disappear and guys could live to the age of one thousand years in happiness and peace, and after dying enjoy a blessed immortality in the spirit worldl.

CALENDER USED HERE

HERE JUBLIEE CALENDAR IS USED.

Note:

The Hebrew calendar starts at the creation of
the world. Dates are abbreviated AM, which is
Latin for Anno Mundi, meaning the Age of the earth .” The Christian calendar dates from The beginning of Christ and is abbreviated ad, Which is Latin for “the yr of our Lord.”

The books of Genesis, Exodus, Kings, and Chronicles give a timeline for historical activities Based on the year of the world, or Anno Mundi. The Hebrew vintage testomony and the  book of Jasher agree absolutely on the Chronology, whilst the Septuagint and different Texts range substantially and are taken into consideration to be Completely corrupt. The  book of Jubilees has A few phrasing that indicates it become at first a Hebrew document translated into Greek and then into Geez. On some ancient  Dates it is accurate, however most dates are off up To a hundred years or so. It became concept that The Jubilees calendar turned into created by means of the ones Who lived in Qumran and is primarily based at the Calendar noted within the book of Jubilees itself. It is a Mixing/Combination  of solar and lunar calendars with twelve months of thirty days each, with an inter-calendary day every three months in between the months. This would give them a 364-day year. But the dates of the Events given in Jubilees do not seem to in shape Any known system.

The reality that this calendar is perplexing is Interesting because each the books of Enoch And Jubilees state that ultimately instances Mankind will forget about how to correctly interpret
the days and festivals and miss what God has for them.

• Exodus 3rd month 16th day.
• He didn’t sanctify all nations to observe the Sabbath on earth, only Israel alone, forever to there generations.
• Adam and Eve spent 7 years in the garden before the fall; the day they left God clothed the mouth of all the animals.
• Adam was created in the land of Elda then moved to Eden then back west to Elda.
• Adam and Eve had 9 sons after Seth.
• In the days of Jered the watchmen descended to earth to teach the children of men to do judgment and righteousness on the earth.
• Enoch said the watchmen sinned with the daughters of men for they had mixed with them and were defiled.
• The four holy places of the LORD are Eden and the hill of the east of it, Zion and Sinai.
• Cain died after Adam in the same year.
• Shem born, then 2 yrs later ham, then 3 years later Japheth.
• The sons of the watchers all killed by the sword. Their fathers were made to watch and then imprisoned in a separate pit until judgment.
• Festival of weeks was instituted to remember Noah’s rainbow covenant.
• There were 3 types of Nephilim; the Gant, Naphil, and the Eljo.
• Cainan learned writing from his father (arphsx?) and he went to seize a city for himself. There he found a rock with writing carved on it and he translated it. It told about the science of the watchers, astrology, sun moon and stars and all the signs of heaven. He didn’t tell anyone least Noah find out about it and be angry with him. But he wrote it all down.
• Evil demons (watcher children spirits) caused Noah’s sons to err so Noah prayed that god bind them away least his sons be destroyed. But Satan (Mastema) told God that he needs them to tempt man. So God bound 9/10 of them in a pit.
• God sent an angel to teach Noah about plants and medicine.
• Noah was buried on mount Ararat by the ark.
• In the days of Serug the sons of Noah began to war kill & take captives, the Chaldees learned deviation and Astrology.
• On the new moon of the seventh month Abram sat out all night stargazing to predict the rains for the coming year.
• Hebrew was the original language.
• Angels are created circumcised.
• Isaac was born on the festival of the harvest.
• The cave of Mecpelah is opposite the plain of Mamre.
• Hagar died before Sarah.
• Jacob learned to write Esau didn’t. Abraham and Rebecca blessed Jacob. Abram didn’t like Esau’s actions either.
• On account of the sin of ham and the sin of Cainan, Cainan’s descendants will be wiped out.
• In the end times people of 21 will have gray hair.
• Then in millennium life spans will again begin to reach l000 years.
• After the death of Abraham Isaac dwelt at the fountain of vision.
• On the new moon of the 1st month the Lord appeared to Isaac at well of oath.
• Laban lived in Mesopotamia.
• Zebulon and Dinah were twins.
• The Giants averaged 7-10 cubits in height.
• Dinah was defiled at the age of 12.
• Jacob broke and buried Terephim under the oak of Shekem.
• Judah gets blessing of “who blesses or curses you will be the same.”
• Rueben slept with bel1a (Jacobs wife). In the same month Joseph was sold Bella and Dinah died in grief.
• Rebecca died at the age of 155.
• After Rachel died Jacob loved Leah greatly and she was perfect in righteousness and honored Jacob. He never heard form her mouth a hard word all her life.
• Balak ben-Beor was king of Dinaba.
• Isaac died when Joseph (at 30 years of age) stood before the Pharaoh.
• 3 years after Zarah and Parez were born completed the 7 yrs of fruitfulness in Egypt.
• Jacob came to Egypt at new moon of the 4 month.
• Moses at 21 slays Egyptian.
• Satan aided magicians of pharaoh, until Lord struck them with a dire pox.
• Satan was bound wile Israel left Egypt and released to harden pharaoh heart to chase them to the red sea. He was bound 4 days, the 14th –17th and loosed on 18th

Information Found

Even though its dates are not to be trusted, there are several points worth noting from the
Book of Jubilees. These add information to

What we realize of records and provide an explanation for a few Difficult scriptural passages. These are:

1:22 God will create a brand new Covenant and Place the Holy Spirit in His humans.

2:2 Spirits had been created on the first day.

2:31 The Sabbath become created for Israel Alone, not for the Gentiles.

T 3:15 Adam and Eve were inside the garden of Eden for seven years.

3:17 Heshvan 17 (same date as the Flood)  when the serpent tempted Eve.

T 3: 28 All animals spake until the fall.

T 3:32 After the fall Adam and Eve went Lower back to Elda, the land in their creation.

F 4:17 Enoch wrote a book containing Prophecy.

7:2 Noah’s drunkenness become caused by An excessive amount of wine on Rosh Hashanah. 10:21

The Tower of Babel changed into 5,433 cubits(850 feet.) high.

12:26 Hebrew was the unique language.

15: 27 Angels are created circumcised.

19:11 (el) Hagar died earlier than Sarah died.

 19:14 Esau refused to learn to read or write or Take a look at the Scriptures.

28:9 Bilhah and Zilpah have been sisters.

28:23 Zebulon and Dinah have been twins.

29:9 There were 4 instructions of Rephaim

Whose height ranged from seven cubits (10.5 ft), to 8 Cubits (12 feet), to 9 Cubits (13.5 ft), to ten Cubits (15 ft).

30:2 Dinah became ravished on the age of Twelve.

32:26 Jacob had visions of the future at Bethel, which he wrote down.

 34:12 Joseph’s brothers bought him into slavery, Killed a goat, and dipped Joseph’s coat Into its blood, giving it to Jacob on Yorn Kippur, the 10th day of The seventh month.

24:15 Bilhah and Dinah died the same

Month that Joseph changed into bought into slavery.

Contradictions

There are also some obtrusive contradictions With Scripture that cannot be overl ooked.
Some of these may have been through
innocent copyist errors,

1}With Bible

but a few are surely
direct manipulations of the text. The goal of
these deliberate corruptions seems to be to
teach the Festivals, Sabbaths, and ordinances
were given by God and are eternal; whereas
Paul states they were given by angels and only
for a time until the Messiah came to bring salvation to all mankind.

“Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because oftransgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.” Galatians
3:19
“Wherefore the law was our
schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that
we might be justified by faith.” Galatians
3:24

4:33 Noah’s son’s birth order was Shem,
Ham, then Japheth. Jasher, the Talmud,
and Genesis (10:21) have Japheth as the
eldest.
5:31 The earth dried from Noah’s Flood
on the seventeenth day of the second
month. Genesis 8 :14 states it was the
twenty-seventh day of the second
month. 6:17 The Festival of Pentecost
was given to commemorate the Noahide laws. ,.,…………. Exodus 24: 22 states it is given to
commemorate the Law.

15:1 The Feast of Weeks is celebrated on
the 15th of Sivan; in the Bible it is
celebrated on Sivan 6.
15: 2 The description of the incense and
offerings of first fruits is described
differently in Leviticus 23:18-20.
16:18 The sacrifices commanded by God
in Jubilees for the Feast of Tabernacles is
different from what is recorded in
Numbers 29:13-33.
32:4 Jubilees’ number of sacrifices for the
Festival of Tabernacles disagrees with
Numbers 29 and Leviticus 23.
34:18 Yorn Kippur commemorated the
death of Bilhah and Dinah. Scripture
states this was the time to focus on
repentance and the ritual teaches about
prophecy.

2}With Book of Jasher

4:31 Cain was killed when his house fell
on him. Jasher 2:26-36 states Cain was
killed in a hunting accident.
Abraham burned his father’s idols. Jasher
states he destroyed them with an axe

38:2 Jacob killed Esau with an arrow.
Jasher has Esau beheaded by Chushim, the son of Dan.(But it’s parallel to testament of Patriarch)

Prophecies
There are some interesting predictions given
in Jubilees It quotes book enoch and  there are many more given in
the book of Enoch. Each book has its own purpose. These are a few of the literal prophecies found in Jubilees:
1:14 Humans will forget how to correctly count the prophetical seasons.
23:10 People especially Men will grow old quickly and die
(under 100) because of the worst wickedness of the age.
23:11 Shortened lifespans and disease named Alzheimer’s Disease is (dfg) attributed to sin.
23:12 Seventy-five years old person will be considered old age person.
23:13 There isl Increased illnesses and m torporW will occur because of sin.
23:15 The average lifespan of a person  will drop to under seventy.
23 :25 many Children will have grey hair.
23 :26 In the Millennium(1000yrs), lifespans will go back towards one thousand years and no one will look or feel old like Earlier.

Conclusion–BOOK OF JUBLIEES IS GOOD TO READ BUT CAN’T BE ADDED IN CANON BECAUSE OF CONTRADICTIONS.