Most scholars believe that the book was originally written in Hebrew or Aramaic. The only complete text of the Book of Jubilees still extant is an Ethiopic manuscript from the sixth century AD. Some scholars consider the Book of Jubilees to be an extended midrash on Genesis through the first part of Exodus. Generally, the Book of Jubilees follows the account of creation as recorded in the Book of Genesis, but it inserts interesting details such as the names of Adam’s daughters and the creation of angels. The book divides history into periods or “jubilees” of 49 years. The Book of Jubilees records an account of biblical history from the creation of the world to the time of Moses, as delivered to Moses by an angel on Sinai. It was probably written in the second century BC, sometime between 135 and 105. ![]() The Book of Jubilees, sometimes called the “Lesser Genesis,” “Little Genesis,” or “The Testament of Moses,” is a pseudepigraphal work of Jewish apocalyptic literature.
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