Category:Book of Jubilees (text)

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The Book of Jubilees (see Online Text) is a Second Temple Jewish document, now included in collections of Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and Dead Sea Scrolls.

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Overview

The Book of Jubilees is a 2nd-century BCE free reworking of earliest biblical history, as narrated in Genesis 1 to Exodus 12, from creation to the institution of Passover. The book also contains numerous references to the early Enochic literature, making a synthesis of both Enochic and Mosaic traditions. The document is now commonly regarded as a product of the early Essene movement.

The Book of Jubilees was known and quoted by the early Church Fathers but like the book of Enoch was "lost" around the 4th century, with the only exception of Ethiopia (where it was held as canonical by both Ethiopian Christians and Jews). The Ethiopic version of the book was "rediscovered" in the 19th century and first published by August Dillmann in the 1859. In addition, a large section of an Old Latin version was found by Antonio Maria Ceriani in the Ambrosian Library of Milan, and published by him in 1861. In 1895 Robert Henry Charles produced another edition of the Ethiopic text.

In the 1950s several fragmentary copies of the book of Jubilees were discovered among the Dead Sea Scrolls, confirming the antiquity of the document and its original composition in Hebrew.

References

• Jubilees, Book of / Michael Segal / In: The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow), edited volume, 843-846

External links

• Wikipedia -- Early Jewish Writings

• The Online Critical Pseudepigrapha

Bibliography

Books

• 1850-1899

• • Smirnov, A. V. R. (1895). Kniga I'Ubileev. - Russian translation

• 1900-1949

• • Wirgin, W. b. (1965). The Book of Jubilees and the Maccabean era of shmittah cycles. Leeds [England], Leeds University Oriental Society.

• • Schwarz, E. (1982). Identität durch Abgrenzung : Abgrenzungsprozesse in Israel im 2. vorchristlichen Jahrhundert und ihre traditionsgeschichtlichen Voraussetzungen : zugleich ein Beitrag zur Erforschung des Jubiläenbuches. Frankfurt am Main [Germany], Lang.

• • F. Schubert, Tradition und Erneuerung : Studien zum Jubiläenbuch und seinem Trägerkreis. Frankfurt am Main [Germany] Lang, 1998)

Edited volumes

• Pierpaolo Bertalotto and Todd Hanneken (eds.), Enoch and Jubilees: Short Papers fron the Fourth Enoch Seminar, Henoch 31.1 (2009)

Selected articles (1970-)

1970s

• "Fragmente des Buches Jubiläen aus Höhle XI (11Q Jub)" / Adam Simon van der Woude / Tradition und Glaube (1971) 140-146

• "À propos de 11QJub" / Józef Tadeusz Milik / Biblica 54 (1973) 77-78

• "Jubilees and the Qumran Psalter / Patrick W. Skehan / Catholic Biblical Quarterly 37 (1975) 343-347

• "Die Aufnahme von Genesis 1 in Jubiläen 2 und 4, Ezra 6" / Odil Hannes Steck / Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman Period 8,2 (1977) 154-182

• "A tradition from the Book of Jubilees in Armenian" / W. Lowndes Lipscomb / Journal of Jewish Studies 29,2 (1978) 149-163

• "Enoch traditions in Jubilees and other second-century sources" / James C.

VanderKam / Society of Biblical Literature: Seminar Papers 13,1 (1978) 229-251

• "Abraham and the ravens : a Syriac counterpart for Jubilees 1-12 and its implications.

Brock, Sebastian P. Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman Period 9,2 (1978) 135-152

• The Book of Jubilees and the Samaritans / Reinhard Pummer / Eglise et Théologie 10 (1979) 147-178

• The Jubilees calendar and the "days of assembly" / Sidney B. (Sidney Benjamin) Hoenig / Essays on the Occasion of the Seventieth Anniversary of the Dropsie University (1979) 189-207

• The origin, character, and early history of the 364-day calendar : a reassessment of Jaubert's hypotheses.

VanderKam, James C. Catholic Biblical Quarterly 41,3 (1979) 390-411

1980s

• [On] James C. VanderKam, "Textual and Historical Studies in the Book of Jubilees" (1977) / Nickelsburg, George W. E. / Journal of the American Oriental Society 100,1 (1980) 83-84

• [On] James C. VanderKam, "Textual and Historical Studies in the Book of Jubilees" (1977) / Paolo Sacchi / Henoch 2.3 (1980) 360-363

• Deux notes sur la géographie des Jubilés / André Caquot / Hommage à Georges Vajda (1980) 37-42

The putative author of the Book of Jubilees. VanderKam, James C. Journal of Semitic Studies 26,2 (1981) 209-217

A twenty-eight day month tradition in the Book of Jubilees. Rook, John Vetus Testamentum 31,1 (1981) 83-87

Le Livre des Jubilés et le Testament de Lévi Grelot, Pierre, 1917- Mélanges Dominique Barthélemy (1981) 109-133

The Book of Jubilees - an anti-Pharisaic pseudepigraph? Rivkin, Ellis, 1918-2010 Eretz-Israel 16 (1982) 193-198

• Notes on the "imago mundi" of the Book of Jubilees / Philip S. Alexander / Journal of Jewish Studies 33,1-2 (1982) 197-213

A 28-day month tradition in the Book of Jubilees? VanderKam, James C. Vetus Testamentum 32,4 (1982) 504-506

Some problems of the Jubilees calendar in current research. Baumgarten, Joseph M., 1928- Vetus Testamentum 32, 4 (1982) 485-489

Le livre des Jubilés, Melkisedeq et les dîmes Caquot, André Journal of Jewish Studies 33,1-2 (1982) 257-264

The date of the Book of Jubilees. Goldstein, Jonathan A., 1929- Proceedings - American Academy for Jewish Research 50 (1983) 63-86

Norme matrimoniali e Giubilei IV, 15-33 Vallone, Giancarlo Annali (Istituto Universitario Orientale) 43,2 (1983) 201-215

Zu Vorkommen und Bedeutung von "yzr" im Jubiläenbuch. Lichtenberger, Hermann Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman Period 14, 1 (1983) 1-10

Las Tablas Celestes en el Libro de los Jubileos. García Martínez, Florentino Miscelánea Comillas 78-79 (1984) 333-349

Jubilees, Bethel and the Temple of Jacob. Schwartz, Joshua Hebrew Union College Annual 56 (1985) 63-85

The date of Jubilees and of the Temple Scroll Charlesworth, James H. Society of Biblical Literature: Seminar Papers 24 (1985) 193-204

The sacrificial system of the Temple Scroll and the Book of Jubilees. Schiffman, Lawrence Harvey Society of Biblical Literature: Seminar Papers 24 (1985) 217-233

• The date of eschaton in the Book of Jubilees : a commentary on Jub. 49:22-50:5, CD 1:1-10 and 16:2-3 / Ben Zion Wacholder / Hebrew Union College Annual 56 (1985) 87-101

The relationship between 11Q Torah (the Temple Scroll) and the Book of Jubilees : one single or two independent compositions Wacholder, Ben Zion Society of Biblical Literature: Seminar Papers 24 (1985) 205-216

Eléments aggadiques dans le livre des "Jubilés" Caquot, André La littérature intertestamentaire (1985) 57-68

"מקדש יעקב" והפולחן בבית-אל בתקופת בית שני. שוורץ, יהושע, 1952- הקונגרס העולמי למדעי היהדות 9,ב, כרך 1 (1985) 7-12

• Abraham and the burning of the temple of idols : Jubilees' traditions in Christian chronography.

Adler, William, 1951- Jewish Quarterly Review 77,2-3 (1986-1987) 95-117

Newly-identified fragments of the Book of Jubilees : Jub. 23:21-23, 30-31 Kister, Menahem Revue de Qumran 12,4 (1987) 529-536

The calendars of the Book of Jubilees and the Temple Scroll. Baumgarten, Joseph M., 1928- Vetus Testamentum 37,1 (1987) 71-78

• The laws of "orlah" and first fruits in the light of Jubilees, the Qumran writings, and Targum Ps. Jonathan / Joseph M. Baumgarten / Journal of Jewish Studies 38,2 (1987) 195-202

De misdaad van Ruben volgens Jubileeën 33:1-9 Zuurmond, Rochus Amsterdamse Cahiers voor Exegese en Bijbelse Theologie 8 (1987) 108-116

Jubilees and Hebrew texts of Genesis-Exodus. VanderKam, James C. Textus 14 (1988) 71-85

Jubilees and the priestly messiah of Qumran VanderKam, James C. Revue de Qumran 13,1-4 (1988) 353-365

Quelques remarques sur la provenance essénienne du Livre des Jubilés Tyloch, Witold Revue de Qumran 13,1-4 (1988) 347-352

Jean 8,56 et Jubilés 16,16-29 Grelot, Pierre, 1917- Revue de Qumran 13,1-4 (1988) 621-628

La place du Livre des Jubilés et du Rouleau du Temple dans l'histoire du mouvement essénien : ces deux ouvrages ont-ils été écrits par le Maître de Justice? Lignée, Hubert Revue de Qumran 13,1-4 (1988) 331-345

Asshur in Jubilees 13.1? Zuurmond, Rochus Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 4 (1989) 87-89

The non-dating of Jubilees : Jub 34-38; 23:14-32 in narrative context. Doran, Robert, 1940- Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman Period 20,1 (1989) 1-11

Ergänzende Bemerkung zu 4Q176, Jubiläen 23,21 Nebe, G. Wilhelm, 1944- Revue de Qumran 14,1 (1989) 129-130

1990s

2000s

• From a movement of dissent to a distinct form of Judaism : the heavenly tablets in Jubilees as the foundation of a competing Halakah / Gabriele Boccaccini]] / Enoch and the Mosaic Torah (2009) 193-210

• Daniel and Jubilees / Matthias Henze / Enoch and the Mosaic Torah (2009) 52-66

2010s

2013

• The evilness of human nature in "1 Enoch", "Jubilees", Paul and "4 Ezra" : a Second Temple Jewish debate / Gabriele Boccaccini / "Fourth Ezra" and "Second Baruch" (2013) 63-79

2014

• The dynamics of composition and rewriting in Jubilees and Pseudo-Jubilees.

Segal, Michael, 1972- Revue de Qumran 26,4 <104> (2014) 555-577

• Jubilees as the composition of one author?

VanderKam, James C.;Kugel, James L. Revue de Qumran 26,4 <104> (2014) 500-516

• The compositional history of the Book of "Jubilees".

Kugel, James L. Revue de Qumran 26,4 <104> (2014) 517-533

• The use and interpretation of the Book of "Jubilees" in the "Măşḥăfă Milad".

Rutten, Jacques T.A.G.M. van Revue de Qumran 26,4 <104> (2014) 613-629

• The Qumran "Jubilees" manuscripts as evidence for the literary growth of the book (1).

Tigchelaar, Eibert J. C. Revue de Qumran 26,4 <104> (2014) 579-594

2015

The "beloved sons" of Jubilees. Livneh, Atar Journal of Ancient Judaism 6,1 (2015) 85-96

Reading an outsider : Lot in "Jubilees". Snyder, Josey Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 24,3 (2015) 151-181

The alphabet of creation : traces of "Jubilees" cosmogony in Slavonic tradition. Geller, Florentina Badalanova Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 24,3 (2015) 182-212

• "Jubilees" and Romans 2:6-29 : circumcision, law observance, and ethnicity / Sarah Whittle]] / Reading Romans in Context (2015) 46-51

• "Megillat Ta'anit" in light of holidays found in "Jubilees" and in the "Temple Scroll" /

Hanan Eshel / Exploring the Dead Sea Scrolls (2015) 281-286

Retelling biblical retellings : Epiphanius, the Pseudo-Clementines, and the reception-history of "Jubilees". Reed, Annette Yoshiko, 1973- Tradition, Transmission, and Transformation from Second Temple Literature through Judaism and Christianity in Late Antiquity (2015) 304-321

Moses has his interpreters : understanding the legal exegesis in Acts 15 from the precedent in "Jubilees". Hanneken, Todd Russell Catholic Biblical Quarterly 77,4 (2015) 686-706

The sin of the gentiles : the prohibition of eating blood in the Book of "Jubilees". Hanneken, Todd Russell Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman Period 46,1 (2015) 1-27

Members of Levite family and ideal marriages in "Aramaic Levi Document" , "Visions of Amram" and "Jubilees". Tervanotko, Hanna Revue de Qumran 27,2<106> (2015) 155-176

Warriors, cannibals and teachers of evil : the sons of the angels in Genesis 6, the Book of the Watchers and the Book of Jubilees. Goff, Matthew Svensk Exegetisk Årsbok 80 (2015) 79-97

Mastéma, le "démon de main" de YHWH dans le livre des "Jubilés". Hamidovič, David Colères et repentirs divins (2015) 109-119

Adjusting the narrative emotions and the prayer of Moses (Jub 1:19-21). Paganini, Simone, 1972- Ancient Jewish Prayers and Emotions (2015) 59-69