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For readers who love Genesis and Exodus and want the stories that tradition added around them. It suits students of Jewish legend and anyone curious about how scripture was retold.
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Imagine a book that takes a few lines of scripture and grows them into whole worlds. The Book of Jasher, in Hebrew Sefer ha-Yashar, is a retelling of biblical history from Adam onward. Its writer is unknown, and the version meant here was first printed in Venice in 1625. The title borrows from a lost book the Bible names twice. Most scholars say the printed text is not that ancient work. It belongs to the midrash, the Jewish tradition of enlarging scripture through story. Here you meet furnaces, towers, a tempting Zuleika and a Moses who rules as a king.
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- 1The first world drifts toward violenceFree
- 2Nimrod builds an empire and a tower
- 3Abraham defies the king and survives the furnace
- 4Sodom falls and a father is tested
- 5Joseph is sold and tested by Zuleika
- 6Moses is born under a king's fear and rules in Cush
- 7The plagues, the sea and the road to Canaan
- 8What the story is really about
- 9How the book is told and how to read it
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The first world drifts toward violence
The book opens with Adam and Eve and their sons. Cain kills Abel, and the text adds details the Bible leaves out. Then comes Enoch, who walks with God, returns to teach people, and rules as a just king.
After Enoch is taken from the earth, later generations slide into corruption. They make weapons and take whatever they like by force. The writer wants you to see why judgment is coming.
Noah warns his neighbors for a hundred and twenty years, and they do not turn back. This turns the flood from a sudden blow into the end of a long patience. Noah's sons then spread across the earth.
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The full book, start to finish.Questions about The Book of Jasher
What is the Book of Jasher about?
It retells the Bible's story from Adam onward, adding legends such as Abraham in the furnace, Joseph and Zuleika, and Moses as king of Cush. It follows the generations through journeys, trials and battles, with many added scenes.
Is the Book of Jasher in the Bible?
No. The Bible mentions a book of Jasher twice, but the printed text is a later medieval work. It was compiled long after the Jewish and Christian canons were settled.
Is this the lost book mentioned in Joshua and Second Samuel?
Most scholars say no. The text known today is a medieval Hebrew chronicle, first printed in 1625, and it takes its name from the older lost work.
Who wrote the Book of Jasher and when?
No author is known. Scholars generally place the compilation in the Middle Ages, though they disagree on the exact date and place. It draws on the Bible, the Talmud and earlier midrash and legend.
Is the Book of Jasher hard to read?
No. The book follows one clear story from Adam to the conquest of Canaan, one generation after another. Its scenes are vivid and lively, like Abraham in the furnace and Moses as king in Cush, and each one can be enjoyed on its own.