The Book of Jubilees
Charles's translation of the apocryphal Book of Jubilees, a retelling of Genesis and early Exodus divided into jubilee periods emphasizing legal observances, the solar calendar, and expanded biblical narratives.
88 Chapters
Table of Contents
1
-EDITORS' PREFACE
2
-INTRODUCTION
3
-TITLES
4
-VERSIONS AND ORIGINAL LANGUAGE
5
-AFFINITIES WITH OTHER LITERATURE
6
-THE SPECIAL AIMS AND GENERAL CHARACTER
7
-UTHORSHIP AND DATE
8
-BIBLIOGRAPHY
9
-SHORT TITLES, ABBREVIATIONS AND BRACKETS
10
-ERRATUM
11
-Prologue
12
-God's Revelation to Moses on Mount Sinai
13
-God commands the Angel to write
14
-The Angel dictates to Moses
15
-Paradise and the Fall
16
-Cain and Abel
17
-The Patriarchs from Adam to Noah
18
-The Fall of the Angels
19
-The Building of the Ark
20
-Noah's Sacrifice; God's Covenant with him
21
-Noah offers Sacrifice; the Cursing of Canaan
22
-Genealogy of the Descendants of Shem
23
-Subdivision of the Three Portions
24
-Noah's Sons led astray by Evil Spirits
25
-The Tower of Babel
26
-The Children of Noah enter their Districts
27
-The Patriarchs from Reu to Abraham
28
-Abram's Knowledge of God and wonderful Deeds
29
-Abram seeks to convert Terah from Idolatry
30
-The Family of Terah in Haran
31
-Abram with Lot in Canaan and Egypt
32
-The Campaign of Chedorlaomer
33
-God's Covenant with Abram
34
-The Birth of Ishmael
35
-The Feast of First-fruits Circumcision
36
-Angelic Visitation of Abraham in Hebron
37
-Abraham at Beersheba
38
-The Expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael
39
-Mastêmâ proposes to God that Abraham...
40
-The Sacrifice of Isaac
41
-The Death and Burial of Sarah
42
-Marriage of Isaac...
43
-Abraham loves Jacob and blesses him
44
-Abraham's Last Words
45
-The Dwelling-places of the Ishmaelites
46
-Abraham's Last Words to Isaac
47
-Isaac, Ishmael and Jacob join in Festival..
48
-Abraham's Last Words to and Blessings of Jacob
49
-The Death and Burial of Abraham
50
-The decreasing Years and increasing Corruption
51
-The Messianic Woes
52
-Renewed Study of the Law followed...
53
-Isaac at the Well of Vision
54
-Isaac's Sojourn in Gerar..
55
-Isaac curses the Philistines
56
-Rebecca admonishes Jacob not to..
57
-Jacob obtains the Blessing of the Firstborn
58
-Rebecca induces Isaac to send Jacob to Meso..
59
-Jacob's Marriage to Leah and Rachel
60
-Jacob's Flight with his Family
61
-Jacob, reconciled with Esau
62
-Dinah ravished. Slaughter of the Shechemites
63
-Jacob's Journey to Bethel and Hebron
64
-Rebecca journeys with Jacob to Bethel
65
-Levi's Dream at Bethel
66
-Jacob's Visions
67
-Reuben's Sin with Bilhah
68
-War of the Amorite Kings against Jacob
69
-The Wives of Jacob's Sons
70
-Rebecca's Last Admonitions and Death
71
-Isaac's Last Words and Admonitions
72
-Esau and his Sons wage War with Jacob
73
-The War between Jacob and Esau
74
-The Kings of Edom
75
-Joseph's Service with Potiphar
76
-Joseph interprets the Dreams
77
-Pharaoh's Dreams and their Interpretation.
78
-Judah's Incest with Tamar
79
-Journeys of the Sons of Jacob to Egypt
80
-Joseph finally tests his Brethren
81
-Jacob, celebrates the Feast of First-fruits
82
-Joseph receives Jacob
83
-The Death of Joseph
84
-The Birth and Early Years of Moses
85
-From the Flight of Moses to the Exodus
86
-Regulations regarding the Passover
87
-Laws regarding the Jubilees and the Sabbath
88
-Index
