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Unlock the Hidden World of the Book of Jubilees - One of the Most Influential and Mysterious Texts of Ancient Judaism The Book of Jubilees stands at the crossroads of Scripture, theology, law, and sacred history. Revered in antiquity yet excluded from most biblical canons, this remarkable work reshapes how we understand covenant, divine law, angelic revelation, time, and identity in early Jewish thought. This book offers a clear, deeply researched, and engaging exploration of Jubilees-bringing its theological vision into sharp focus for students, scholars, pastors, and serious readers of the Bible. Through careful analysis, you will discover how Jubilees presents law as preexistent and universally binding, portrays the patriarchs as models of legal obedience before Sinai, and constructs a sacred calendar grounded in heavenly authority. The book examines the powerful role of angels as mediators of divine knowledge, the function of the heavenly tablets as eternal archives of law and history, and the way rewritten Scripture harmonizes Genesis and Exodus to reinforce theological coherence. Readers will also gain insight into why Jubilees was excluded from Jewish and Christian canons, how its strict calendar and legal authority shaped controversy, and why it survived within the Ethiopic Christian tradition. The book situates Jubilees within the broader world of Second Temple Judaism, comparing it with texts such as the Dead Sea Scrolls while avoiding later rabbinic assumptions that distort its original framework. Written with clarity and narrative depth, this volume bridges academic rigor and readable scholarship. It explains complex ideas without oversimplification, making it ideal for seminary students, theologians, Bible teachers, historians, and anyone passionate about biblical interpretation, ancient Jewish literature, and the development of religious authority. Whether you are studying apocryphal books, pseudepigrapha, biblical law, angelology, Jewish theology, or the historical roots of Scripture, this book provides a compelling lens into one of the most intellectually rich texts of antiquity. Discover how the Book of Jubilees reshaped sacred time, law, revelation, and identity-and why its voice still matters today.

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