Tag: Pseudepigrapha

About the Book of Enoch(also referred to as "Ethiopic Enoch" or "1 Enoch") The Book of Enoch (also known as 1 Enoch) was once cherished by Jews and Christians alike, this book later fell into disfavor with powerful theologians–precisely because of its controversial statements on the nature and deeds...

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Bridging the Gap: Understanding the Significance of the Intertestamental Period In the vast expanse of biblical history, there exists a pivotal but often overlooked era known as the Intertestamental Period. Also referred to as the deuterocanonical period in Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions, ...

From-The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old TestamentR.H. CharlesOxford: The Clarendon Press, 1913 xxviii 1 And we sat together before the gate of paradise, Adam weeping with his face bent down to the earth, lay on the ground lamenting. And seven days passed by and we had nothing2 to eat and we...

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From "The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament"R.H. CharlesOxford: Clarendon Press, 1913INTRODUCTION 1. SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE BOOK. The Book of Jubilees is in certain limited aspects the most important book in this volume for the student of religion. Without it we could of course have in ...

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I. Abraham lived the measure of his life, nine hundred and ninety-five years, and having lived all the years of his life in quietness, gentleness, and righteousness, the righteous one was exceeding hospitable; for, pitching his tent in the cross-ways at the oak of Mamre, he received every one, both ...