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Those who wrote the Book of Jubilees likely did not intend to replace Genesis or Exodus, but rather, to supplement the importance of those books through the narrative of this one. Supposedly this book was a revelation given to Moses about the Jewish calendar. This book undoubtedly failed the canonicity test and does not belong in the Bible.
Although it played an important role in the culture of those in the Qumran region, Essenes who wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Book of Jubilees does not come directly from God and does not belong in the Old Testament canon.
First, we have a problem with authorship. Because of its emphasis on the laws and practices of Jewish culture, we can assume it was someone of a Pharisaic or Essenic background. This places the Book of Jubilees firmly in the Pseudepigrapha, a group of books written under a pen name. The author, assuming the authorship of Moses, was not actually Moses. Even though more than a dozen copies of this book were found amongst the Dead Sea Scrolls and given scriptural authority by the Ethiopic Church, most Christians and Jewish scholars have not placed this book in the Old Testament canon.
Second, we have a problem with the date it was written. Because it was written about years before the time of Christ, the author wrote the events thousands of years after they had transpired, allowing for possible errors and exaggerations to seep into the text. Third, we have to look at the agenda of the author.
Did they have an ulterior motive for writing this book? With the heavy emphasis on the Lunar Calendar and the Jewish law, they might have created this book as supplementary material, but not with the same authority as the Old Testament itself.
First, we have to exercise discernment when reading books that are pseudepigraphical or apocryphal in nature. Oxford: Clarendon, Charles described the book as a Pharisaic composition, written in Hebrew between and BCE , to counter the influence of Hellenism. His presentation is important because of the great influence it exerted on the study of Jubilees. Crawford, Sidnie White.
Rewriting Scripture in Second Temple Times. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, Jubilees is presented in this book as a text known before the Dead Sea discoveries that held scriptural status in the Qumran community.
See especially the introduction, pp. Frey, J. Edited by Louis Pirot, — This comprehensive study of introductory issues dates the book to the middle of the 2nd century BCE. Frey resists the temptation to assign authorship to a particular sectarian Jewish group. Nickelsburg, George W. Jewish Literature between the Bible and the Mishnah. Minneapolis: Fortress, Argues that Jubilees offers another example of the interpretation of the Bible, and it is closely related to reformist groups responsible for parts of 1 Enoch.
In this clear, concise presentation, the author stresses topics such as halakhah, instruction, encouragement, and warnings. See pp. Sanders, E. Paul and Palestinian Judaism. Philadelphia: Fortress, Sanders treats topics such as election, the commandments, salvation, and the Gentiles in a work that significantly affected the study of Paul. Testuz, Michel. Geneva, Switzerland: Droz, This classic study of Jubilees, undertaken before the full impact of Qumran discoveries was known, describes its angelology, eschatology, determinism, and exclusivism.
Testuz relates its ideas to an Essene group in the final years of John Hyrcanus, c.
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