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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

BOOK OF JUBILEES

See APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE; APOCRYPHA.

JUBILEES, BOOK OF

See APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE.

Library

The Book of Jubilees
... III. LEGENDARY. THE BOOK OF JUBILEES. The Book of Jubilees, or the Little
Genesis, is mentioned by name continually in the writings ...
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Ten Reasons Demonstrating the Commandment of the Sabbath to be ...
... make a week, four weeks a month, twelve months a year; so seven years make a Sabbath
of years; seven Sabbaths of years make a jubilee; eighty jubilees, or four ...
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Note by the American Editor.
... Concerning the "Book of Enoch," pp.7 and 302; see Westcott, Study of the Gospels
(London, 1867), p.109, a reference to the Book of Jubilees, and its lack of ...
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Appendix i. Pseudepigraphic Writings
... Another work of that class - Little Genesis,' or The Book of Jubilees' - has been
preserved to us in its Ethiopic translation (though a Latin version of part ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/appendix i pseudepigraphic writings.htm

The Testament of Judah Concerning Fortitude, and Love of Money ...
... See Joshua 15:34; xvi. 8; xvii. 8; 1 Chronicles 2:43. Cf. Thapha, Jubilees, 34.
[96] Cd. Oxon. reads heteran; but cf. Aresa, Jubilees, 34. [97] Cf. ...
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Introduction.
... Its chief representative is the Book of Jubilees, or Micro-Genesis, an enlarged
account of Biblical history down to the institution of the Passover, with the ...
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Brief Outline of Ancient Jewish Theological Literature
... Some of the fathers referred to a work called "Lesser Genesis," or the "Book of
Jubilees." This had been lost to theological literature, till again discovered ...
/.../edersheim/sketches of jewish social life/chapter 18 brief outline of.htm

Psalm XLIV.
... For we see whom Thou hast made over; what Thou hast received, we have not seen.
"And there was no multitude in their jubilees." [1339] For when the Christians ...
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The Old Faith Preparing for the New - Development of Hellenist ...
... as well as the oldest of these books are those known as the Book of Enoch, the
Sibylline Oracles, the Psalter of Solomon, and the Book of Jubilees, or Little ...
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Dancing.
... to the god of the country. Their jubilees were always attended with hymn-singing
and dancing. The Jewish records make frequent mention ...
/.../judy/questionable amusements and worthy substitutes/iv dancing.htm

Thesaurus

Jubilees
Jubilees. Jubilee, Jubilees. Jucal . Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia BOOK
OF JUBILEES. See APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE; APOCRYPHA. JUBILEES, BOOK OF. ...
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Tobit
... Marshall (HDB, IV, 789) thinks that the author of Tobit was acquainted with the
Book of Jubilees, but he really proves no more than that both have many ...
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Salvation (386 Occurrences)
... is shown by Matthew 3:9. The idea of a special privilege of Israel, however, of
course pervades all the literature, Sibylline Oracles 5 and Jubilees being the ...
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Apocalyptic
... 4) Date II. LEGENDARY WORKS The Book of Jubilees: (1) Summary; (2) Structure;
(3) Language; (4) Date III. PSALMIC PSEUDEPGRAPHA ...
/a/apocalyptic.htm - 42k

Literature (2 Occurrences)
... 4) Date II. LEGENDARY WORKS The Book of Jubilees: (1) Summary; (2) Structure;
(3) Language; (4) Date III. PSALMIC PSEUDEPGRAPHA ...
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Jucal (1 Occurrence)

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Life (6001 Occurrences)
... of books, that are in God's keeping, and upon which the final judgment is to be
based (Daniel 7:10; Daniel 12:1 Revelation 20:12, 15; compare Book Jubilees 39:6 ...
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Little (2458 Occurrences)
... The Hebrew term kibhrah is also found in Phoenician inscriptions as a measure of
distance. LITTLE GENESIS. See BOOK OF JUBILEES. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Watcher (2 Occurrences)
... watchers" is much elaborated. In Jubilees they are regarded as angels sent
to instruct mankind in righteousness. In Enoch they sometimes ...
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Weeks (17 Occurrences)
... See DANIEL; JUBILEES, BOOK OF. James Orr. WEEKS, FEAST OF. See PENTECOST. WEEKS,
SEVENTY. See SEVENTY WEEKS. Multi-Version Concordance Weeks (17 Occurrences). ...
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Subtopics

Jubilees

Related Terms

Tobit

Salvation (386 Occurrences)

Apocalyptic

Literature (2 Occurrences)

Jucal (1 Occurrence)

Life (6001 Occurrences)

Little (2458 Occurrences)

Watcher (2 Occurrences)

Weeks (17 Occurrences)