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Book of Jasher, The - The Suppressed Book Removed from the Bible

Book of Jasher, The - The Suppressed Book Removed from the Bible
According to some sources, this book was once the original start of the Bible. We do know that the Book of Jasher was once contained in the Bible, being referred to in Joshua and Second Samuel. It states, "Is not this written in the Book of Jasher?" in Joshua 10:13; and "Behold, it is written in the Book of Jasher," in 2 Samuel 1:18. These references have puzzled Bible students and scholars for centuries.

Many versions of this book have appeared over the years and were proven to be elaborate forgeries. This version, however, presents to be the clear and legitimate one. According to the translator (in his Preface), the reference to Jasher in Second Samuel is one place that authenticates this book, stating how it clears up an otherwise vague Biblical reference. At the same time, he admits that some things seem to have been added to the book over the years, but that has happened to other works too and, according to him, should not change the overall legitimacy found here.

This rare work supports the claims that the fable of creation in the Bible was compiled from this one book, in greatly altered form.

The story behind The Book of Jasher is an interesting one. The Jewish priest named Esdras, or Ezra, was among the able-bodied men taken to Babylon as prisoners after Nebuchadnezzar captured Jerusalem in 587 BC. While there, Esdras studied holy Chaldean scrolls that dealt with the Creation. He condensed these works into scrolls that later became the Pentateuch, according to some, and were then attributed to Moses. These scrolls later became part of the library at Alexandria. Around 389 AD the custodian at the library was informed of a plot to burn it down, so he quickly gathered some of the more valuable scrolls together and sent them to Arabia for safe-keeping. One of them was The Book of Jasher. The library was indeed burned down, but Jasher, among only a few other highly valuable and significant works, was saved.

A man named Albinus Alcuin discovered this work and did the original translation of it from the Hebrew in 800AD. It was later suppressed but finally rediscovered in 1829, when it was once again suppressed. Only now has it reemerged and, for the first time, it will become widely available and be judged properly for its value.
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Author Albinus Alcuin (Translator, 800AD)
Type Quality Paperback
Year 1839, 2000 original reprint
Pages 280
Illustrated no
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