Jubilees
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Second Temple period work
ancient Jewish religious text
biblical paraphrase
pseudepigraphal work
rewritten Bible
Jubilees is an ancient Jewish religious work from the Second Temple period that retells and expands upon the narratives of Genesis and Exodus, often considered part of the pseudepigrapha.
Aliases (2)
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Second Temple period work
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ancient Jewish religious text → biblical paraphrase → pseudepigraphal work → rewritten Bible → |
| associatedWith |
Dead Sea Scrolls
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| associatedWithPeriod |
Second Temple Judaism
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| canonicalStatusInJudaism |
non‑canonical
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| canonicalStatusInMostChristianTraditions |
apocryphal
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| claimsAuthorshipBy |
Moses
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| contains |
angelology
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chronological schematization of history → demonology → elaborated flood narrative → expanded patriarchal narratives → |
| coversBiblicalRange |
Creation to Sinai
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| dateOfComposition |
2nd century BCE
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| emphasizesTheme |
Sabbath observance
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covenant → festival calendar → purity laws → separation from Gentiles → |
| foundAt |
Qumran
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| genre |
legal‑narrative composition
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midrashic narrative → |
| hasLanguage |
Geʿez
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Greek (fragmentary) → Hebrew (Qumran fragments) → Hebrew (original, lost) → Latin (fragmentary) → Syriac (fragmentary) → |
| hasTitle |
Book of Jubilees
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Leptogenesis → Lesser Genesis → |
| influenced |
Qumran community halakhah
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later Jewish calendar discussions → |
| narratedBy |
angel of the presence
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| opposesPractice |
intermarriage with Gentiles
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| preservedIn |
Ethiopian Orthodox biblical canon
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| promotesCalendarType |
364‑day solar calendar
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| relatedWork |
1 Enoch
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Genesis Apocryphon → |
| religiousTradition |
Judaism
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| retellsText |
Book of Genesis
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early chapters of Exodus → |
| scholarlyCategory |
Old Testament pseudepigrapha
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| stressesInstitution |
Sabbath
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circumcision → festivals → |
| structureBasedOn |
jubilee periods of forty‑nine years
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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Jubilees
("Book of Jubilees")
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hasTitle |
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Second Temple Judaism
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producedText |
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Jubilees
("Old Testament pseudepigrapha")
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scholarlyCategory |