Three of the most popular and sought after apocryphal books are now presented in a single volume.
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We are shown how God\'s hand shaped history through his love and anger.
We are also given hitherto unknown knowledge of historical events.
We come to understand how they became great and why they acted as they did.
This means we receive insight into the lives of Abraham, Noah, Enoch, Joseph, and many other biblical figures.
The tales are expanded and infused with detail not previously available.
The Book of Jasher includes details about the antediluvian patriarchs, angels, watchers, the flood, the tower of Babel, and many other events mentioned in the Bible. - The Book of Jasher reveals a large quantity of additional information about the period between divine creation and the time of Joshua\'s leadership over Israel when the Israelites enter into the land of Canaan.
The story goes on to fill in many details in Israel\'s history, ending at the point in time when the dictation began on the mount.
We are lead through the creation of man, Adam\'s fall from grace, the union of fallen angels and earthly women, the birth of demonic offspring, the cleansing of the earth by flood, and the astonishing claim that man\'s very nature was somehow changed, bringing about a man with less sinful qualities than his antediluvian counterpart.
The text then unfolds as the angel reveals heaven\'s viewpoint of history.
The setting is atop Mount Sinai, where Moses was summoned by God.
The angelic monolog takes place after the exodus of the children of Israel out of Egypt.
The story is written from the viewpoint of the angel.
It is attributed to the very hand of Moses; penned while he was on Mount Sinai, as an angel of God dictated to him regarding those events that transpired from the beginning of the world. - The Book of Jubilees, also known as The Little Genesis and The Apocalypse of Moses, opens with an extraordinary claim of authorship.
It is regarded as canonical by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
Enoch is an ancient Jewish religious work, traditionally ascribed to Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah.
Enoch goes on to record amazing visions of heaven and the workings thereof.
The book describes the fall of a group of angels called, the Watchers, who took the daughters of men as wives and fathered the Nephilim (Genesis 6: 1-2). - The Book of Enoch is quoted by Jude, cited by Peter, and read by the apostles, Enoch (1 Enoch) informs our ideas of angels and demons.
Three of the most popular and sought after apocryphal books are now presented in a single volume