A Jubilee (50) of Fascinating Facts about the Book of Jubilees. (May 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zucker, David J.
• Is Part Of: Biblical theology bulletin. Volume 50:Number 2(2020)
• Page Start: 92
• Page End: 96
• Publication Date: 2020-05
• Subjects: Heavenly Tablets -- Interpolator -- jubilee -- Jubilees -- Mastema -- Rewritten Bible -- 49/50; 230.041
• DOI: 10.1177/0146107920913795
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0146-1079

Abstract

The Book of Jubilees, dating from about 2300 years ago, contains material that is very similar to narratives found in the Hebrew Bible (Masoretic Text [MT]), specifically the books of Genesis and the first half of Exodus. The text in Jubilees both adds to and omits data found in the MT. In addition, a striking feature of Jubilees is its reliance on a jubilee (50) year cycle, made up of seven sets of "weeks, " and its reliance on solely a solar calendar, as opposed to the Bible's lunisolar configuration.