Introductions, annotations, and a selection of handpicked digitized books for online reading. These titles were chosen to enhance the study of the ancient historical and cultural context of the Bible.
This extrabiblical Jewish book was written in Hebrew around 2 Century BCE. The work is also known as "Ecclesiasticus" and as "Wisdom of Yeshua son of Eleazar son of Sira". Original English translation by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, 1851, edited and improved by Pinchas Shir....
The Testaments of The Twelve Patriarchs is an extrabiblical Jewish book from 2 Century CE. Original English translation by Robert Henry Charles, 1917. The book reports the final words and wisdom of the twelve sons of Jacob, spoken as final charges prior to their deaths....
Jubilees is an extrabiblical Jewish book from 2 Century BCE. Original English translation by George Henry Schodde, 1988. It is an ancient retelling of well-known Genesis stories chronologically structured in multiples of seven and adding up to 49, hence the name....