The Book of Jubilees (Online)

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Here's a link to the book of Jubilees I had in paperback for about the last 20-some years. I find books such as this help shed light on various teachings in the bible and ancient Jewish interpretations.http://www.ccel.org/c/charles/pseudepigrapha/jubilee/1.htmThere are 50 chapters with a link to each one at the bottom of the text, so I gave the link starting with chapter one. Jubilees is big on keeping the Saturday sabbath and dates all births and events from Adam to Moses in Jubilee periods, hence its name. So, there is more than genealogy here, but some "birthdates" as well, at least to within a few years. In addition, I remember doing a timeline of genealogies from Abraham back to Adam and got something like 1948 years. I was told that the translations in the bible were incorrect and the time was a lot longer. However, looking at this book, I see that 1948 was not far off. Again, I'm not adamant, but it's little witnesses like this that pushes me over to one side of the fence or another. (c.f. Deuteronomy 17:6 for the concept of multiple witnesses)