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And here I thought you were going to tell us about the Book of Jasher.
Genesis: The Missing Chapters James F. McGrath 2009
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Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.
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Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.
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This story slightly varied, is repeated in the Book of Jasher and in the Targum of Ben Uzziel.
Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Various
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This same story is given with more than Talmudic exaggeration in the Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, while the author of the Book of Jasher (chap. lxv., verses 23, 24) makes the camp and the mountain forty miles in extent.
Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Various
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Jasher (chap. 56, v. 64) and the Targum of Jonathan (in Vayechi) both say that Cushim the son of Dan slew Esau at the burial, not of Isaac, but of Jacob, because he sought to hinder the funeral obsequies, disputing the title to the sepulchre.
Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Various
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Hence, making due allowance for Eastern hyperbole, the statement of the Book of Jasher
Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Various
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Mordecai Noah made no comment; there was still plenty of work for Hushiel with the newspaper articles; he also copied portions of the Book of Jasher which Mr. Noah was translating from the
The New Land Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of Our Country Elma Ehrlich Levinger
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( "So light of foot was he," says the Book of Jasher, "that he could go upon the ears of corn without crushing them.")
Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Various
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All this is as nothing compared to the voice of Judah, which made all Egypt quake and tremble, and Pharaoh fall from his throne headlong, etc., etc. See Jasher, chap. 64, verses 46, 47.
Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Various
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