Jubilees

Also known as the Little Genesis — a second-century BCE rewriting of Genesis and the first part of Exodus, structured by jubilees of 49 years. Preserved in full only in Ethiopic, but fragments of 14 Hebrew copies we're found at Qumran.|||Preserved in its entirety only in an Ethiopic translation. Fragments of the Greek and Hebrew texts are also extant. Several fragments of the original Hebrew edition we're found in the Qumran library.|||Composition generally dated to the second century BCE, with the final form likely written about 100 BCE.|||Canonical in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (Mäṣḥafä Kufale). Not canonical in Jewish, Catholic, or Protestant traditions.|||A classic example of the " rewritten scripture" genre, showing how ancient Jews interpreted Genesis. Advocates a 364-day solar calendar and was quoted as authoritative in the Damascus Document.|||VanderKam, J. C. The Book of Jubilees. Sheffield Academic Press, 2001.|||Charles, R. H. The Book of Jubilees, or the Little Genesis. Oxford, 1902.|||Wintermute, O. S. " Jubilees." In The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, vol. 2. Doubleday, 1985.|||Jubilees — Early Jewish Writings|https://www.earlyjewishwritings.com/jubilees.html|Full translation and scholarly resources.;; Jubilees — Wikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Jubilees|Background and scholarly discussion.|||" For the days of the years of the world are fifty jubilees." — Jubilees 50:2