Testament of Asher

One of the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, presenting the last words of Asher, the eighth son of Jacob.|||Survives in Greek and Armenian. The Testaments are known from fifteen Greek manuscripts; the oldest preserved complete version dates from the tenth century.|||The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, in their extant form, are a Jewish work, probably of the late 2nd century CE, with Christian interpolations. The original work was written in Hebrew in the later years of John Hyrcanus, probably 109–106 BCE.|||Not canonical in any tradition.|||The last words of Asher. Warns against the two faces of evil and the importance of choosing the good.|||Charles, R. H. The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs. A. & C. Black, 1908.|||Kee, H. C. " Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs." In The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, vol. 1. Doubleday, 1983.|||Testament of Asher — Wikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testament_of_Asher|Background and scholarly discussion.|||" And Asher said: Two faces has evil, and one is hidden from the other." — Testament of Asher 3:1