Canon Status
Not canonical in any tradition.
Date & Provenance
Composed in the 2nd or 1st century BCE.
Language & Manuscripts
Multiple manuscripts from Qumran Cave 4 (4Q225–4Q227), written in Hebrew.
Why It Matters for Study
Related to the Book of Jubilees but not part of it. Retell biblical history with chronological and legal concerns. Important for understanding the Jubilees tradition at Qumran.
" And in the first year of the jubilee, the Lord spoke to Moses." — Pseudo-Jubilees (paraphrase)
Read the Text & External Resources
Public-domain translations and scholarly databases where the text can be read online or downloaded.
- Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library View Pseudo-Jubilees fragments.
- Wikipedia — Pseudo-Jubilees Background and discussion.
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Further Reading
VanderKam, J. C. " Pseudo-Jubilees." In Qumran Cave 4.VIII. Oxford, 1997.
Vermes, G. The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English. Penguin, 1997.
Milik, J. T. " Jubilées." In Qumran Cave 4.VIII. Oxford, 1997.