Could the 1840 translation of the Book of Jasher be authentic?
I've been reading it, and it's quite interesting.
Gives a lot of details that the Bible doesn't contain.
Like how Cain was grieved after he killed Abel.
And how Lamech killed Cain and Tubalcain as I speculated here,
on my own, months before I read this in the Book of Jasher.
And how Terah hid Abraham from Nimrod for many years because of a star that streaked
across the sky and swallowed four other stars on the night of Abraham's birth,
sort of paralleling the story of when Herod sought to kill Christ as a child.
And how Nimrod ended up with Adam and Eve's "coats of skins".
It's just interesting stuff that seems to sync up with the Bible pretty well.
There are two discrepancies I've noticed so far.
It gives the ages at death of Methuselah and Lamech as 960 and 770, respectively.
Some sources I've been reading are saying it's not authentic,
and that the original book is lost.
If it is authentic, it would obviously have credibility,
since it is referred to directly and indirectly in the Bible.
I've been reading it, and it's quite interesting.
Gives a lot of details that the Bible doesn't contain.
Like how Cain was grieved after he killed Abel.
And how Lamech killed Cain and Tubalcain as I speculated here,
on my own, months before I read this in the Book of Jasher.
And how Terah hid Abraham from Nimrod for many years because of a star that streaked
across the sky and swallowed four other stars on the night of Abraham's birth,
sort of paralleling the story of when Herod sought to kill Christ as a child.
And how Nimrod ended up with Adam and Eve's "coats of skins".
It's just interesting stuff that seems to sync up with the Bible pretty well.
There are two discrepancies I've noticed so far.
It gives the ages at death of Methuselah and Lamech as 960 and 770, respectively.
Some sources I've been reading are saying it's not authentic,
and that the original book is lost.
If it is authentic, it would obviously have credibility,
since it is referred to directly and indirectly in the Bible.
