The book of Jasher
Subtitle: referred to in Joshua and second Samuel. Faithfully translated from the original Hebrew into English
Author: Sefer ha-Yashar. English. 1840; Noah, Mordecai Manual, 1785-1851, ed
Subject: Bible; Aggada
Publisher: New York : Noah and Gould
Year: 1840
Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
Language: English
Call number: 305039
Digitizing sponsor: MSN
Book contributor: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Source: archive.org
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It is with pleasure that I am able to present to the American public the
translation of the Book of Jasher, as referred to in Joshua and Second Samuel,
which, after several years' negotiation with the owner and translator of the
work in England, I have succeeded in obtaining.
There are many books named in the Old Testament, which are now classed among
the missing books, or books supposed to have been lost amidst the many
revolutions which have occurred in Judea. These books are not included in the
Jewish Canons, and it is questionable whether there are any missing of what
were considered as emanating from inspired writers ; for, when the works
enumerated in the Bible could not be found after the most diligent search, the
inference was, that the names applied to other books, or that they were
different versions of the same work. […]
(from the preface)
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