The Ethiopic Book of Jubilees and calendrical-apocalyptic revelation
- Date of account
- 1990–2009 modern scholarship; Second Temple text preserved in Ethiopic
- Location
- Ethiopian Ge’ez manuscript tradition
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
The Book of Jubilees retells Genesis and early Exodus history as revelations delivered to Moses by an angel, organizing sacred history through calendrical jubilees and emphasizing angelology, purity, covenant, and eschatological order. It is especially important for comparison because its revelation is framed as a guided ascent or disclosure from a heavenly intermediary rather than an unstructured dream. The complete text survives in Ethiopic, although its composition is generally placed in the Second Temple period. Modern Ethiopic editions and comparative studies should be consulted for wording and provenance.
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