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  2. Book of Jasher (biblical book) - Wikipedia

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    The Book of Jasher (also spelled Jashar; Hebrew: סֵפֶר הַיׇּשׇׁר sēfer hayyāšār), which means the Book of the Upright or the Book of the Just Man, is a lost book mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, often interpreted as a lost non-canonical book. Numerous forgeries purporting to be rediscovered copies of this lost book have been ...

  3. Byzantium (color) - Wikipedia

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    Deep reddish purple. B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) The color Byzantium is a particular dark tone of purple. It originates in modern times, and, despite its name, it should not be confused with Tyrian purple ( hue rendering ), the color historically used by Roman and Byzantine emperors. The latter, often also referred to as "Tyrian red", is ...

  4. Sefer haYashar (midrash) - Wikipedia

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    Sefer haYashar ( ספר הישר) is a medieval Hebrew midrash, also known as the Toledot Adam and Divrei haYamim heArukh. The Hebrew title "Sefer haYashar" might be translated as the "Book of the Correct Record", [citation needed] but it is known in English translation mostly as The Book of Jasher following English tradition.

  5. Japhetites - Wikipedia

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    The term Japhetites (sometimes spelled Japhethites; in adjective form Japhetic or Japhethitic) refers to the descendants of Japheth, one of the three sons of Noah in the Book of Genesis. [1] The term was used in ethnological and linguistic writings from the 18th to the 20th centuries as a Biblically derived racial classification for the ...

  6. Book of the Wars of the Lord - Wikipedia

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    The Book of the Wars of the Lord ( סֵפֶר מִלְחֲמֹת יהוה‎) is one of several non-canonical books referenced in the Bible which have now been completely lost. [1] It is mentioned in Numbers 21:13–14, which reads: From there they set out and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the desert and bounding the ...

  7. Coats of skin - Wikipedia

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    The Fall of Adam and Eve as depicted on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. In the biblical story of Adam and Eve, coats of skin ( Hebrew: כתנות עור, romanized : kāṯənōṯ ‘ōr, sg. coat of skin) were the aprons provided to Adam and Eve by God when they fell from a state of innocent obedience under Him to a state of guilty disobedience ...

  8. Non-canonical books referenced in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Hebrew Bible. The following are mentioned in the Hebrew Bible: The Book of Jasher is mentioned in Joshua 10:13 and 2 Samuel 1:18 and also possibly referenced in the Septuagint rendition of 1 Kings 8:53. From the context in the Book of Samuel, it is implied that it was a collection of poetry.

  9. Sefer haYashar - Wikipedia

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    Sefer haYashar, a collection of sayings of the sages from the Amoraim period in Rabbi Zerahiah's Sefer Hayasher. Sefer haYashar, a commentary on the Pentateuch by the 12th-century Abraham ibn Ezra. Sefer haYashar, by the Kabbalist and philosopher Abraham Abulafia. Sefer haYashar (Rabbeinu Tam), 12th-century treatise on Jewish ritual and ethics.