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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.