Table of Contents

1. Introduction Description The Text of the Book of Jubilees The Approximate Date of Composition Further Reading 2. Survey of the Book of Jubilees Jubilees 1: An Introduction to the Bible Jubilees 2.1-11.13: The Primeval Stories Jubilees 11.14-50.13: From Abra(ha)m to Moses Further Reading 3. Aspects of the Book of Jubilees Jubilees' Self-Presentation Jubilees in Relation to Genesis-Exodus The Theology of the Author The Book of Jubilees and its Author Jubilees' Influence on Later Literature Further Reading

About the Author

James VanderKam is John A. O'Brien Professor of Hebrew Scriptures, Department of Theology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.

Reviews

"VanderKam . . . notes that the book of Jubilees "is a second-century BCE retelling of the material found in Genesis and the first half of Exodus." He presents a description of the book; textual evidence; the major editions and translations into English; and the historical setting." --Ecclesiastical History, 53/1 Jan 2002

"VanderKam is the leading authority in the world on this book. A lifetime of scholarship is made readily accessible in this volume." --Ralph Klein, Currents in Theology and Mission, June 2002