Jubilees

The Book

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English · 1902 · 5h 38m · Religion, Antiquity

3.5 (54 reviews)

The Book of Jubilees retells the story of Genesis and the opening of Exodus as a sequence of periods measured in jubilees—cycles of years that give the work its name. Presented as revelations to Moses, it revisits the origins of the world and the history of the early generations.

Rather than simply repeating the biblical narrative, the book arranges events within a precise sacred chronology and gives particular attention to laws, observances, and the division of time. Its account offers a window into ancient Jewish interpretation of scripture and religious tradition.

Known also as Lesser Genesis, this work holds different places in different religious communities: it is canonical in the Ethiopian Orthodox tradition and among Beta Israel, while other major Jewish and Christian traditions do not include it in their biblical canon.

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Chapter I 8:22 Read by timetravel718
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Chapter III 8:04 Read by timetravel718
Chapter IV 8:32 Read by timetravel718
Chapter V 6:43 Read by timetravel718
Chapter VI 9:23 Read by timetravel718
Chapter VII 9:30 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter VIII 7:48 Read by nzk13
Chapter IX 4:39 Read by Kristine Bekere
Chapter X 10:03 Read by Kristine Bekere
Chapter XI 7:20 Read by Kristine Bekere
Chapter XII 8:18 Read by Kristine Bekere
Chapter XIII 7:14 Read by Kristine Bekere
Chapter XIV 5:34 Read by Kristine Bekere
Chapter XV 9:02 Read by Kristine Bekere
Chapter XVI 6:02 Read by Kaitybg7
Chapter XVII 4:12 Read by Kaitybg7
Chapter XVIII 4:36 Read by Kaitybg7
Chapter XIX 6:25 Read by Kaitybg7
Chapter XX 3:36 Read by Kaitybg7
Chapter XXI 8:33 Read by Daryl Hanson
Chapter XXII 10:00 Read by Daryl Hanson
Chapter XXIII 9:45 Read by Daryl Hanson
Chapter XXIV 8:55 Read by Daryl Hanson
Chapter XXV 6:37 Read by Daryl Hanson
Chapter XXVI 8:41 Read by Michele Eaton
Chapter XXVII 7:05 Read by Michele Eaton
Chapter XXVIII 8:26 Read by Michele Eaton
Chapter XXIX 5:05 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter XXX 6:59 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter XXXI 7:42 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter XXXII 8:14 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter XXXIII 5:50 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter XXXIV 6:21 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter XXXV 7:35 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter XXXVI 6:59 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter XXXVII 6:52 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter XXXVIII 4:13 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter XXXIX 4:10 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter XL 3:34 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter XLI 6:02 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter XLII 5:27 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter XLIII 5:43 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter XLIV 5:56 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter XLV 4:38 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter XLVI 4:34 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter XLVII 3:18 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter XLVIII 5:19 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter XLIX 6:36 Read by KevinS
Chapter L 4:30 Read by KevinS

Reviews

so sad


(1 star)

inaudible chapters 7-15 shame I was enjoying this book

sabotage


(1 star)

I'm trying to decide if they chose these readers in order to make listening difficult so one would give up. If I wanted to sabotage a book, these are the readers I would choose. I apologize to the readers if this was a serious attempt.

Difficult to listen to


(3 stars)

Most of the readers were hard to listen to. Flat.


(5 stars)

good sound quality overall . a nice effort , reasonably paced, poetic