BOOK OF JASHAR — (Heb. סֵפֶר הַיָּשָׁר, Sefer ha Yashar; the upright (one) s book ), one of the lost source books of early Israelite poetry from which the writers in the books of Joshua and Samuel excerpted Joshua s command to the sun and the moon in Joshua 10:… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Book of Jashar — book which records the history of the Jews from the time of the Jewish patriarchs until the conquest of the land of Israel … English contemporary dictionary
Book of Jasher (Biblical references) — The Book of Jasher is the normal English name (used by e.g. the King James Bible) of a work known in the original Hebrew as Sefer haYashar, (ספר הישר; also transliterated Sēper haiYāšār ). It is the best known of several Lost books of the Old… … Wikipedia
Jashar — A Book of Jashar is quoted in Josh. 10:13 and 2 Sam. 1:18 and apparently consisted of songs and poems … Dictionary of the Bible
Wars of Yahweh, Book of the — ▪ biblical literature lost document referred to and quoted in the Old Testament (Num. 21:14ff.). The book is probably a collection of early Israelite war songs including hymns of victory, curses, mocking songs, and other literary genres… … Universalium
JOSHUA, BOOK OF — JOSHUA, BOOK OF, the first book of the Former Prophets, which relates the conquest of canaan and its early settlement from the death of moses to the death of joshua . The Book of Joshua is divided into three main sections: the conquest of the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SAMUEL, BOOK OF — SAMUEL, BOOK OF, the eighth book of the Hebrew Bible and the third in the subdivision known as the Former Prophets. Originally a single unit, the Septuagint and the Vulgate divide the book in two, titling the resulting parts First and Second… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HEBREW BOOK TITLES — Bible A number of book titles are mentioned in the Bible, i.e., Book of the Generations of Man (Gen. 5:1), Book of the Covenant (Ex. 24:7 etc.), Book of the Wars of the Lord (Num. 21:14), Book of Jashar (Josh. 10:13; II Sam. 1:18), and Book of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… … Universalium
Sefer haYashar — Sefer haYashar, Hebrew ספר הישר (also transliterated Sēper haiYāšār ), Book of the Upright , often only half translated into English as Book of Jasher or as Book of Jashar .There are a number of works with this name:*Sefer haYashar (Biblical… … Wikipedia
