The Ancient Book of Jubilees

The AncientBook of Jubilees — was translated from four Ethiopic manuscripts.

It contains a fascinating variety of material not found in the Bible, including details concerning the Fall, Cain and Abel, angels, the Flood, the Tower of Babel, Jacob’s visions, the Messianic Kingdom, and many other subjects. R. H. Charles’ commentary diverges from the traditional belief that Jubilees was written during the first-century, and instead he asserts that it was written at the same time as the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs. This volume is intended for scholars and theological students.

R. H. Charles is recognized as one of the leading figures in Enoch scholarship, and his masterly translation remains the standard edition of the text in English. An authority on apocalyptic literature, he became canon at Westminster Abbey in 1913 and an archdeacon in 1919. Charles is also the author of A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Revelation of St. John, vols. 1 and 2, and The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament.