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At least two manuscripts claiming to be the Book of Jasher have surfaced.  One was a forgery published in English in 1751, and since reprinted by the [[Rosicrucian]]s.  The other was a translation of a medieval Hebrew text incorporating and expanding on content from [[Genesis]] and other Old Testament books.  It was translated into English and published in 1840, and gained some popularity among early [[Mormon]]s when [[Joseph Smith]] wrote favorably of it.  Academics and Bible scholars reject the first version as an obvious forgery, and the second version as being of no earlier than [[medieval]] origin, and therefore more than 2000 years too late.

At least two manuscripts claiming to be the Book of Jasher have surfaced.  One was a forgery published in English in 1751, and since reprinted by the [[Rosicrucian]]s.  The other was a translation of a medieval Hebrew text incorporating and expanding on content from [[Genesis]] and other Old Testament books.  It was translated into English and published in 1840, and gained some popularity among early [[Mormon]]s when [[Joseph Smith]] wrote favorably of it.  Academics and Bible scholars reject the first version as an obvious forgery, and the second version as being of no earlier than [[medieval]] origin, and therefore more than 2000 years too late.

[[category:Old Testament]]

[[Category:Old Testament]]