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Book of Jubilees


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A Jewish work containing a solar calendar differing from the official; composed in the late 2nd cent. bce and used by the Qumran community. So called because its chronology is worked out in periods of 49 years.

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JUBILEES, BOOK OF
in The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion (2) Length: 402 words
Jubilees, Book of
in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1 rev) Length: 54 words
Jubilees, Book of
in The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (3 rev) Length: 500 words
Jubilees, Book of
in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2 rev) Length: 68 words

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