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    The Book of Jasher, Part Two: Magical Antiquarian, A Weiser Books Collection
    The Book of Jasher, Part Two: Magical Antiquarian, A Weiser Books Collection
    The Book of Jasher, Part Two: Magical Antiquarian, A Weiser Books Collection
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    The Book of Jasher, Part Two: Magical Antiquarian, A Weiser Books Collection

    By Lon Milo DuQuette

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    Master of modern occultism, Lon Milo DuQuette, (author of Enochian Vision Magick and The Magick of Aleister Crowley) introduces the newest Weiser Books Collection – The Magical Antiquarian Curiosity Shoppe. Culled from material long unavailable to the general public, DuQuette curates this essential new digital library with the eye of a scholar and the insight of an initiate.

    Part two of the Book of Jasher: what some religious scholars think should have been included in the Biblical cannon.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Wheel Weiser
    Release dateApr 1, 2012
    ISBN9781619400740
    The Book of Jasher, Part Two: Magical Antiquarian, A Weiser Books Collection
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    Lon Milo DuQuette

    Lon Milo DuQuette is the author of Enochian Vision Magick.

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      The Book of Jasher, Part Two - Lon Milo DuQuette

      Introduction

      Behold, it [the Zohar] is like Sefer ha-Yashar, which they printed (without my knowledge and without the knowledge of the sages here in Venice, about twenty years ago). Although I removed the fantasies and falsehoods from it, [eg,] that it is the Sefer ha-Yashar mentioned in Scripture, there are still those who claim that it was discovered during the time of the destruction [of the temple]. But who can stop those who imagine in their minds whatever they wish.

      — LEON MODENA, ARI NOHEM, BEFORE 1648

      Is not this written in the Book of Jasher?

      JOSHUA X. 13

      Behold, it is written in the Book of Jasher.

      2ND SAMUEL I. 18

      The Book of Jasher is the perfect candidate for the Magical Antiquarian Curiosity Shoppe. It is old…but we're really not sure how old. To say it is controversial is an understatement. It has been labeled a forgery by scholars, rabbis, and clergy for centuries…not to mention there is more than a hint of heresy clinging to its very existence. Yes. The Book of Jasher is, if nothing else, scriptural sideshow titillation—a Biblical bearded lady—and a deliciously appropriate offering to the discerning clientele of our virtual reading room.

      But is The Book of Jasher really…as the Preliminary Explanation to one translation¹ of it asserts?

      …one of the long-lost and long-sought-for sacred books, which should have been included among the other books of the Bible but which was omitted as were many other books.?

      Well…perhaps it is, and then again, perhaps it isn't. We might admit it has been long-lost and long-sought-for; but really! Many people, including Bible scholars, would find the words should have been included among the other books of the Bible to be a subjective judgment call at best, and naive, dishonest and misleading at worst. The Book of Jasher, like The Book of Enoch, or any of the other lost books of the Bible, is of interest to us not so much for what it says but for what it is. It is a document that reads like the Bible, tells the same Old Testament stories, albeit with some interesting variations and additions, and is for all intent and purposes patently Biblical. In fact, it manages to compactly bring us from creation to Joshua and the Judges in a few hundred remarkably readable pages.

      It is lacking, however, the musty linguistic gravitas and King James–ish affectations that season scripture as we are used to tasting it. For me this is refreshing. It is as if we are hearing these familiar stories told to us not in the stuffy monotones of a bored and elderly vicar, but with the intensity of a rabbi who generously peppers his narrative with little details and side plots we were never aware of before.

      In a way, that is exactly what The Book of Jasher is. Its actual title is Toledot Adam and Dibre ha-Yamin Be-Arik, and it belongs to that category of Jewish literature known as Midrash (plural midrashim), meaning to study, to investigate, and story. The Midrashim is a huge body of work comprised of rabbinical discussions and exegesis on Biblical themes. The Midrashim serve to fill in many of the gaps and ambiguities of scripture that leave most of us scratching our heads. If you've ever wondered where your rabbi or your priest or pastor gets his information about what exactly what was going on in Sodom and Gomorrah, or why Moses's wife rubbed their son's bloody foreskin on his head in the middle of the night, look no further than the commentaries in one the books of the Midrashim that he studied in school or seminary.

      The Book of Jasher, while not being officially endorsed by the Church of Latter-day Saints, is of particular interest to Mormon scholars, who find similarities within the text to certain portions of the Joseph Smith translation of the Holy Bible. This particular translation of The Book of Jasher is in fact one that was first published in Salt Lake City in 1887 by J.H. Parry & Company.

      LON MILO DUQUETTE

      COSTA MESA, CA, 2012

      1 The Book of Jasher. The Rosicrucian Order A.M.O.R.C. Photographic Reproduction of the Version by Alcuin. 1934 and 1962

      Book of Jasher, Chapter 22

      1 And Ishmael then rose up and took his wife and his children and his cattle and all belonging to him, and he journeyed from there and he went to his father in the land of the Philistines.

      2 And Abraham related to Ishmael his son the transaction with the first wife that Ishmael took, according to what she did.

      3 And Ishmael and his children dwelt with Abraham many days in that land, and Abraham dwelt in the land of the Philistines a long time.

      4 And the days increased and reached twenty six years, and after that Abraham with his servants and all belonging to him went from the land of the Philistines and removed to a great distance, and they came near to Hebron, and they remained there, and the servants of Abraham dug wells of water, and Abraham and all belonging to him dwelt by the water, and the servants of Abimelech king of the Philistines heard the report that Abraham's servants had dug wells of water in the borders of the land.

      5 And they came and quarreled with the servants of Abraham, and they robbed them of the great well which they had dug.

      6 And Abimelech king of the Philistines heard of this affair, and he with Phicol the captain of his host and twenty of his men came to Abraham, and Abimelech spoke to Abraham concerning his servants, and Abraham rebuked Abimelech concerning the well of which his servants had robbed him.

      7 And Abimelech said to Abraham, As the Lord liveth who created the whole earth, I did not hear of the act which my servants did unto thy servants until this day.

      8 And Abraham took seven ewe lambs and gave them to Abimelech, saying, Take these, I pray thee, from my hands that it may be a testimony for me that I dug this well.

      9 And Abimelech took the seven ewe lambs which Abraham had given to him, for he had also given him cattle and herds in abundance, and Abimelech swore to Abraham concerning the well, therefore he called that well Beersheba, for there they both swore concerning it.

      10 And they both made a covenant in Beersheba, and Abimelech rose up with Phicol the captain of his host and all his men, and they returned to the land of the Philistines, and Abraham and all belonging to him dwelt in Beersheba and he was in that land a long time.

      11 And Abraham planted a large grove in Beersheba, and he made to it four gates facing the four sides of the earth, and he planted a vineyard in it, so that if a traveler came to Abraham he entered any gate which was in his road, and remained there and ate and drank and satisfied himself and then departed.

      12 For the house of Abraham was always open to the sons of men that passed and repassed, who came daily to eat and drink in the house of Abraham.

      13 And any man who had hunger and came to Abraham's house, Abraham would give him bread that he might eat and drink and be satisfied, and any one that came naked to his house he would clothe with garments as he might choose, and give him silver and gold and make known to him the Lord who had created him in the earth; this did Abraham all his life.

      14 And Abraham and his children and all belonging to him dwelt in Beersheba, and he pitched his tent as far as Hebron.

      15 And Abraham's brother Nahor and his father and all belonging to them dwelt in Haran, for they did not come with Abraham to the land of Canaan.

      16 And children were born to Nahor which Milca the daughter of Haran, and sister to Sarah, Abraham's wife, bare to him.

      17 And these are the names of those that were born to him, Uz, Buz, Kemuel, Kesed, Chazo, Pildash, Tidlaf, and Bethuel, being eight sons, these are the children of Milca which she bare to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

      18 And Nahor had a concubine and her name was Reumah, and she also bare to Nahor, Zebach, Gachash, Tachash and Maacha, being four sons.

      19 And the children that were born to Nahor were twelve sons besides his daughters, and they also had children born to them in Haran.

      20 And the children of Uz the first born of Nahor were Abi, Cheref, Gadin, Melus, and Deborah their sister.

      21 And the sons of Buz

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