An ancient Jewish text from the Second Temple period that retells and expands upon Genesis and the early chapters of Exodus. Also called 'Lesser Genesis,' it organizes sacred history into 49-year jubilee periods and elaborates on angels, demons, solar calendar, and covenant law.
One of the earliest examples of rewritten scripture; introduces jubilee chronology, expands on the Watchers/fallen angels tradition, and reflects a distinct priestly-calendar Judaism that diverges from mainstream rabbinic development.
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