Ruins of the tower of Babel, Nebuchadnezzar II's Palace.

Originally posted by Lazarus Short


Howdy Lazarus

I believe you will find that the Book of Jasher was a Elizabethian hoax. The bible does speak of it; 2 Samuel 1:18 and Joshua 10:13 but the one alleged copy that showed up was considered a forgery.

Proof? I have been wondering about that book for some time - growing doubts, odd discrepancies, need input, pls. I am currently writing a book using Jasher as a source, so I don't want to undermine myself

I'm not a biblical scholar so when I saw the book mentioned I looked it up. It would appear that some think its a forgery. There are a number of smart people on this board who are more into the bible than myself they will hopefully comment.

Let us known what you think about it; real, suspect or fake

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reply to post by Hanslune


I did some searching myself on the www, and found that others also have doubts. I think I am going to have to take Jasher down a few notches in my estimation.

Originally posted by Lazarus Short
reply to post by Hanslune

 

I did some searching myself on the www, and found that others also have doubts. I think I am going to have to take Jasher down a few notches in my estimation.

Might be wise to take it under caution but you could change the focus of your book to that of determining if Jasher was real - or not?