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Apocryphon of Jannes and Jambres
The Apocryphon of Jannes and Jambres, also known as the Book of Jannes and Jambres, is a likely pseudepigraphal work composed in the 1st or 2nd-century AD, narrating the undertakings of the two legendary magicians in Pharaoh’s court who opposed Moses and Aaron. Only scattered fragments survive.
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