Jasher (a.k.a. Sefer haYashar)
Jasher, otherwise known as the Sefer haYashar (first edition 1552), is a Hebrew midrash also known as the Toledot Adam and Dibre ha-Yamim be-’Aruk. The Hebrew title may be transliterated Sefer haYashar, which means “Book of the Correct Record,” but it is known in English translation mostly as the Book of Jasher following English tradition. The book is named after the Book of Jasher mentioned in Joshua and 2 Samuel. Although it is presented as the original “Book of Jasher” in the translations such as that of Moses Samuel (1840), it is not accepted as such in rabbinical Judaism, nor does the original Hebrew text make such a claim. However, the writing is of good quality, the chronology largely aligns with the Masoretic account in Genesis, and some scholars believe the midrash may be even older than the 6th century AD.
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