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Originally Posted by pelathais
Prax's words of caution are good advice on the "Book of Jasher." The books that are available today are obvious forgeries. For example, one claims to have been translated by the great medieval scholar Alcuin into English. The only problem was that Alcuin wrote in Old English and the book in question was written in Middle English. Two very distinct dialects. One that any scholar of Alcuin can spot immediately.
Joshua and Samuel (probably two books that were written by the same hand themselves) reference a book that is now lost. This appears to have tempted some folks over the years to "fill in the gaps" and make a handsome fee for "discovering" the lost book.
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I agree with Prax's caution, thus was the reason I said I wasn't sure. I just read through the book in question, and I thought some of it was interesting although I couldn't say that this was a legitimate work done by anyone we can give credit to. I also read the book of Enoch and I try to use caution with this book. I'd be interested to know why early elders decided that this was not to be canonized.