The Ascension of Isaiah 6—11 6. In the twentieth year of the reign of Hezekiah, king of Judah, Isaiah the son of Amoz and Josab the son of Isaiah came to Hezekiah in Jerusalem from Gilgal. 2And he sat on the couch of the king, and they brought a seat for him, but he would not
WORD AND REVELATION OF ESDRAS, THE HOLY PROPHET AND BELOVED OF GOD. IT came to pass in the thirtieth year, on the twenty- second of the month, I was in my house. And I cried out and said to the Most High: Lord, give the glory,(1) in order that I may see Thy mysteries. And when it
Tales of the Patriarchs Paraphrase and comments by Lesley Faulk and Amanda Scott Introduction The "Tales of the Patriarchs," which deals with the descendants of Adam, is sometimes referred to as the "Genesis Apocryphon." Originally, the Genesis Apocryphon was referred to as the fourth scroll because it was the fourth scroll out of seven to be found in
THE LETTER OF ARISTEAS R.H. Charles-Editor Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1913 SINCE I have collected Material for a memorable history of my visit to Eleazar the High priest of the Jews, and because you, Philocrates, as you lose no opportunity of reminding me, have set great store upon receiving an account of the motives and object of my
THE BOOK OF THE APOCALYPSE OF BARUCH THE SON OF NERIAH 1—4. Announcement of the coming Destruction of Jerusalem to Baruch 1 1 And it came to pass in the twenty-fifth year of Jeconiah, king of Judah, that the word of the Lord came to Baruch, the son of Neriah, and said to him: 2 'Have you seen
THE GREEK APOCALYPSE OF BARUCH OR 3 BARUCH Prologue. 1 A narrative and revelation of Baruch, concerning those ineffable things which he saw by command of God. Bless Thou, O Lord. 2 A revelation of Baruch, who stood upon the river Gel weeping over the captivity of 3 Jerusalem, when also Abimelech was preserved by the hand of God, at
FRAGMENTS OF A ZADOKITE WORKalso known asThe Damascus DocumentTranslated byR. H Charlesin R. H. Charles, ed., The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament in English, vol. 2: Pseudepigrapha (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913): pp. 799-834. Israel sent into Captivity, 3-4. A Root of God’s Planting made to spring forth after 200 B.C. and a Teacher of
1 Esdras[1] Josiah kept the passover to his Lord in Jerusalem; he killed the passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the first month,[2] having placed the priests according to their divisions, arrayed in their garments, in the temple of the Lord.[3] And he told the Levites, the temple servants of Israel, that they should
2 Esdras 4Ezra.1 [1] The second book of the prophet Ezra the son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah, son of Shallum, son of Zadok, son of Ahitub, [2] son of Ahijah, son of Phinehas, son of Eli, son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraioth, son of Arna, son of Uzzi, son of Borith,
1 Maccabees 1Mac.1 [1] After Alexander son of Philip, the Macedonian, who came from the land of Kittim, had defeated Darius, king of the Persians and the Medes, he succeeded him as king. (He had previously become king of Greece.) [2] He fought many battles, conquered strongholds, and put to death the kings of the earth. [3] He advanced