Double Checking The Book of Jasher and Kabbalah - Faith and Other Oddities Episode 24

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This week we pause our journey through Genesis to look at the Book of Jasher, why you haven’t read it, and why you probably never will no matter how many times the internet tells you that you can. We do a drive-by of the Zohar, Kabbalah, and Zoroastrianism with a nod to comic book author Alan Moore and the movie Dogma. After we debunk the Book of Jasher, we move on to discuss how the traditions surrounding Rachel, Laban, and Balaam help us understand Matthew 2 and his pronouncements concerning the birth of Christ.

Scriptures from this episode:

Joshua 10:13

2 Samuel 1:17

2 Timothy 3:7

Resources from this episode:

The Mysterious Book of Jasher by Arthur A. Chiel (article) - https://bit.ly/2JJbVCq

Balaam-Laban as the key to the Old Testament quotations in Matthew 2 by David Instone-Brewer (article) - https://bit.ly/2HWisY4

The Bible Timeline (website) - http://timeline.biblehistory.com/home