Further investigation reveals that this type of tale dates back to the late 1800s. The story picked up more steam after the 1936 book The Harmony of Science and Scripture promoted it. As time passed, the story was updated to include the advancement of technology, thus the addition of NASA scientists and computer calculations, etc.
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Joshua 10:13 references the "book of Jasher". I have found some web sites which question its authenticity, and others which say there are timelines in it that confict with scripture. What was the book of Jasher and why do we not hear much about it?
behold, it is written in book of Jasher);which the Targum calls the book of the law; and Jarchi and BenGersom restrain it to the book of Genesis, the book of theupright, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and suppose respect is had tothe prophecy concerning Judah, ( Genesis 49:8Genesis49:9 ) , but Kimchi, extending it to all the five books ofMoses, adds his blessing, in ( Deuteronomy33:7 ) . In the Arabic version it is explained of the book ofSamuel, interpreted the book of songs, as if it was a collectionof songs; which favours the above sense. Jerom F19interprets it of the same book, the book of the righteousprophets, Samuel, Gad, and Nathan: hut this book seems to havebeen a public register or annals, in which were recordedmemorable actions in any age, and had its name from theuprightness and faithfulness in which it was kept; and in thiswere set down the order of David for the teaching the children ofJudah the use of the bow, and perhaps the method which hedirected to for instruction in it; (See Gill on Joshua10:13).
13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
"Some of these fragments must have come from Qumran, probably Cave 4, while the others may have derived from other sites in the Judean Desert," wrote Emanuel Tov, a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in the book volume. "Unfortunately, little is known about the provenance of these fragments because most sellers did not provide such information at the time of the sale."
Martin Schøyen, a collector from Norway, owns the other batch of the recently revealed Dead Sea Scrolls. The texts from those fragments are detailed in the book "Gleanings from the Caves: Dead Sea Scrolls and Artefacts from The Schøyen Collection" (Bloomsbury, 2016). Also detailed in the book are other artifacts related to the scrolls, including a linen wrapper in which one of the Dead Sea Scrolls was found. [Photos: Who 'Penned' the Dead Sea Scrolls?]
Schøyen, who has a vast collection of antiquities, began collecting biblical manuscripts in 1986. "The ultimate challenge had become to acquire a fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls with a biblical text," Schøyen wrote in the book. "It was for me a 'Mission: Impossible.'"
"It is assumed to come from Cave 4 [at Qumran], but in the final analysis it must be said that the provenance of the fragment remains unknown," wrote Martin G. Abegg Jr., a professor at Trinity Western University who led the team that analyzed the fragment, in the book "Dead Sea Scrolls Fragments in the Museum Collection."
This book probably included a historical record of the years in the wilderness, particularlyaccounts of the battles fought as they prepared to enter the Promised Land. It has been suggestedthat this is another name for the Book of Jasher. Some Jewish rabbis suggested that this is theunnamed book referred to in the Book of Exodus after the defeat of the Amalekites (Ex 17:14).It is also referenced in one of the medieval books claiming to be the Book of Jasher.
They were the court records kept in the royal archives in Jerusalem, and the main historical source for the southern kingdom of Judah used by the author of the books of Kings. It contains no reference to queen Athaliah, who usurped the throne for seven years, or her son Ahaziah. It is most likely that these were destroyed when Jerusalem was captured in 598 BC, or when it was destroyed in 586 BC by the Babylonians.
This is also called The Book of Samuel the Seer, or The Acts of Samuel the Seer. This woulddescribe the life and ministry of the prophet Samuel. It may be referencing the biblical book ofSamuel, originally one book in the Hebrew Scriptures.
This is also called the Book of Nathan the Prophet, or the Acts (or History) of Nathan theProphet. Nathan was the prophet who rebuked David following his adultery with Bathsheba (2Sam 12:1). This book is also referenced in the summary of the reign of Solomon, along with theprophets Ahijah and Iddo (2 Chr 9:29), see below.
This is almost certainly not referring to the OT Book of Lamentations, which Jeremiah wrote about twenty years later following the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC. The mourning for Josiah is also described in the apocryphal book of 1 Esdras (1 Esdras 1;32), but without any mention of the writing of thelamentation. It is likely that this book was part of a larger collection of laments held in the templeor palace archives in Jerusalem.
There is little of consequence at variance with the Bible. There are some chronological features that differ, but these can usually be attributed to a textual error. Usually the error will be resolved by reading on. A later entry will fall into harmony with the Bible text. Remember that the ancient scrolls of this book were in poor condition when the book was printed in Hebrew in 1613. It is not unlikely that some numbers could get scrambled.
The bottom line is that you, as the reader, will have to answer the question of legitimacy for yourself. Whichever side of that issue you take, I think that you will be enlightened by exploring the issue and by reading the book. If you feel as I do, that this book has the powerful credentials to commend it as the biblical Book of Jasher, you will now have in your hands an additional source to investigate when studying the Bible. You will also have much food for thought in regard to the issues of conventional chronology in ancient times.
27. And these are the words which Jacob wrote in the book, saying: The land of Canaan and all the cities of the Hittites, the Hivites, the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, and the Gergashites, all the seven nations from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates.
29. And Jacob took the book of purchase and the signature, the command and the statutes and the revealed book, and he placed them in an earthen vessel in order that they should remain for a long time, and he delivered them into the hands of his children.
7. And on the next day Jacob again called for his sons, and they all assembled and came to him and sat before him, and Jacob on that day blessed his sons before his death, each man did he bless according to his blessing; behold it is written in the book of the law of the Lord appertaining to Israel.
43. And when the king saw this thing, he ordered the book of records that related to the kings of Egypt, to be brought, and they brought the book of records, the chronicles of the kings of Egypt, in which all the idols of Egypt were inscribed, for they thought of finding therein the name of Jehovah, but they found it not.
56. And the Lord said to Moses, Write this thing as a memorial for thee in a book, and place it in the hand of Joshua, the son of Nun, thy servant, and thou shalt command the children of Israel, saying, When thou shalt come to the land of Canaan, thou shalt utterly efface the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
48. And the other affairs of Joshua and his battles and his reproofs with which he reproved Israel, and all which he had commanded them, and the names of the cities which the children of Israel possessed in his days, behold they are written in the book of the words of Joshua to the children of Israel, and in the book of the wars of the Lord, which Moses and Joshua and the children of Israel had written. 2ff7e9595c
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