Stories of Genesis retold [allegedly by Moses himself] to show that the Torah was observed by the patriarchs from the beginning of the world. The title comes from its organization of history in cycles of 7 x 7. Probably composed before 100 BCE by a hasidic Jew opposed to Hellenism. Though fragments of several copies of the original Hebrew were found at Qumran, the complete text has been preserved only in Ethiopic.

Other resources on line:

• The Book of Jubilees - full text of R. H. Charles 1917 English translation [Sacred Texts].

• Book of Jubilees - detailed assessment by C. H. Toy & K. Kaufmann [Jewish Encyclopedia].

• Book of Jubilees - Barry D. Smith's overview for course on intertestamental period (Atlantic Baptist U, New Brunswick, Canada).

• Book of Jubilees: Best Case Scenario - summary of 1997 lecture by James Davila (St. Andrews U, UK).

• Jubilees - Peter Kirby's notes & links to on-line scholarship [Early Jewish Writings].