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The books follow the supposed Biblical history of the world, with special focus on the conflict between Christ and Satan. The series starts with the pre-creation rebellion of Satan in Heaven, then moves on to the creation of the earth, the fall of Adam and Eve into sin, the Old Testament, the birth and ministry of Jesus until His ascension, then the early Christian church, the Dark Ages, the ...
The patriarchs (Hebrew: אבות ʾAvot, "fathers") of the Bible, when narrowly defined, are Abraham, his son Isaac, and Isaac's son Jacob, also named Israel, the ancestor of the Israelites. These three figures are referred to collectively as "the patriarchs", and the period in which they lived is known as the patriarchal age .
The Genesis Apocryphon is a retelling of the stories of the patriarchs. [5] It can be separated into books; the Book of Lamech, the Book of Noah and the Book of Abraham. [5] The Genesis Apocryphon is largely based upon 1 Enoch, the Book of Jubilees and Genesis and therefore was most likely written after them.
Ancient Testaments of the Patriarchs, by Ken Johnson; The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden. [27] The Apocryphal Old Testament, ed. H.F.D. Sparks (1985, Oxford Univ. Press) Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs (MS Ff.1.24), [28] a 10th century Greek manuscript in the collections of Cambridge University Library
The World Before the Flood and the History of the Patriarchs (1875) Sketches of Jewish Social Life in the Days of Christ (1876) The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah (2 vols.,1883; condensation in one volume, 1890) Prophecy and History in Relation to the Messiah (Warburton Lectures for 1880-1884, 1885) Tohu va Bohu, "Without form and Void."
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The book of Genesis records the descendants of Adam and Eve.The enumerated genealogy in chapters 4, 5, and 11, reports the lineal male descent to Abraham, including the age at which each patriarch fathered his named son and the number of years he lived thereafter.
The Hebrew scriptures were an important source for the New Testament authors. [13] There are 27 direct quotations in the Gospel of Mark, 54 in Matthew, 24 in Luke, and 14 in John, and the influence of the scriptures is vastly increased when allusions and echoes are included, [14] with half of Mark's gospel being made up of allusions to and citations of the scriptures. [15]