1Maccabees and The Book of Jasher

1Maccabees and The Book of Jasher

It would appear that the author of 1Maccabees was familiar with the Book of Jasher. Notice the similarity between 1Macc. 1:33 (which describes how Antiochus Epiphanies made Jerusalem into a fortress):

33 And they built the City of David
with a high wall with stone
and with great towers,
and it became their fortress.
(1Macc. 1:33 HRV)

and Jasher 9:27a which describes Nimrod’s building of the Tower of Babel:

27 And when they were building,
they built themselves a great city
and a very high and strong tower…
(Jasher 9:27a HRV)

 

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