In the Bible it states 2 times in the book of Samuel it this not written in the book of Jasher who wrote the book of Jasher and where is it?

Answer 1

The Book of Jasher is mentioned just twice in The Bible - Joshua 10:13 and 2 Samuel 1:18. The intension of many for many years to find the missing Book of Jasher and the original manuscript of its contents have not prevailed. Though many books have surfaced over several hundreds of years with the same title and claiming to be the lost Book of Jasher, it is believed that they are all spurious - unauthentic, specious, false, fakes, imitations. The interest in the book of Jasher was generated by the perception that the book gave a more detailed account of the events that are mentioned in the books of Joshua and 2 Samuel. The Hebrew meaning of the Book of Jasher is the book of the upright, or the book of the righteous. Many Hebrew writings with this name do exist, the earliest was published in Venice in 1625. To add to the mystery and to the spurious assessment of the 1625 publication, no manuscript has ever been found to prove its authenticity. There have been over thirty Hebrew editions of this same work published since the 1625 publication. This particular version of the so-called Book of Jasher was published in English, in New York in 1840 by Mordecai Manuel Noah. A few years prior to the publication of the English edition by Mr. Noah, another Book of Jasher, published 1751 in London and again in Bristol(England) in 1829 was found to be fictitious and a sham and came to be known as the Pseudo-Jasher book. Mordecai Manuel Noah's English version of 1840 is believed to have been originally written during the thirteenth century A.D. in Spain. Most of the character names in the book excluding biblical names are of Arabic, Spanish or Italian origin. The Hebrew style of writing used around the thirteenth century and middle ages differs considerably to the Hebrew, and Hebrew inspired writers from ancient times. The book itself more or less corresponds with the book of Geneses, Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, and Joshua. Evidence is quite substantial against the 1625 Venice publication, and the 1840 English translation not being the lost Book of Jasher. As with the Holy Bible there are many interpolations and subtractions to alter the truth and the spirit of the meaning of the text; For what purpose? I leave that for the open minded to investigate. In any event, if you have a good grasp of the truth, which is light, and you have the Holy Ghost as your guide, which is a witness of the light, then you will be able to discern the light from the darkness as well as one can differentiate between day and night.>