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Question: Can anyone tell me anything about the Book of Jubilees (the Little Genesis/Apocolypse of Moses), the I and II Book of Adam, the Book of Noah, and the Book of Enoch? I understand a Rabbi’s main focus is within the Torah, but somebody has to know something of the ancient scrolls.
Answer: The Apocrypha are books that were deemed to be unsubstantiated and containing errors by the Men of the Great Assembly who decided on which books would be included in the Canon. Of the books of the Apocrypha, the Book of Maccabees (the Hasmonean Scroll) is the only one that is sometimes referenced for its historical information. Judaism pretty much ignores all of the others.
All the Best,
Rabbi Azriel Schreiber
