Book of Jasher

lost book mentioned in 2 Samuel 1:18 and Joshua 10:13
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Book of Jasher

Summary

Book of Jasher is a lost literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of lost_literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (865 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Book of Jasher's instance of is recorded as lost literary work[3].
  • Book of Jasher's language of work or name is recorded as Biblical Hebrew[4].
  • Book of Jasher's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02wzsc[5].
  • Book of Jasher's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[6].
  • Book of Jasher's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • Book of Jasher's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[8].
  • Book of Jasher's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[9].
  • Book of Jasher's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Book-of-Jashar[10].
  • Book of Jasher's title is recorded as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'סֵפֶר הַיָּשָׁר'}[11].
  • Book of Jasher's different from is recorded as Sefer haYashar[12].
  • Book of Jasher's different from is recorded as Book of Jasher[13].
  • Book of Jasher's different from is recorded as Q6644605[14].
  • Book of Jasher's different from is recorded as Sefer haYashar[15].
  • Book of Jasher's Quora topic ID is recorded as Book-of-Jasher[16].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Book of Jasher include Sefer haYashar[17], a literary work[18].

Why It Matters

Book of Jasher ranks in the top 7% of lost_literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (865 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Entities named for it include Sefer haYashar[17], a literary work[18].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Quora. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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