The Book of Jasher

The Book of Jasher is referred to in the Bible in Joshua and Second Samuel. The name Jasher in Hebrew means; the upright or correct record. The most important value of this book is the large quantity of additional detail it gives to various accounts in the Old Testament. For instance, the translator states in his preface: This book contains a more detailed account of the awful circumstances attending the commencement of the flood, and of the conduct of Noah toward the terrified multitude who had assembled about the ark, when the fatal moment had arrived, and their doom was irrevocably fixed. . . . Connected with this period of the history is given an account of Nimrod; in which is strikingly depicted the arbitrary and violent character of his conduct and government. . . .