(סינקלוס ובעיית המקורות בפרק ג של ספר היובלים (בשולי מאמרו של מ' סיגל

In his article Michael Segal raised the question of the sources of Jubilees 3, stimulating this investigation of the parallel material in Syncellus treating the account of the creation of Adam and Eve, their entry to Paradise, and the Expulsion. Detailed analysis of the chronographical data found in Syncellus (ultimately derived from the works "Life of Adam" and "Little Genesis") led the author to propose a reconstruction of the original form of the tradition underlying Syncellus' account, according to which the prohibition against eating from the Tree of Life took place forty-four days before Adam's entry to Paradise. This solves the illogicality of the original account in which Adam was commanded not to eat from the Tree of Life but three days after entering Paradise. The data in the reconstructed source of Syncellus are remarkably consistent and symmetrical and Syncellus' account resolves many of the problems found in Jubilees. One may venture to argue that Syncellus' account is not a reworking of Jubilees, but rather reflects a source of the latter work. A detailed table comparing Syncellus, Jubilees 3, and the proposed reconstruction is included in the article (see p. 132).