'התורה והתעודה' הכתובה על הלוחות

There are two terms in the book of Jubilees that need to be clarified: the heavenly tablets and Torah and Te'udah. The heavenly tablets are the tablets of the divisions of the years that are mentioned at the beginning of Jubilees. According to Jubilees, Moses copied from these tablets the Torah and Te'udah during his stay on Mount Sinai. Te'udah, in Jubilees, means history, i.e., the history from creation to the End of Days as planned by God before creation (a plan which is also assumed in other Apocalyptic books). The term Torah adds the dimen-sion of the biblical laws which, according to Jubilees (and the Qumran Wisdom Literature), direct and affect the events of history. The book of Jubilees, which depicts itself as the Torah and Te'udah that was copied by Moses and brought to the people of Israel, includes only the history from creation to Mount Sinai. However, the book occasionally refers to later events that are written on the Heavenly Tablets As part of the Torah and Te'udah, the book of Jubilees describes the roles of the biblical laws in shaping the historical events. The laws, however, are not cited verbatim but are com-bined with interpretation according to the priestly halakhah. This interpretation of the Pen-tateuch has the same authority as the Pentateuch itself since both are considered written doc-uments from Sinai. The book prophesizes, however, that Israel will forget and will sin. Jubilees bases its claim of two written Torot on verses from Exodus and Deuteronomy. The same verses are quoted by the Boethusians in their arguments with the Pharisees, according to the Scholion to Megillat Ta'annit.