The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs

The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs is an apocryphal work containing the final speeches and dying commands of the twelve sons of Jacob to their descendants.

R.H. Charles, who translated the Testaments at the beginning of the 20th century, wrote,

“The main, overwhelming value of the book lies in its ethical teaching, which has achieved a real immortality by influencing the thoughts and diction of the writers of the New Testament, and even those of our Lord.”.

Each Testament consists of a ...