Editing Sefer haYashar (midrash) (section)

==Other books of the same name==
The book is named after the [[Sefer HaYashar (Biblical references)|Book of Jasher]] mentioned in [[Book of Joshua|Joshua]] and [[Books of Samuel|2 Samuel]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |entry=Yashar, Sefer Ha- |title=Jewish Encyclopedia |author1=Joseph Jacobs |author2=Schulim Ochser |year=1906 |pages=588–589 |url=https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/15067-yashar-sefer-ha |access-date=2024-08-26}}</ref>

Although it is presented as the original "Book of Jasher" in translations such as that of Moses Samuel (1840), it is not accepted as such in [[rabbinical Judaism]].  It should not be confused with the very different ''[[Book of Jasher (Pseudo-Jasher)]]'' printed by [[Jacob Ilive]] in 1751, which was purported to have been translated by the English monk [[Alcuin]].

Additionally, an ethical text was written under the same name (not purporting to be the biblical book). According to the ''[[Encyclopaedia Judaica]]'', Volume 14, p.&nbsp;1099, this work was "probably written in the 13th century."

[[Rabbeinu Tam]] also titled his work of Talmudic novellae [[Sefer haYashar (Rabbeinu Tam)|Sefer Hayashar]].