Editing Sefer haYashar (midrash) (section)

==Acceptance by Latter-day Saints==
[[Joseph Smith]], founder of the [[Latter Day Saint movement]], acquired a copy in 1841 or 1842 and wrote in the September 1, 1842 edition of the ''[[Times and Seasons]]'', in reference to the patriarch [[Abraham]]: "the book of Jasher, which has not been disproved as a bad author, says he was cast into the fire of the Chaldeans".<ref>[http://www.centerplace.org/history/ts/v3n21.htm Times and Seasons, Volume 3, Number 21], reprinted by centerplace.org</ref> [[David Whitmer]] of the [[Three Witnesses]], arguing in favour of accepting scripture outside of the Biblical canon, later wrote in his 1887 [[Whitmerite]] tract ''An Address to All Believers in Christ'', "There are over fifteen books spoken of in the Bible that are not in the Bible. [...] I have a copy of the book of Jasher; It is spoken of in 2 Sam. i:18 and Joshua x:13."<ref>{{cite book |section-url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/An_Address_to_All_Believers_in_Christ/Part_First/Chapter_II |section=Part First, Chapter II |title=An Address to All Believers in Christ |last=Whitmer |first=David |author-link=David Whitmer |year=1887}}</ref>

[[John C. Hamer]] has speculated that narrative points in the Book of Jasher relating to [[Adam and Eve]]'s "garments" and their acquisition by [[Nimrod]] may have influenced the development of the practice of wearing [[temple garments]].<ref>{{cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucS-eKDmt1I&t=1927 |last=Hamer |first=John |author-link=John C. Hamer |date=2022-02-22 |title=The Book of Jasher |work=Centre Place Lectures |time=32:07–36:46 |time-caption=Event occurs between}}</ref>

In 1886, Joseph Hyrum Parry of [[Salt Lake City]] acquired the rights to the translation from Mordecai Noah's estate. It was published by J. H. Parry & Company in [[Salt Lake City]] in 1887.

A number of [[Mormons|Mormon]] scholars consider this Book of Jasher to be of authentic ancient Hebrew origin.<ref>{{cite web |title=Origins of the Book of Jasher, 1840 Edition |author=Jeffrey W. Hamilton |website=Christian Library |url=http://www.christianlibrary.org/authors/Jeffrey_W_Hamilton/LVanswers/2011/02-04.html |date=2011-02-04 |access-date=2024-07-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://bookofmormonevidence.org/the-book-of-mormon-and-the-book-of-jasher-what-is-the-connection/ |title= The Book of Mormon and the Book of Jasher - What is the Connection? |website=Book Of Mormon Evidence |access-date=2024-07-07}}</ref>
Some of these scholars suggest that the book likely contains many original portions of the [[Sefer HaYashar (Biblical references)|Sefer HaYashar]] referenced in the [[Old Testament]] but also has a number of added interpolations. This Joseph Hyrum Parry edition of the Book of Jasher continues to be held in high repute by many [[Mormons]]. A number of Mormons{{Who|date=October 2011}} have pointed to certain portions of the book that have commonalities to parts of the [[Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible]], particularly those parts dealing with the [[antediluvian]] period. The Bible has only scant information about pre-flood times, but both the Book of Jasher and parts of the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible contain additional information, some of which is strikingly similar.<ref>{{cite book |title=Annotated Edition of the Book of Jasher |publisher=Digital Legend Press and Publishing, Inc. |year=2019 |isbn=978-1-944200-70-1 |editor=David Hocking |location=Salt Lake City |page=6 |translator=[[Moses Samuel]]}}</ref> The LDS Church does not officially endorse this Book of Jasher.