Book of Jasher poetic source behind Joshua and Samuel
The absent book of Jasher cited behind poetic material in Joshua 10 and 2 Samuel 1.
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A cited but absent Hebrew poetic source surface.
This article describes an entity that is not directly attested as an extant recoverable book; it is inferred from source-citation traces and should not be read as ordinary documentation of a surviving Jasher manuscript.
Epistemic status
Draft article. Joshua and 2 Samuel directly cite the book of Jasher, but the cited source is not extant here.
Summary
Joshua 10 and 2 Samuel 1 both refer to material as written in the book of Jasher. Inferpedia treats this as an absent Hebrew poetic or martial anthology surface, not as the later pseudo-Jasher tradition.
What is being inferred
The inferred entity is the lost book or anthology surface behind the Jasher citations in Joshua and Samuel.
What is attested
The texts attest two citation notices, one beside the sun-and-moon battle poem and one beside David's lament material.
Why infer this entity
The same title appears in two distinct contexts and is explicitly described as written source material.
Evidence ledger
- E1, Joshua 10:12-13: primary trace for poetic battle material.
- E2, Joshua 10:13: primary trace for the Jasher citation.
- E3, 2 Samuel 1:17-18: primary trace for lament material.
- E4, 2 Samuel 1:18: primary trace for the second Jasher citation.
Counterarguments
The title may designate a fluid anthology, a source formula, or a later editorial citation rather than one stable book.
Confidence scores
Direct attestation: 78. Existence warrant: 90. Specificity: 82. Reconstruction dependence: 68. Counterevidence: 14.
What would change the score
Specialist work on Hebrew poetic sources, the book of Jasher citations, or the relationship to later pseudo-Jasher texts would change the score.
Why this candidate exists
Codex-native Judaism category traversal selected a cross-book named source citation for a lost Hebrew anthology surface.
L3 Evidence packet
Bible (King James), Joshua 10 - Indirect reference
Warrant role: Primary trace
Source authority: Primary source 80
Access level: Full text
Locator: Joshua 10:12-13
Quote: "Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon"
Paraphrase: The Joshua citation is attached to a preserved poetic command.
Reliability: 80 - Relevance: 84
Cluster: book-of-jasher-joshua-samuel
Bible (King James), Joshua 10 - Indirect reference
Warrant role: Primary trace
Source authority: Primary source 80
Access level: Full text
Locator: Joshua 10:13
Quote: "written in the book of Jasher"
Paraphrase: Joshua explicitly cites the book of Jasher as the source surface.
Reliability: 80 - Relevance: 94
Cluster: book-of-jasher-joshua-samuel
Bible (King James), 2 Samuel 1 - Indirect reference
Warrant role: Primary trace
Source authority: Primary source 80
Access level: Full text
Locator: 2 Samuel 1:17-18
Quote: "David lamented with this lamentation"
Paraphrase: The Samuel citation is connected with preserved lament material.
Reliability: 80 - Relevance: 82
Cluster: book-of-jasher-joshua-samuel
Bible (King James), 2 Samuel 1 - Indirect reference
Warrant role: Primary trace
Source authority: Primary source 80
Access level: Full text
Locator: 2 Samuel 1:18
Quote: "written in the book of Jasher"
Paraphrase: 2 Samuel independently cites the same absent book.
Reliability: 80 - Relevance: 94
Cluster: book-of-jasher-joshua-samuel
Offline existing-inferon judge ledger control source - Network gap
Warrant role: Noetic interpretation
Source authority: Noetic model prior 50
Access level: No external text
Locator: existing_inferon_judge_promote:inferon:354
Paraphrase: Offline judge treated existing inferon 354 (source_dependence) as support for Book of Jasher poetic source behind Joshua and Samuel. Evidence strength: source-backed prior reading already isolated a bounded missing or reconstructed entity; suitable for L2 only. The accountable path is EvidencePath 1571.
Reliability: 88 - Relevance: 66
Cluster: existing_inferon_judge_promote:850f759a43771106ecb0aa11166031f0
Arguments
Existing inferon 354 supports an L2 inferred candidate for Book of Jasher poetic source behind Joshua and Samuel; this remains below publication and is not direct attestation.
AI-assessed L2 Quotient triage: AI judge warrant assessment for L2 Quotient triage; existing AI-created evidence remains below publication.
The book of Jasher behind Joshua and Samuel is warranted as a source-backed draft lost-text entity.
Two biblical citation notices give strong warrant for an absent named source, though its extent and unity remain uncertain.