Words of Ahikar

By Scriptural Research Institute

The Words of Ahikar is the oldest surviving Israelite story, with known copies in Aramaic dating back to the 5th-century BC. As it has been translated into many languages over the past two and a half millennia, it now has several names and translations, including the Words of Ahiqar, the Story of Ahikar, and various variations of the name, including Hayqar (from the Arabic translations), Achiacharos (from the Greek translations), and Xikar (from the Armenian translations). The oldest fragment of this book found to date was discovered in Elephantine, Egypt, and dates to the 5th-century, making it a couple of centuries older than the oldest of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
While the story is set during the Assyrian Captivity of the Israelites during the 7th-century, it is generally accepted by scholars that the book was written in its current form in the 6th-century BC, during the Babylonian Captivity of the Israelites.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Scriptural Research Institute
• Release date: Feb 10, 2020
• ISBN: 9781989852002