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Gad
the Prophet – Wikipedia
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Gad (Hebrew: גָּד, Modern: Gad,
Tiberian: Gāḏ, "luck", /ɡæd/) was a seer or prophet
mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and the writings of Jewish historian Josephus. He
was one of the personal prophets of King David of Israel and, according to the
Talmudic tradition, some of his writings are believed to be included in the
Books of Samuel.[1] He is first mentioned in 1 Samuel 22:5 telling David to
return from refuge in Moab to the forest of Hereth in the land of Judah.
The next biblical reference to Gad is 2 Samuel 24:11–13 (1
Chronicles 21:9–13) where, after David confesses his sin of taking a census of
the people of Israel and Judah, God sends Gad to David to offer him a choice of
three forms of punishment.[2]
Gad is mentioned a final time in the Books of Samuel in 2
Samuel 24:18, coming to David and telling him to build an altar to God after
God stops the plague that David had chosen as punishment. The place indicated
by Gad for the altar is "in the threshing-floor of Araunah the
Jebusite".
1 Chronicles 21:18–19 tells of an encounter Gad had with
the angel of the Lord.
A tomb attributed to Gad is located at Halhul.[3]
The Chronicles of Gad the seer
Main article: Book of Gad the Seer
The words, or chronicle, of Gad the seer are mentioned in 1
Chronicles 29:29 and are generally considered a lost text.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Book of Gad the Seer (Hebrew: דברי
גד החזה, romanized: diḇrê Gāḏ
ha-ḥōzeh) is a presumed lost text, supposed to have been written by
the biblical prophet Gad, which is mentioned at 1 Chronicles (1 Chronicles
29:29). The passage reads: "Now the acts of David the king, first and
last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book
of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer."
Some traditional Rabbinic commentaries understood this to
be a reference to the books of I and II Samuel which were started by Samuel
himself and completed by Nathan the Prophet and Gad the Seer.[1]
Pseudepigraphic book of the same name
There is a pseudepigraphic book by the same title, extant
in the form of a manuscript from the Jews of Cochin, India. The manuscript now
in the Cambridge Library is a relatively recent (19th century) copy. According
to Solomon Schechter, this manuscript was copied from a document purporting to
be from Rome, and the late linguistic forms and features of the Hebrew
manuscript, as well as its substantial similarity with some medieval
Kabbalistic literature and some aspects of Christianity, indicate a relatively
late date. He therefore regarded it as not dating back to antiquity.[2]
However, according to Professor Meir Bar Ilan, although some linguistic aspects
of the Hebrew manuscript are of late date, there is evidence that the book
originated in approximately the 1st or 2nd century A.D.[3][4][5]
A scholarly edition of the book was published in August
2015, edited by Professor Meir Bar Ilan of Bar Ilan University. The book also
includes an English translation of the original text.[6] The work is included
in the contemporary The 120-Book Holy Bible and Apocrypha Collection: Literal Standard
Version (LSV).[7]