The Book of the Wars of the LORD () is one of the non-canonical books referenced in the Bible that have been lost.[http://www.aishdas.org/toratemet/en_torah.html Student, Gil. On the Authorship of the Torah. Aishdas: "So far, we have seen the talmudic and midrashic evidence that the forefathers, including Moshe, wrote books other than the Torah that were maintained and studied. However, there is also much internal evidence that there were other books written. Consider the following verses," after which the author cites as examples of lost books (words written in remembrance of the destruction of Amalek), (Book of the Covenant), (recorded ones), (Book of the Wars of the ), and (Journeys). It is mentioned in Numbers 21:13–14, which reads:
David Rosenberg suggests in The Book of David that it was written circa 1100 BC. Theologian Joseph Barber Lightfoot suggested it was another title for the biblical Book of Jasher.
The medieval Book of Jasher calls The Book of the Wars of the LORD a collaborative record Moses, Joshua, and the children of IsraelBook of Jasher 90:48 wrote. It was likely a collection of victory songs about Israel's military conquest of Canaan.
In Exodus 17:14, God tells Moses to inscribe an Israelite military victory over the Amalekites in an unnamed book and recount it later before his successor Joshua. Some Torah scholars such as Moses ibn Ezra have suggested this book may refer to the Book of the Wars of the LORD.
See also Bible Lost work Books of the Bible Milhamoth ha-Shem (the title of several Hebrew polemical texts) War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness
References
External links Encyclopedia Judaica: Book of the Wars of the Lord Jewish Encyclopedia: Book of the Wars of the Lord