Jannes and Jambres
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Jannes and Jambres
(jăn`ēz, jăm`brēz), in the Bible, opponents of Moses. Tradition gave these names to Pharaoh's magicians. One of the PseudepigraphaPseudepigrapha[Gr.,=things falsely ascribed], a collection of early Jewish and some Jewish-Christian writings composed between c.200 B.C. and c.A.D. 200, not found in the Bible or rabbinic writings.
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