List of the manuscripts from Qumran Cave 4 | |
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Material | Parchment, Papyrus |
Writing | Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek |
Created | Est. 408 BCE to 318 CE |
Discovered | 1952 |
Present location | Qumran |
The following is a list of the Dead Sea Scrolls from the cave 4 near Qumran.
Wadi Qumran Cave 4 was discovered in August 1952, and was excavated from 22–29 September 1952 by Gerald Lankester Harding, Roland de Vaux, and Józef Milik. [1] [2] Cave 4 is actually two hand-cut caves (4a and 4b), but since the fragments were mixed, they are labeled as 4Q. Cave 4 is the most famous of Qumran caves both because of its visibility from the Qumran plateau and its productivity. It is visible from the plateau to the south of the Qumran settlement. It is by far the most productive of all Qumran caves, producing ninety percent of the Dead Sea Scrolls and scroll fragments (approx. 15,000 fragments from 500 different texts), including 9–10 copies of Jubilees, along with 21 tefillin and 7 mezuzot .
Some resources for more complete information on the scrolls are the book by Emanuel Tov, "Revised Lists of the Texts from the Judaean Desert" [3] for a complete list of all of the Dead Sea Scroll texts, as well as the online webpages for the Shrine of the Book [4] and the Leon Levy Collection, [5] both of which present photographs and images of the scrolls and fragments themselves for closer study. Information is not always comprehensive, as content for many scrolls has not yet been fully published.
Fragment or scroll identifier | Fragment or scroll name | Alternative identifier | English Bible Association | Language | Date/script | Description | Reference |
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Qumran Cave 4 | |||||||
4QGen-Exoda | Genesis–Exodus | 4Q1 | Genesis 8:20–21; Exodus 1–4; 5:3–17; 6:4–21,25; 7:5–13,15–20; 8:20–22; 9:8; 22:14; 27:38–39,42–43; 34:17–21 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | Fragments from Genesis to Numbers | [6] [7] |
4QGenb | Genesis | 4Q2 | Genesis 1:1–27; 2:14–19; 4:2–4; 5:13 | Hebrew | Roman | Fragment of Genesis | [6] [8] |
4QGenc | 4Q3 | Genesis 40–41 | Hebrew | Herodian | Fragments of Genesis | [6] [9] | |
4QGend | 4Q4 | Genesis 1:18–27 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | Fragments of Genesis on the Beginning of Creation | [6] [10] | |
4QGene | 4Q5 | Genesis 36–37; 40–43; 49 | Hebrew | Herodian | Fragments of Genesis | [6] [11] | |
4QGenf | 4Q6 | Genesis 48:1–11 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | Fragments of Genesis | [6] [12] | |
4QGeng | 4Q7 | Genesis 1:1–11,13–22; 2:6–7 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | Fragments of Genesis about Creation | [6] [13] | |
4QGenh/4QGenh1 | 4Q8 | Genesis 1:8–10 | Hebrew | Herodian | Fragments of Genesis about the beginning to early mankind. | [14] [15] | |
4QGenh2 | 4Q8a | Genesis 2:17–18 | [14] [16] | ||||
4QGenh-para | 4Q8b | Genesis 12:4–5 | A paraphrase of Genesis | [14] [17] | |||
4QGenh-title | 4Q8c | Genesis | The title of a Genesis manuscript | [14] [18] | |||
4QGenj | 4Q9 | Genesis 41–43; 45 | Hebrew | Herodian | Fragments of Genesis | [14] [19] | |
4QGenk | 4Q10 | Genesis 1:9,14–16,27–28; 2:1–3; 3:1–2 | Hebrew | Herodian | Fragments of Genesis | [14] [20] | |
4QpaleoGen-Exodl | Paleo-Genesis/Exodus | 4Q11 | Genesis 50:26; Exodus 1:1–5; 2:10,22–25; 3:1–4,17–21; 8:13–15, 19–21; 9:25–29, 33–35; 10:1–5; 11:4–10; 12:1–11, 42–46; 14:15–24; 16:2–7, 13–14,18–20,23–25,26–31,33–35; 17:1–3,5–11; 18:17–24; 19:24–25; 20:1–2; 22:23–24; 23:5–16; 25:7–20; 26:29–37; 27:1, 6–14; 28:33–35,40–42; 36:34–36 | Hebrew | Hasmonean; Paleo-Hebrew script | Fragments of Genesis and Exodus | [14] [21] |
4QpaleoGenm | Paleo-Genesis | 4Q12 | Genesis 26:21–28; Exodus 6:25–30; 7:1–19,29; 8:1,5,12–26; 9:5–16,19–21,35; 10:1–12,19–28; 11:8–10; 12:1–2,6–8,13–15,17–22,31–32,34–39; 13:3–7,12–13; 14:3–5,8–9,25–26; 15:23–27; 16:1,4–5,7–8,31–35; 17:1–16; 18:1–27; 19:1,7–17,23–25; 20:1,18–19; 21:5–6, 13–14,22–32; 22:3–4,6–7,11–13,16–30; 23:15–16,19–31; 24:1–4,6–11; 25:11–12,20–29,31–34; 26:8,15,21–30; 27:1–3,9–14,18–19; 28:3–4,8–12,22–24,26–28,30–43; 29:1–5,20,22–25,31–41; 30:10,12–18,29–31,34–38; 31:1–8,13–15; 32:2–19,25–30; 33:12–23; 34:1–3,10–13,15–18,20–24,27–28; 35:1; 36:21–24; 37:9–16 | Hebrew | Hasmonean; Paleo-Hebrew script | Fragment from Genesis | [14] [22] |
4QExodb | Exodus | 4Q13 | Exodus 1:1–6,16–12; 2:2–18; 3:13 – 4:8; 5:3–14 | Hebrew | Herodian | Fragments of Exodus about Slavery in Egypt | [14] [23] |
4QExodc | 4Q14 | Exodus 7:17–19,20–23; 7:26 – 8:1; 8:5–14,16–18,22; 9:10–11,15–20,22–25,27–35; 10:1–5,7–9,12–19,23–24; 11:9–10; 12:12–16,31–48; 13:18 – 14:3; 14:3–13; 17:1 – 18:12 | Hebrew | Herodian | Fragments of Exodus | [14] [24] | |
4QExodd | 4Q15 | Exodus 13:15–16 followed directly by 15:1 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | Fragments of Exodus about the Passover and a Hymn | [14] [25] [26] | |
4QExode | 4Q16 | Exodus 13:3–5,15–16 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | Fragments of Exodus about the Passover and a Hymn | [14] [24] | |
4QExod-Levf | Exodus–Leviticus | 4Q17 | Exodus 38:18–22; 39:3–19, 20–24; 40:8–27; Leviticus 1:13–15, 17–2:1 | Hebrew | Early Hellenistic | Fragments of Exodus and Leviticus | [27] [28] |
4QExodg | Exodus | 4Q18 | Exodus 14:21–27 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | Fragments of Exodus | [27] [29] |
4QExodh | 4Q19 | Exodus 6:3–6 | Hebrew | Herodian | Fragments of Exodus | [27] [30] | |
4QExodj | 4Q20 | Exodus 7:28–8:2 | Hebrew | Herodian | Fragments of Exodus | [27] [31] | |
4QExodk | 4Q21 | Exodus 36:9–10 | Hebrew | Roman | Fragments of Exodus | [27] [32] | |
4QpaleoExodm (olim 4QExα) | Paleo-Exodus | 4Q22 | Exodus 6:25–7:19,29–8:1,[5],12–22; 9:5–16, 19–21, 35–10:12, 19–28; 11:8–12:2,6–8, 13–15, 17–22, 31–32, 34–39; 13:3–8, 12–13; ... 37:9–16 | Hebrew | Hasmonean; Paleo-Hebrew script | Fragments of Exodus; | [33] [27] |
4QLev-Numa | Leviticus–Numbers | 4Q23 | Leviticus 13:32–33; 14:22–34, 40–54; 15:10–11, 19–24; 16:15–29;... 27:5–13;...35:4–5 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | Fragments of Leviticus | [27] [34] |
4QLevb | Leviticus | 4Q24 | Leviticus 1:11–17; 2:1–15; 3:1, 8–14; 21:17–20, 24; 22:1–33; 23:1–25, 40; 24:2–23; 25:28–29, 45–49, 51–52 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | Fragments of Leviticus | [35] [36] |
4QLevc | 4Q25 | Leviticus 1:1–7; 3:16–4:6, 12–14, 23–28; 5:12–13; 8:26–28 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | Fragments of Leviticus | [37] [38] | |
4QLevd | 4Q26 | Leviticus 14:27–29, 33–36; 15:20–24; 17:2–11 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | Fragments of Leviticus | [37] [39] | |
4QLeve | 4Q26a | Leviticus 2:4–6, 11–18; 3:2–4,5–8; 19:34–37; 20:1–3, 27–21:4, 9–12, 21–24; 22:4–6, 11–17 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | Fragments of Leviticus | [5] [37] | |
4QLevg | 4Q26b | Leviticus 7:19–26 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | Fragments of Leviticus | [5] [37] | |
4QNumb | Numbers | 4Q27 | Numbers 11:31–12:11; 13:7–24; 15:41–16:11, 14–16; 17:12–17; 18:25–19:6; 20:12–13,16–17,19–29; 21:1–2,12–13; 22:5–21, 31–34, 37–38, 41–23:6,13–15,21–22, 27–24:10; 25:4–8,16–18; 26:1–5,7–10,12,14–34,62–27:5,7–8,10,18–19,21–23; 28:13–17,28,30–31; 29:10–13,16–18,26–30; 30:1–3,5–9,15–16; 31:2–6, 21–25, 30–33,35–36,38,43–44,46–32:1,7–10,13–17,19,23–30,35,37–39,41; 33:1–4,23,25,28,31,45,47–48,50–52; 34:4–9,19–21,23; 35:3–5,12,14–15,18–25,27–28, 33–36:2,4–7 | Hebrew | Herodian | Fragments of Numbers. A few lines are written in red ink | [37] [40] |
4QDeuta | Deuteronomy | 4Q28 | Deuteronomy 23:26–24:8 | Hebrew | 175–150 BCE Transitional: Archaic to Hasmonean | Fragments of Deuteronomy | [41] [37] [42] |
4QDeutb | 4Q29 | Deuteronomy 29:24–27; 30:3–14; 31:9–17,24–30, 32:1–3 | Hebrew | 150–100 BCE Early Hasmonean | Fragments of Deuteronomy | [41] [37] [43] | |
4QDeutc | 4Q30 | Deuteronomy 3:25–26; 4:13–17,31–32; 7:3–4; 8:1–5; 9:11–12, 17–19,29; 10:1–2,5–8; 11:2–4,9–13,18–19; 12:18–19,26,30–31; 13:5–7,11–12,16; 15:1–5,15–19; 16:2–3,5–11,20–17:7,15–18:1; 26:19— 27:2,24–28:14,18–20,22–25,29–30,48–50,61; 29:17–19; 31:16–19; 32:3 | Hebrew | 150–100 BCE Hasmonean | Fragments of Deuteronomy | [41] [44] | |
4QDeutd | 4Q31 | Deuteronomy 2:24–33; 3:14–29; 4:1 | Hebrew | 124–75 BCE Middle Hasmonean | Fragments of Deuteronomy | [41] [45] | |
4QDeute | 4Q32 | Deuteronomy 3:24; 7:12–16,21–26; 8:1–16 | Hebrew | 50–25 BCE Late Hasmonean | Fragments of Deuteronomy | [41] [45] | |
4QDeutf | 4Q33 | Deuteronomy 4:23–27; 7:22–26; 8:2–14; 9:6–7; 17:17–18; 18:6–10,18–22; 19:17–21; 20:1–6; 21:4–12; 22:12–19; 23:21–26; 24:2–7; 25:3–9; 26:18–27:10 | Hebrew | 75–50 BCE Late Hasmonean | Fragments of Deuteronomy | [41] [45] | |
4QDeutg | 4Q34 | Deuteronomy 9:12–14; 23:18–20; 24:16–22; 25:1–5,14–19; 26:1–5; 28:21–25,27–29 | Hebrew | 1–25 CE Middle Herodian | Fragments of Deuteronomy | [41] [45] | |
4QDeuth | 4Q35 | Deuteronomy 1:1–17,22–23,29–41,43–2:6,28–30; 19:21; 31:9–11; 33:9–22 | Hebrew | 50–1 BCE Transitional: Hasmonean to Early Herodian | Fragments of Deuteronomy | [41] [45] | |
4QDeuti | 4Q36 | Deuteronomy 20:9–13; 21:23; 22:1–9; 23:6–8, 12–16, 22–26; 24:1 | Hebrew | 100–50 BCE Late Hasmonean | Fragments of Deuteronomy | [41] [45] | |
4QDeutj | 4Q37 | Exodus 12:43–44, 46–51; 13:1–5; Deuteronomy 5:1–11, 13–15, 21–33; 6:1–3; 8:5–10; 11:6–10, 12–13; 30:17–18; 32:7–8 | Hebrew | 50 CE Late Herodian | Fragments of Exodus and Deuteronomy | [41] [45] | |
4QDeutk1 | 4Q38 | Deuteronomy 5:28–31; 11:6–13; 32:17–18, 22–23, 25–27 | Hebrew | 30–1 BCE Early Herodian | Fragments of Deuteronomy | [41] [45] [46] | |
4QDeutk2 | 4Q38a | Deuteronomy 19: 8–16; 20: 6–19; 21:16; 23:22–26; 24:1–3; 25:19; 26:1–5, 18–19; 27:1 | Hebrew | 30–1 BCE Early Herodian | Fragments of Deuteronomy | [41] [45] [46] | |
4QDeutk3 | 4Q38b | Deuteronomy 30: 16–18 | Hebrew | 50 CE Late Herodian | Fragments of Deuteronomy | [47] [46] | |
4QDeutl | 4Q39 | Deuteronomy 10:1,14–15; 28:67–68; 29:2–5; 31:12; 33:1–2; 34:4–6,8 | Hebrew | 50 CE Late Hasmonean | Fragments of Deuteronomy about choosing Life or Death | [41] [47] | |
4QDeutm | 4Q40 | Deuteronomy 3:18–22; 4:32–33; 7:18–22 | Hebrew | 50–1 BCE Transitional: Hasmonean to Herodian | Fragments of Deuteronomy | [41] [47] | |
4QDeutn | All Souls Deuteronomy | 4Q41 | Deuteronomy 5:1–33; 6:1; 8:5–10 | Hebrew | 30–1 BCE Early Herodian | Fragments of Deuteronomy | [41] [47] |
4QDeuto | Deuteronomy | 4Q42 | Deuteronomy 2:8; 4:30–34; 5:1–5, 8–9; 28:15–18, 33–36, 47–52, 58–62; 29:22–25 | Hebrew | 75–50 BCE Late Hasmonean | Fragments of Deuteronomy | [41] [47] |
4QDeutp | 4Q43 | Deuteronomy 6:4–11 | Hebrew | 75–50 BCE Late Hasmonean | Fragments of Deuteronomy about Loving God | [41] [47] | |
4QDeutq | 4Q44 | Deuteronomy 32:9–10, 37–43 | Hebrew | 50 BCE–25 CE Late Hasmonean or Early Herodian | Fragments of Deuteronomy | [41] [47] | |
4QpaleoDeutr | Paleo-Deuteronomy | 4Q45 | Deuteronomy 7:2–7, 16–25; 11:28,30–12:1,11–12; 13:19; 14:19–22, 26–29; 15:5–6, 8–10; 19:2–3; 21:8–9; 22:3–6,12–15; 28:15–18, 20; 30:7–8; 32:2–8,10–11,13–14, 33–35; 33:2–8, 29; 34:1–2 | Hebrew | 100–25 BCE Paleo-Hebrew script | Fragments of Deuteronomy | [41] [47] |
4QpaleoDeuts | 4Q46 | Deuteronomy 26:14–15 | Hebrew | 250–200 BCE Archaic Paleo-Hebrew script | Fragments of Deuteronomy about giving Tithes | [41] [47] | |
4QJosha | Joshua | 4Q47 | Joshua 8:34–35; 5:?,2–7; 6:5–10; 7:12–17; 8:3–14, 18?; 10:2–5, 8–11. | Hebrew | Hasmonean | Fragments of Joshua | [47] [48] |
4QJoshb | 4Q48 | Joshua 2:11–12; 3:15–16; 4:1–3; 17:11–15 | [49] [50] | ||||
4QJudga | Judges | 4Q49 | Judges 6:2–6, 11–13 | Hebrew | Herodian | Fragments of Judges | [51] [52] |
4QJudgb | 4Q50 | Judges 19:5–7; 21:12–25 | [51] [53] | ||||
4QSama | Samuel | 4Q51 | 1 Samuel 1:9, 11–13, 17–18, 22–26, 28; 2:1–10,16–36; 3:1–4,18–21; 4:9–12; 5:8–12; 6:1–7,12–13,16–18,20–21; 7:1; 8:9–20; 9:6–8,11–12,16–24; 10:3–18,25–27; 11:1,7–12; 12:7–8,14–19; 14:24–25,28–34,47–51; 15:24–32; 17:3–6; 24:4–5,8–9,14–23; 25:3–12,20–21,25–26,39–40; 26:10–12,21–23; 27:8–12; 28:1–2,22–25; 30:28–30; 31:2–4; 2 Samuel 2:5–16,25–27,29–32; 3:1–8,23–39; 4:1–4,9–12; 5:1–3,6–16; 6:2–9,12–18; 7:23–29; 8:2–8; 10:4–7,18–19; 11:2–12,16–20; 12:4–5,8–9,13–20,30–31; 13:1–6,13–34,36–39; 14:1–3,18–19; 15:1–6,27–31; 16:1–2,11–13,17–18,21–23; 18:2–7,9–11; 19:7–12; 20:2–3,9–14,23–26; 21:1–2,4–6,15–17; 22:30–51; 23:1–6; 24:16–20 | Hebrew | Herodian | Fragments of 1 Samuel and 2 Samuel | [51] [54] |
4QSamb | 4Q52 | 1 Samuel 16:1–11; 19:10–17; 20:27–42; 21:1–10; 23:9–17 | Hebrew | Early Hellenistic | Fragments of 1 Samuel | [51] [55] | |
4QSamc | 4Q53 | 1 Samuel 25:30–32; 2 Samuel 14:7–33; 15:1–15 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | Fragments of 1 Samuel and 2 Samuel | [51] [56] | |
4QKgs | Kings | 4Q54 | 1 Kings 7:31–41; 8:1–9,16–18 | Hebrew | Herodian | Fragments of 1 Kings | [51] [57] |
4QIsaa | Isaiah | 4Q55 | Isaiah 1:1–3; 2:7–10; 4:5–6; 6:4–7; 11:12–15; 12:4–6; 13:4–6; 17:9–14; 19:9–14; 20:1–6; 21:1–2,4–16; 22:13–25; 23:1–12 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | Fragments of Isaiah | [58] [59] |
4QIsab | 4Q56 | Isaiah 1:1–6; 2:3–16; 3:14–22; 5:15–28; 9:10–11; 11:7–9; 12:2; 13:3–18; 17:8–14; 18:1,5–7; 19:1–25; 20:1–4; 21:11–14; 22:24–25; 24:2; 26:1–5,7–19; 35:9–10; 36:1–2; 37:2932; 39:1–8; 40:1–4,22–26; 41:8–11; 43:12–15; 44:19–28; 45:20–25; 46:1–3; 49:21–23; 51:14–16; 52:2,7; 53:11–12; 61:1–3; 64:5–11; 65:1; 66:24 | Hebrew | Herodian | [58] [60] | ||
4QIsac | 4Q57 | Isaiah 9:3–12; 10:23–32; 11:4–11,15–16; 12:1; 14:1–5,13; 22:10–14; 23:8–18; 24:1–15,19–23; 25:1–2,8–12; 30:8–17; 33:2–8,16–23; 45:1–4,6–13; 48:10–13,17–19; 50:7–11; 51:1–16; 52:10–15; 53:1–3,6–8; 54:3–17; 55:1–6; 66:20–24 | Hebrew | [58] [61] | |||
4QIsad | 4Q58 | Isaiah 46:10–13; 47:1–6,8–9; 48:8–22; 49:1–15; 52:4–7; 53:8–12; 54:1–11; 57:9–21; 58:1–3,5–7 | Hebrew | [58] [62] | |||
4QIsae | 4Q59 | Isaiah 2:1–4; 7:17–20; 8:2–14; 9:17–20; 10:1–10; 11:14–15; 12:1–6; 13:1–4; 14:1–13,20–24; 59:15–16 | Hebrew | [58] [63] | |||
4QIsaf | 4Q60 | Isaiah 1:10–16,18–31; 2:1–3; 5:13–14, 25; 6:3–8,10–13; 7:16–18,23–25; 8:1,4–11; 20:4–6; 22:14–22,25; 24:1–3; 27:1,5–6,8–12; 28:6–9,16–18,22,24; 29:8 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | [58] [64] | ||
4QIsag | 4Q61 | Isaiah 42:14–25; 43:1–4,17–24 | Hebrew | Herodian | [58] [65] | ||
4QIsah | 4Q61 | Isaiah 42:4–11 | Hebrew | Herodian | [58] | ||
4QIsai | 4Q62 | Isaiah 56:7–8; 57:5–8 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | [66] [67] | ||
4QIsaj | 4Q63 | Isaiah 1:1–6 | Hebrew | Herodian | [66] [68] | ||
4QIsak | 4Q64 | Isaiah 28:26–29:9 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | [66] [69] | ||
4QIsal | 4Q65 | Isaiah 7:14–15; 8:11–14 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | [66] [70] | ||
4QIsam | 4Q66 | Isaiah 60:20–61:1,3–6 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | [66] [71] | ||
4QIsan | Isaiah | 4Q67 | Isaiah 58:13–14 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | Fragments of Isaiah, including elements on punishment (4Q67) and God's blessings for his people (4Q67, 4Q69a). | [66] [72] |
4QIsao | 4Q68 | Isaiah 14:28–15:2 | [66] [73] | ||||
4QIsap | 4Q69 | Isaiah 5:28–30 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | [66] [74] [75] | ||
4QIsaq | 4Q69a | Isaiah 54:10–13 | [66] [75] | ||||
4QIsar | 4Q69b | Isaiah 30:23 | [66] [75] | ||||
4QJera | Jeremiah | 4Q70 | Jeremiah 6:30?, 7:1–2, 15–19, 28–9:2, 7–15; 10:9–14, 23; 11:3–6, 19–20; 12:3–7, 13–16, 17; 13:1–7, 22–23? [or 22:3], 27; 14:4–7; 15:1–2; 17:8–26; 18:15–23; 19:1; 20:14–18; 21:1?; 22:3–16; 26:10? | Hebrew | 200 BCE – 1 BCE | Fragments of Jeremiah | [66] [76] [77] |
4QJerb | 4Q71 | Jeremiah 9:22–25; 10:1–21 | [76] [77] [78] | ||||
4QJerc | 4Q72 | Jeremiah 4:5, 13–16; 8:1–3, 21–23; 9:1–5; 10:12–13; 19:8–9; 20:2–5, 7–9, 13–15; 21:7–10; 22:4–6, 10–28; 25:7–8,15–17, 24–26; 26:10–13; 27:1–3, 13–15; 30:6–9, [10–17], 17–24; 31:1–14, 19–26; 33:?, 16–20 | [76] [77] [78] | ||||
4QJerd (olim 4QJerb) | 4Q72a | Jeremiah 43:2–10 | [76] [77] [78] | ||||
4QJere (olim 4QJerb) | 4Q72b | Jeremiah 50:4–6 | [76] [77] [78] | ||||
4QEzea | Ezekiel | 4Q73 | Ezekiel 10:5–16, 17–22; 11:1–11; 23:14–15, 17–18, 44–47; 41:3–6 | Hebrew | Herodian | Fragments of Ezekiel | [78] [79] |
4QEzeb | 4Q74 | Ezekiel 1:10–13, 16–17, 19–24 | [78] [80] [81] | ||||
4QEzec | 4Q75 | Ezekiel 24:2–3 | [78] [82] | ||||
4QXIIa | The Twelve Minor Prophets | 4Q76 | Zechariah 14:18; Malachi 2:10–3:24; Jonah 1:1–5, 7–2:1, 7; 3:2 | Hebrew | Herodian | Fragments of the Twelve Minor Prophets | [78] [83] |
4QXIIb | 4Q77 | Zephaniah 1:1–2; 2:13–15; 3:19–20; Haggai 1:1–2; 2:2–4 | [78] [84] | ||||
4QXIIc | 4Q78 | Hosea 2:13–15; 3:2–4; 4:1–19; 5:1; 7:12–13; 13:3–10, 15; 14:1–6; Joel 1:10–20; 2:1, 8–23; 4:6–21; Amos 1:1?; 2:11–16; 3:1–15; 4:1–2; 6:13–14; 7:1–16; Zephaniah 2:15; 3:1–2; Malachi 3:6–7? | [78] [85] | ||||
4QXIId | 4Q79 | Hosea 1:6–2:5 | [86] [87] | ||||
4QXIIe | 4Q80 | Haggai 2:18–19, 20–21; Zechariah 1:4–6, 8–10, 13–15; 2:10–14; 3:2–10; 4:1–4; 5:8–6:5; 8:2–4, 6–7, 12:7–12 | [86] [88] | ||||
4QXIIf | 4Q81 | Jonah 1:6–8, 10–16; Micah 5:1–2 | [86] [89] | ||||
4QXIIg | 4Q82 | Hosea 2:1–5,14–19, 22–25; 3:1–5; 4:1, 10–11, 13–14; 6:3–4, 8–11; 7:1, 12–13, 13–16; 8:1; 9:1–4, 9–17; 10:1–14; 11:2–5, 6–11; 12:1–15; 13:1, 6–8?, 11–13; 14:9–10; Joel 1:12–14; 2:2–13 4:4–9, 11–14, 17, 19–20; Amos 1:3–15; 2:1, 7–9, 15–16; 3:1–2; 4:4–9; 5:1–2, 9–18; 6:1–4, 6–14; 7:1, 7–12, 14–17; 8:1–5, 11–14; 9:1, 5–6, 14–15; Obadiah 1–5, 8–12, 14–15; Jonah 1:1–9; 2:3–11; 3:1–3; 4:5–11; Micah 1:7, 12–15; 2:3–4; 3:12; 4:1–2; 5:6–7 (7–8); 7:2–3, 20; Nahum 1:7–9; 2:9–11; 3:1–3, 17; Habakkuk 2:4?; Zephaniah 3:3–5; Zechariah 10:11–12; 11:1–2; 12:1–3 | [86] [90] | ||||
4QPsa | Psalms | 4Q83 | Psalm 5:9–13; 6:1–4; 25:15; 31:24–25; 33:1–12; 35:2,14–20,26–28; 36:1–9; 38:2–12,16–23; 47:2; 53:4–7; 54:1–6; 56:4; 62:13; 63:2–4; 66:16–20; 67:1–7; 69:1–19; 71:1–14 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | Fragments of Psalms. | [86] [91] |
4QPsb | 4Q84 | Psalm 91:5–8,12–15; 92:4–8,13–15; 93:5; 94:1–4,8–14,17–18,21–22; 96:2; 98:4; 99:5–6; 100:1–2; 102:5,10–29; 103:1–6,9–14,20–21; 112:4–5; 113:1; 115:2–3; 116:17–19; 118:1–3,6–11,18–20,23–26,29 | Hebrew | Herodian | [86] [92] | ||
4QPsc & 4QPst [n 1] | 4Q85 / 4Q98c | Psalm 16:7–9; 18:3–14,16–18,33–41; 27:12–14; 28:1–2,4; 35:27–28; 37:18–19; 45:8–11; 49:1–17; 50:14–23; 51:1–5; 52:6–11; 53:1 Psalm 88:15–17 | Hebrew | Herodian | [86] [93] [94] [95] | ||
4QPsd | 4Q86 | Psalm 146:10; 147:1–3,13–17,20; 104:1–5,8–11,14–15,22–25,33–35 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | [96] [97] | ||
4QPse | 4Q87 | Psalm 76:10–12; 77:1; 78:6–7,31–33; 81:2–3; 86:10–11; 88:1–4; 89:44–46,50–53; 104:1–3,20–21; 105:22–24,36–45; 109:13; 115:15–18; 116:1–3; 120:6; 125:2–5; 126:1–5; 129:8; 130:1–3 | Hebrew | Herodian | [96] [98] | ||
4QPsf | 4Q88 | Psalm 22:14–17; 107:2–4,8–11,13–15,18–19,22–30,35; 109:4–6, 25–28; Apostrophe to Zion; Apostrophe to Judah; Eschatological Hymn | Hebrew | Hasmonean | [96] [99] | ||
4QPsg | 4Q89 | Psalm 119:37–43,44–46,49–50,73,81–83,90 | Hebrew | Herodian | [96] [100] | ||
4QPsh | 4Q90 | Psalm 119:10–21 | Hebrew | Herodian | [96] [101] | ||
4QPsj | 4Q91 | Psalm 48:1–7; 49:6,9–12,15,17 | Hebrew | Herodian | [96] [102] | ||
4QPsk | 4Q92 | Psalm 26:7–12; 27:1; 30:9–13; 135:7–16; | Hebrew | Hasmonean | [96] [103] | ||
4QPsl | 4Q93 | Psalm 104:3–5,11–12 | Hebrew | Herodian | [96] [104] | ||
4QPsm | 4Q94 | Psalm 93:3–5; 95:3–6; 97:6–9; 98:4–8 | Hebrew | Herodian | [96] [105] | ||
4QPsn | 4Q95 | Psalm 135:6–9,11–12; 136:23–24 | Hebrew | Herodian | [106] [93] | ||
4QPso | 4Q96 | Psalm 114:7; 115:1–2,4; 116:3, 5, 7–10 | Hebrew | Herodian | [93] [107] | ||
4QPsp (olim 4Q237) | 4Q97 | Psalm 143:2–4, 6–8 | Hebrew | Herodian | [93] [108] | ||
4QPsq | Psalms | 4Q98 | Psalm 31:24–25; 33:1–18; 35:4–20 | Hebrew | Herodian | Fragments of Psalms, including elements on putting one's hope in God (4Q98d), the earth shaking at the presence of God (4Q98e), the blessings of God's Children and the struggle of the wicked (4Q98f). | [93] |
4QPsr | 4Q98a | Psalm 26:7–12; 27:1; 30:9–13 | [93] [109] | ||||
4QPss | 4Q98b | Psalm 5:8–13; 6:1 | [93] | ||||
*4QPst (see 4QPsc) | *4Q98c | Psalm 88:15–17 | [93] | ||||
4QPsu | 4Q98d | Psalm 42:5 | [93] | ||||
4QPsv (olim 4QPsu frg. 2) | 4Q98e | Psalm 99:1 | [93] | ||||
4QPsw | 4Q98f | Psalm 112:1–9 | [93] | ||||
4QPsx (olim 4Q236) | 4Q98g | Psalm 89:20–22, 26, 23, 27–28, 31 | [93] | ||||
4QJoba | Job | 4Q99 | Job 31:14–19; 32:3–4; 33:10–11, 24–26, 28–30; 35:16; 36:7–11, 13–27, 32–33; 37:1–5, 14–15 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | Fragments of Job | [110] |
4QJobb | 4Q100 | Job 8:15–17; 9:27; 13:4; 14:4–6; 31:20–21 | Herodian | [111] [112] |
Fragment or scroll identifier | Fragment or scroll name | Alternative identifier | English Bible Association | Language | Date/script | Description | Reference |
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4QpaleoJobc | Paleo-Job | 4Q101 | Job 13:18–20, 23–27; 14:13–18 | Hebrew | Early Hellenistic; Paleo-Hebrew script | Fragment of Job | [111] [113] |
4QProva | Proverbs | 4Q102 | Proverbs 1:27–33; 2:1 | Hebrew | Herodian | Fragments of Proverbs | [111] [114] |
4QProvb | 4Q103 | Proverbs 13:6–9; 14:5–10, 12–13, 31–35; 15:1–8, 19–31; 7:9, 11? | Hebrew | Herodian | [111] [115] | ||
4QRutha | Ruth | 4Q104 | Ruth 1:1–12 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | Fragments of Ruth | [111] [116] |
4QRuthb | 4Q105 | Ruth 1:1–6, 12–15 | Hebrew | Herodian | [111] [117] | ||
4QCanta | Canticles (Song of Songs) | 4Q106 | Song of Songs 3:4–5, 7–11; 4:1–7; 6:11?–12; 7:1–7 | Hebrew | Herodian | Fragments of Pesher on Song of Songs/Canticles, including an introduction (4Q106). | [111] [118] |
4QCantb | 4Q107 | Song of Songs 2:9–17; 3:1–2, 5, 9–11; 4:1–3, 8–11, 14–16; 5:1 | Hebrew | Herodian | [111] [119] | ||
4QCantc | 4Q108 | Song of Songs 3:7–8 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [111] [120] | ||
4QQoha | Ecclesiastes | 4Q109 | Ecclesiastes 5:13–17; 6:1?,3–8,12; 7:1–10,19–20 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | Fragments of Ecclesiastes | [121] [122] |
4QQohb | 4Q110 | Ecclesiastes 1:10–15 | Hebrew | Herodian | [121] [123] | ||
4QLam | Lamentations | 4Q111 | Lamentations 1:1–15, 17, 16, 18; 2:5 | Hebrew | Herodian | Fragments of Lamentations | [121] [124] |
4QDana | Daniel | 4Q112 | Daniel 1:16–20; 2:9–11, 19–49; 3:1–2; 4:29–30; 5:5–7, 12–14, 16–19; 7:5–7, 25–28; 8:1–5; 10:16–20; 11:13–16 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | Fragments of Daniel | [121] [125] |
4QDanb | 4Q113 | Daniel 5:10–12, 14–16, 19–22; 6:8–22, 27–29; 7:1–6, 11?, 26–28; 8:1–8, 13–16 | Hebrew | Herodian | [121] [126] | ||
4QDanc | 4Q114 | Daniel 10:5–9, 11–16, 21; 11:1–2, 13–17, 25–29 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | [121] [127] | ||
4QDand | 4Q115 | Daniel 3:8–10?, 23–25; 4:5–9, 12–16; 7:15–23 | Hebrew | Herodian | [121] [128] | ||
4QDane | 4Q116 | Daniel 9:12–17 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | [121] [129] | ||
4QEzra | Ezra | 4Q117 | Ezra 4:2–6, 9–11; 5:17; 6:1–5 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | Fragments of Ezra-Nehemiah | [121] [130] |
4QChr/4QChron | Chronicles | 4Q118 | 2 Chronicles 28:27; 29:1–3 | Hebrew | Herodian | Fragments of 2 Chronicles | [121] [131] |
4QLXXLeva gr | Septuagint Leviticus | 4Q119 | Leviticus 26:2–16 | Greek | Hasmonean | Fragments of Leviticus | [132] [133] |
4QpapLXXLevb/ pap4QLXXLevb gr | 4Q120 | Leviticus 1:11; 2:3–5, 7–8?; 3:4, 7, 9–14; 4:3–4, 6–8, 10–11, 18–19, 26–28, 30; 5:6, 8–10, 16–24; [6:1–5] | Greek | Hasmonean | 97 fragments of Leviticus. Contains ΙΑΩ for the tetragrammaton | [132] [134] | |
4QLXXNumb gr | Septuagint Numbers | 4Q121 | Numbers 3:40–43,50–51?; 4:1?,5–9,11–16; 3:39? | Greek | Herodian | Fragments of Numbers | [132] [135] |
4QLXXDeut gr | Septuagint Deuteronomy | 4Q122 | Deuteronomy 11:4 | Greek | Early Hellenistic | Fragments of Deuteronomy | [41] [132] [136] |
4QpaleoparaJosh | Paraphrase on Joshua | 4Q123 | Joshua | Hebrew | Paleo-Hebrew script | "Rewritten Joshua" | [132] [137] |
4QUnid gr | Unidentified text | 4Q126 | — | Greek | Herodian | Fragmentary religious text | [138] [139] |
4Qpap paraExod / pap4QParaExod gr | Paraphrase on Exodus | 4Q127 | Exodus | Greek | Herodian | "Rewritten Exodus" | [132] [140] |
4Qphyla | Phylactery Scrolls | 4Q128 | Deuteronomy 5:1–14,27–6:3; 10:12–11:21; Exodus 12:43–13:7 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | Fragments of Deuteronomy and Exodus. | [41] [141] [142] |
4Qphylb | 4Q129 | Exodus 13:9–16 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [41] [143] [144] | ||
4Qphylc | 4Q130 | Exodus 13:13–16; Deuteronomy 6:4–9; 11:13–21 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [41] [143] [145] | ||
4Qphyld | 4Q131 | Deuteronomy 11:13–21 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [41] [143] [146] | ||
4Qphyle | 4Q132 | Exodus 13:1–10 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [143] [147] | ||
4Qphylf | 4Q133 | Exodus 13:11–16 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [143] [148] | ||
4Qphylg | 4Q134 | Deuteronomy 5:1–21; Exodus 13:11–12 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [41] [143] [149] | ||
4Qphylh | 4Q135 | Deuteronomy 5:22–6:5; Exodus 13:14–16 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [41] [143] [150] | ||
4Qphyli | 4Q136 | Deuteronomy 6:6–7; 11:13–21; Exodus 12:43–13:10 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [41] [143] [151] | ||
4Qphylj (olim 4Qphyla) | 4Q137 | Deuteronomy 5:24–32; 6:2–3 | Hebrew | [41] [143] | |||
4Qphylk | 4Q138 | Deuteronomy 10:12–11:17 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [41] [152] [153] | ||
4Qphyll | 4Q139 | Deuteronomy 5:7–24 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [41] [152] [154] | ||
4Qphylm | 4Q140 | Exodus 12:44–13:10; Deuteronomy 5:33–6:5 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [41] [152] [155] | ||
4Qphyln | 4Q141 | Deuteronomy 32:14–20, 32–33 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [41] [152] [156] | ||
4Qphylo | 4Q142 | Deuteronomy 5:1–16, 6:7–9 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [41] [152] [157] | ||
4Qphylp | 4Q143 | Deuteronomy 10:22–11:3,18–21 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [41] [152] [158] | ||
4Qphylq | 4Q144 | Exodus 13:4–9; Deuteronomy 11:4–18 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [41] [152] [159] | ||
4Qphylr | 4Q145 | Exodus 13:1–10 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [152] [160] | ||
4QPhyls | 4Q146 | Deuteronomy 11:19–21 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [41] [152] [161] | ||
4Qphylt | 4Q147 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | Could not be deciphered | [152] [162] | ||
4Qphylu | 4Q148 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [152] [163] | |||
4QMeza | Mezuzah Scrolls | 4Q149 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | Fragments of Exodus and Deuteronomy | [164] [165] | |
4QMezb | 4Q150 | Deuteronomy 6:5–6; 10:14–11:2 | Hebrew | Herodian | [166] [167] | ||
4QMezc | 4Q151 | Deuteronomy 5:27–6:9; 10:12–20 | Hebrew | Herodian | [166] [168] | ||
4QMezd | 4Q152 | Deuteronomy 6:5–7 | Hebrew | Herodian | [166] [169] | ||
4QMeze | 4Q153 | Deuteronomy 11:17–18 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [166] [170] | ||
4QMezf | 4Q154 | Deuteronomy 13:1–4 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | [166] [171] | ||
4QMezg | 4Q155 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [166] [172] | |||
4QtgLev | Targum of Leviticus | 4Q156 | Leviticus 16:12–15,18–21 | Aramaic | Hasmonean | Fragments of Leviticus | [173] [174] |
4QtgJob | Targum of Job | 4Q157 | Job 3:5–6; 4:17–5:4 | Aramaic | Herodian | Fragments of Job | [173] [175] [176] |
4QRPa | Reworked Pentateuch A | 4Q158 | Genesis 32:25–30; 32:31 ?; Exodus 3:12; 4:27–28; 19:17–23; 24:4–6; 20:12–17,19–21 (Samaritan), 22–26; 21:15–25, 32–37; 22:1–13; 30:32.34; Deuteronomy 5:30–31; 21:1–10 | Hebrew | Herodian | Reworked Pentateuch | [41] [177] [178] [179] |
4QOrdinancesa | Ordinances A | 4Q159 | Hebrew | Herodian | Non-biblical composition | [179] [180] | |
4QVisSam | Vision of Samuel | 4Q160 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | Non-biblical composition | [179] [181] | |
4QpIsaiaha | Pesher on Isaiah | 4Q161 | Hebrew | Herodian | Non-biblical composition | [182] | |
4QpIsaiahb | 4Q162 | Hebrew | Herodian | Non-biblical composition | [183] | ||
4QpHosA | Pesher on Hosea A | 4Q166 | Hebrew | Herodian | Hosea Commentary Scroll | [184] [185] [186] | |
4QpHosB | Pesher on Hosea B | 4Q167 | Hebrew | Herodian | [185] [187] | ||
4QpMic(?) | Pesher on Micah? | 4Q168 | Hebrew | Herodian | Micah Commentary? | [185] [188] | |
4QpNah | Pesher on Nahum | 4Q169 | Nahum 1:3–6; 2:12–14; 3:1–5, 6–9, 10–12, 14 | Hebrew | Herodian | Containing the term "The Seekers after Smooth Things" | [185] [189] |
4Q Eschatological Commentary A | Florilegium or Midrash on the Last Days | 4Q174 | 2 Samuel 7:10–14 (1 Chronicles 17:9–13); Exodus 15:17–18; Amos 9:11; Psalm 1:1; Isaiah 8:11; Ezekiel 37:23?; Psalm 2:1; Daniel 12:10; 11:32; Deuteronomy 33:8–11, 12, 19–21 | Hebrew | Herodian | Quotations from biblical passages with midrashic commentary | [190] [191] |
4QTest | Testimonia | 4Q175 | Deuteronomy 5:28–29; 18:18–19; 33:8–11 Numbers 24:15–17 Joshua 6:26, quoted in Psalms of Joshua (4Q379, frag. 22) | Hebrew | Herodian; Hasmonean script | A list of quotations; Messianic Anthology or Testimonia | [41] [190] [192] |
4QapocrLamA | Apocryphal Lamentations A | 4Q179 | Lamentations | Hebrew | Herodian | cf. 4Q501 | [193] |
4Q Horoscope | Physiognomies/Horoscopes | 4Q186 | Hebrew | Herodian | [194] | ||
4QpapTobita | Tobit | 4Q196 | Tobit | Aramaic | Hasmonean | On Papyrus. cf. 4Q501 | [195] |
4QTobitb | Tobit | 4Q197 | Tobit | Aramaic | Herodian | cf. 4Q501 | [196] |
4QTobitc | Tobit | 4Q198 | Tobit | Aramaic | Hasmonean | cf. 4Q501 | [197] |
4QTobitd | Tobit | 4Q199 | Tobit | Aramaic | Hasmonean | cf. 4Q501 | [198] |
4QTobite | Tobit | 4Q200 | Tobit | Hebrew | Herodian | cf. 4Q501 | [199] |
Fragment or scroll identifier | Fragment or scroll name | Alternative identifier | English Bible Association | Language | Date/script | Description | Reference |
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4QEna | The Enoch Scroll | 4Q201a | Aramaic | Hasmonean | [184] [200] | ||
4QALD / 4QLevia-f ar | The Aramaic Levi Document (ALD) | 4Q213 4Q213a 4Q213b 4Q214 4Q214a 4Q214b | Aramaic | Hasmonean | Multiple compositions | [201] | |
4QTNaph | Testament of Naphtali | 4Q215 | Hebrew | Herodian | [202] [203] | ||
4QCanta(?) | Pesher on Canticles/Song of Songs | 4Q240 | Song of Songs | Hebrew | Herodian | Included in Milik's original list, but this fragment has never been located | [204] |
4QapocrDan | Aramaic Apocalypse or The Son of God Text | 4Q246 | Aramaic | Herodian | [205] | ||
4QCommentary on Gen A /4QCommGenA | Commentary/Pesher on Genesis | 4Q252 | Genesis 6:3; 7:10–8:18; 9:24–27; 11:31; 15:9, 17, 17:20?; 18:31–32 (with Deuteronomy 13:16, 17; 20:11, 14); 22:10–12; 28:3–4; 36:12; 49:3–4, 10 (with Jeremiah 33:17), 20–21 | Hebrew | Herodian | Fragments/ commentary of Genesis. | [206] [207] |
4QCommentary on Gen B /4QCommGenB | 4Q253 | Genesis | Hebrew | Herodian | [206] [208] | ||
4QCommentary on Gen C /4QCommGenC | 4Q254 | Genesis 9:24–25; 22:5?, 17? | Hebrew | Herodian | [206] [209] | ||
4QCommentary on Gen D (olim 4QpGenc) | 4Q254a–820 | Genesis 6:15 | Hebrew | Herodian | [206] [210] | ||
4QSd | Serekh ha-Yahad or Community Rule | 4Q258 | Hebrew | Herodian | cf. 1QSd | [211] | |
4QD | The Damascus Document | 4Q265–273 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | cf. 4QDa/g = 4Q266/272, 4QDa/e = 4Q266/270, 5Q12, 6Q15, 4Q265–73 | [5] | |
4Q Sefer ha-Milhamah | Rule of War | 4Q285 | Hebrew | Herodian | cf. 11Q14 | [212] | |
4QMysta | The Book of Mysteries The Book of Secrets | 4Q299 | Hebrew | Herodian | [213] | ||
4QMystb | 4Q300 | Hebrew | Herodian | [214] |
Fragment or scroll identifier | Fragment or scroll name | Alternative identifier | English Bible Association | Language | Date/script | Description | Reference |
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4QMystc | The Book of Mysteries The Book of Secrets | 4Q301 | Hebrew | Herodian | [215] | ||
4QRPb | Reworked Pentateuch | 4Q364 | Genesis 25:18–21; 26:7–8; 27:39; 28:6; 29:32–33; 30:8–14,26–36; 31:47–53; 32:18–20,26–30; 34:2; 35:28; 37:7–8; 38:14–21; 44:30–34; 45:1,21–27; 48:14–15; Exodus 21:14–22; 19:17; 24:12–14,18; 25:1–2; 26:1,33–35; Numbers 14:16–20; 33:31–49; 20:17–18; Deuteronomy 2:8–14, 30–37; 3:2,18–23; 9:6–7,12–18, 21–25,27–29; 10:1–4, 6–7, 10–13,22; 11:1–2,6–9,23–24; 14:24–26 | Hebrew | Late Hasmonean or Herodian | Reworked Pentateuch | [41] [177] [216] [217] |
4QRPc | 4Q365 | Exodus 8:13–19; 9:9–12; 10:19–20; 14:10,12–21; 15:6-[21],22–26; 17:3–5; 18:13–16; 26:34–36; 28:16–20; 29:20–22; 30:27–38; 31:1–2; 35:[2]–5; 36:32–38; 37:29; 38:1–7; 39:1–19; Leviticus 11:1[3],17-[25],32-[33],[39]-[46]; 13:6–8,15-[19],51–52; 16:6–7; 18:[25]-[29]; 23:42–44; 24:1–2; 25:7–9; 26:17–32; 27:34; Numbers 1:1–5; 3:26–30; 4:47–49; 7:1,78–80; 8:11–12; 9:15–23; 10:1-[4]; 13:[11]–25,[28]–30; 15:26-[29]; 17:20–24; 27:11; 36:1–2; Deuteronomy 2:24; 19:20–21; 20:1 | Hebrew | Late Hasmonean/ Early Herodian | [41] [177] [218] [219] | ||
4QRPd | 4Q366 | Exodus 21;35–37; 22:1–5; Leviticus 24:20–22; 25:39–43; Numbers 29:14-[25], 32–39; 30:1; Deuteronomy 16:13–14; 14:[13]–21 | Hebrew | Herodian | [41] [177] [218] [220] | ||
4QRPe | 4Q367 | Leviticus 11:47; 12:1–8; 13:1; 15:14–15; 19:1–4,9–15; 20:13; 27:30–34 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | [177] [218] [221] | ||
4QapocrJosha | Apocryphon of Joshua | 4Q378 | Hebrew | Herodian | Texts drawing on the content of Joshua, Exodus and Numbers. | [222] | |
4QapocrJoshb | 4Q379 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | [223] | |||
4QpsEzek | Pseudo-Ezekiel | 4Q385 4Q385b 4Q385c 4Q386 4Q388 4Q391 | Hebrew | Herodian | [224] | ||
4QMMT /4Q Cal.Doc.D | Miqsat Ma'ase Ha-Torah or Some Precepts of the Law or the Halakhic Letter | 4Q394–399 | Hebrew | Herodian | [225] | ||
4Q Non-Canonical Psalms A | Songs of Sabbath Sacrifice or the Angelic Liturgy | 4Q400–407 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | cf. 11Q5–6 | [226] | |
4QInstruction | Sapiential Work A | 4Q415–418 | Hebrew | Herodian | [5] | ||
4QParaphrase | Paraphrase of Genesis and Exodus | Hebrew | |||||
4Q Barkhi Nafshia | Barkhi Nafshi – Apocryphal Psalms | 4Q434 | Hebrew | Herodian | 15 fragments: likely hymns of thanksgiving praising God for his power and expressing thanks | [227] | |
4Q Apocr. Psalm and Prayer | Hymn to King Jonathan or The Prayer For King Jonathan Scroll | 4Q448 | Psalms 154 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | In addition to parts of Psalms 154 it contains a prayer mentioning "King Jonathan". | [5] |
4QpapGen or papJub | pap-Genesis or pap-Jubilees | 4Q483 | Genesis 1:28–29, or Book of Jubilees | Hebrew | Herodian | [228] | |
4QShira-b | Songs of the Sage or Songs of the Maskil | 4Q510–511 | Hebrew | Herodian | [5] | ||
4Q Messianic Apocalypse | Messianic Apocalypse | 4Q521 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | Made up of two fragments | [229] | |
4Q Jonathan | 4Q523 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | MeKleine Fragmente, z.T. gesetzlichen Inhalts; Fragment is legal in content. PAM number, 41.944 | [230] [231] | ||
4QTempleScrollb | Temple Scroll | 4Q524 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | [5] [232] | ||
4QBeatitudes | 4Q525 | Sirach 25:10; [233] Matthew 5:3 –12 (Beatitudes) | Hebrew | Herodian | [5] | ||
4Q TJoseph | Testament of Joseph | 4Q539 | Aramaic | Hasmonean | [234] | ||
4QapocrLevi(?)b | Testament of Levi d | 4Q541 | Aramaic | Hasmonean | Aramaic frag. also called "4QApocryphon of Levib ar" | [235] | |
4QTKohath (4QTQahat) | Testament of Qahat | 4Q542 | Aramaic | Hasmonean | [236] | ||
4QNJc | New Jerusalem | 4Q555 | Aramaic | Herodian | cf. 1Q32, 2Q24, 5Q15, 11Q18 | [237] | |
4QGenn | Genesis | 4Q576 | Genesis 34:7–10; 50:3 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | [5] | |
Unnumbered | Hebrew | Nine unopened fragments recently rediscovered in storage | [238] |
The Dead Sea Scrolls, also called the Qumran Caves Scrolls, are a set of ancient Jewish manuscripts from the Second Temple period. They were discovered over a period of 10 years, between 1946 and 1956, at the Qumran Caves near Ein Feshkha in the West Bank, on the northern shore of the Dead Sea. Dating from the 3rd century BCE to the 1st century CE, the Dead Sea Scrolls are considered to be a keystone in the history of archaeology with great historical, religious, and linguistic significance because they include the oldest surviving manuscripts of entire books later included in the biblical canons, along with extra-biblical and deuterocanonical manuscripts that preserve evidence of the diversity of religious thought in late Second Temple Judaism. At the same time, they cast new light on the emergence of Christianity and of Rabbinic Judaism. Almost all of the 15,000 scrolls and scroll fragments are held in the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum, located in the city of Jerusalem. The Israeli government's custody of the Dead Sea Scrolls is disputed by Jordan and the Palestinian Authority on territorial, legal, and humanitarian grounds — they were mostly discovered following the Jordanian annexation of the West Bank and were acquired by Israel after Jordan lost the 1967 Arab–Israeli War — whilst Israel's claims are primarily based on historical and religious grounds, given their significance in Jewish history and in the heritage of Judaism.
Emanuel Tov, is a Dutch–Israeli biblical scholar and linguist, emeritus J. L. Magnes Professor of Bible Studies in the Department of Bible at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has been intimately involved with the Dead Sea Scrolls for many decades, and from 1991, he was appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Dead Sea Scrolls Publication Project.
4Q108 is a fragment containing a portion of the Song of Songs (3:7–8) in Hebrew. Fragments from three such scrolls were found in Cave 4 at Qumran. These, and 6Q6 from Cave 6, estimated from 2nd century BCE, comprise the total witness to the Song from the Dead Sea Scrolls, known so far.
4Q107 is a fragment of the Song of Songs in Hebrew found in Cave 4 at Qumran in the Judean Desert in Israel and which comprises part of the Dead Sea Scrolls. From the palaeography (script) on the fragment it has been identified as being early-Herodian, i.e. c.30 BCE-30 CE. The scribe responsible for 4Q107 did not write 4Q108 as there are differences in writing style. Also, the lacuna in the second column of 4Q107 does not provide enough space to accommodate 4Q108.
4Q106 is one large and three small fragments from three columns of a scroll containing portions of the Song of Songs in Hebrew. It is one of three scrolls found in Cave 4 at Qumran that have been reconstructed as copies of the Song of Songs. These, and 6Q6 from Cave 6, comprise the total witness to the Song from the Dead Sea Scrolls, known so far.
Discoveries in the Judaean Desert (DJD) is the official 40-volume publication that serves as the editio princeps for the Dead Sea Scrolls. It is published by Oxford University Press.
6Q6 is a small portion of a scroll from Cave 6 at Qumran, containing Song of Songs 1:1-7 in Hebrew. Together with three scroll portions found in Cave 4, they comprise the total witness to the Song from the Dead Sea Scrolls. It is dated to about 50 CE.
The manuscript 4Q120 is a Septuagint manuscript (LXX) of the biblical Book of Leviticus written on papyrus, found at Qumran. The Rahlfs-No. is 802. Palaoegraphycally it dates from the first century BCE. Currently the manuscript is housed in the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem.
4Q121 is a Septuagint manuscript written on parchment, dated to the 1st century BCE or CE. The scroll contains fragments of the biblical Book of Numbers 3:40-43; 4:5-16. It was found in Qumran in Cave 4. This fragment is also numbered 803 in the list of manuscripts of the Septuagint by Alfred Rahlfs. The manuscript has been assigned palaeographically between 30 BCE and 68 CE.