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The Septuagint,sometimes referred to as the Greek Old Testament or The Translation of the Seventy,and often abbreviated as LXX,is the earliest extant Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible from the original Hebrew. The full Greek title derives from the story recorded in the Letter of Aristeas to Philocrates that "the laws of the Jews" were translated into the Greek language at the request of Ptolemy II Philadelphus by seventy-two Hebrew translators—six from each of the Twelve Tribes of Israel.
Psalm 151 is a short psalm found in most copies of the Septuagint (LXX),but not in the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible. The title given to this psalm in the Septuagint indicates that it is supernumerary,as no number is affixed to it. The psalm is ascribed to David. It is also included in some manuscripts of the Peshitta. The psalm concerns the story of David and Goliath.
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.
John Strugnell was an English Professor Emeritus at the Harvard Divinity School and a former editor-in-chief of the Dead Sea Scrolls project. Strugnell became,at 23,the youngest member of the team of scholars led by Roland de Vaux,formed in 1954 to edit the Dead Sea Scrolls in Jerusalem. He was studying Oriental languages at Jesus College,Oxford when Sir Godfrey Rolles Driver,a lecturer in Semitic philology,nominated him to join the Scrolls editorial team.
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.
"They have pierced my hands and my feet",or "They pierced my hands and my feet" is a phrase that occurs in some English translations of Psalm 22:16. The text of the Hebrew Bible is obscure at this point,and Jewish and some Christian commentators translate this line differently,although there is no evidence of a deliberate mistranslation.
Donald W. Parry is an American academic who is a professor of Hebrew Bible in the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages at Brigham Young University. He holds the Abraham O. Smoot Professorship. He is the author and editor of works related to the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Hebrew Bible. He has been a member of the International Team of Translators of the Dead Sea Scrolls since January 1994. He served as a member of the Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation Board of Advisors,2008–present and presently serves as a member of the Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation Board of Trustees. He is also a member of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament,and the National Association of Professors of Hebrew.
Robert A. Kraft was an American religious historian who was the Berg Professor of Religious Studies Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania. He is known for his pioneering work in the application of computing to the study of ancient literature and for his significant contributions to the study of early Judaism and early Christianity. Kraft was president of the Society of Biblical Literature in 2006.
The Isaiah Scroll,designated 1QIsaa and also known as the Great Isaiah Scroll,is one of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls that were first discovered by Bedouin shepherds in 1946 from Qumran Cave 1. The scroll is written in Hebrew and contains the entire Book of Isaiah from beginning to end,apart from a few small damaged portions. It is the oldest complete copy of the Book of Isaiah,being approximately 1000 years older than the oldest Hebrew manuscripts known before the scrolls' discovery. 1QIsaa is also notable in being the only scroll from the Qumran Caves to be preserved almost in its entirety.
James E. Bowley is Chair and Professor of Religious Studies at Millsaps College. He received his Ph.D. in Hebrew Studies from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (1992). Bowley is a noted editor of the Dead Sea Scrolls concordance project,along with Martin Abegg,Jr.,Edward Cook. In addition to the Dead Sea Scrolls,Bowley's research and publishing focus on the Jewish literature of the Greco-Roman World and the cultural interactions among Jews,Greeks,and later Christians,and the use of written and oral traditions in Jewish,Christian,and Islamic communities. Bowley has also written a column for The Clarion-Ledger on religious issues of the day,and is a frequent speaker for community and scholarly events.
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. Paleographically it dates from the first century BCE. Currently the manuscript is housed in the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem.
The Greek Minor Prophets Scroll from Nahal Hever is a Greek manuscript of a revision of the Septuagint dated to the 1st century BC and the 1st century CE. The manuscript is kept in the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem. It was first published by Dominique Barthélemy in 1963. The Rahlfs-Siglum is 943.
Peter W. Flint was involved in research of the Dead Sea Scrolls for over 20 years. He was one of the 70 official members of the Dead Sea Scrolls editors worldwide. As the controversy of publishing of the Dead Sea Scrolls escalated,in 1987 he moved from South Africa to the University of Notre Dame in Indiana where he took a doctoral fellowship and began to study under Eugene Ulrich,the chief editor of the biblical Dead Sea Scrolls and one of the central figures of the controversy. In 1997,Flint finished publishing the Psalms Scrolls:the second largest portion of the biblical Dead Sea Scrolls. This publication is full of discoveries providing insights for Bible translations,Bible study and biblical scholarship. Flint was an editor of the largest intact scroll:The Great Isaiah Scroll. He served at Trinity Western University as a professor of Religious Studies,the Canada Research Chair in Dead Sea Scrolls Studies,and a director of the Dead Sea Scrolls Institute. He died on November 3,2016.
The Great Psalms Scroll,also referred to as 11Q5,is the most substantial and well preserved manuscript of Psalms of the thirty-seven discovered among the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Qumran caves. It is one of six Psalms manuscripts discovered in Cave 11.
Martin G. Abegg Jr. is a Dead Sea Scrolls scholar,researcher,and professor. Abegg is responsible for reconstructing the full text of the Dead Sea Scrolls from the Dead Sea Scrolls concordance,a project that broke the lengthy publication monopoly held on the scrolls. He went on to co-direct the Dead Sea Scrolls Institute at Trinity Western University from 1995 to 2015. Here,Abegg held the Ben Zion Wacholder Professorship. Because Abegg is an influential Dead Sea Scrolls scholar,he has been honoured with a collection of essays written by his peers and students.
The Samuel scroll is a collection of four manuscript fragments containing parts of the Book of Samuel which were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Eileen Marie Schuller is a professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences at McMaster University in Hamilton,Ontario. Schuller is an official editor of the Dead Sea Scrolls. She teaches undergraduate and graduate studies in the Biblical field. Over a span of 30 years,her involvement in the publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls has led to numerous contributions in authenticating the discoveries found in the caves near the Ancient Qumran settlement.
Angela Kim Harkins is a Professor of New Testament and Professor Ordinaria at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry.
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.
Patrick William Skehan was an American Old Testament semitic scholar.
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- ↑ "Eugene Ulrich". Department of Theology. University of Notre Dame. Archived from the original on 2016-07-31. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
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