List of the manuscripts from Qumran Cave 7
Dead Sea Scroll fragments 7Q4, 7Q5, and 7Q8 from Cave 7 in Qumran, written on papyrus
MaterialParchment, papyrus
WritingGreek
CreatedEst. 408 BCE to 318 CE
Discovered1952–56
Present locationQumran

The following is a list of the Dead Sea Scrolls from the cave 7 near Qumran.

Description

Wadi Qumran Cave 7 yielded fewer than 20 fragments of Greek documents, including 7Q2 (the "Letter of Jeremiah" = Baruch 6), 7Q5 (which became the subject of much speculation in later decades), and a Greek copy of a scroll of Enoch.[1][2][3] Cave 7 also produced several inscribed potsherds and jars.[4][5][6]

List of manuscripts

Some resources for more complete information on the Dead Sea Scrolls are the book by Emanuel Tov, "Revised Lists of the Texts from the Judaean Desert"[7] for a complete list of all of the Dead Sea Scroll texts, as well as the online webpages for the Shrine of the Book[8] and the Leon Levy Collection,[9] 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.

See also

References

  1. ^ Baillet, Maurice ed. Les 'Petites Grottes' de Qumrân (ed., vol. 3 of Discoveries in the Judaean Desert; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1962), 144–45, pl. XXX.
  2. ^ Muro, Ernest A., "The Greek Fragments of Enoch from Qumran Cave 7 (7Q4, 7Q8, &7Q12 = 7QEn gr = Enoch 103:3–4, 7–8)," Revue de Qumran 18 no. 70 (1997).
  3. ^ Puech, Émile, "Sept fragments grecs de la Lettre d'Hénoch (1 Hén 100, 103, 105) dans la grotte 7 de Qumrân (= 7QHén gr)," Revue de Qumran 18 no. 70 (1997).
  4. ^ Humbert and Chambon, Excavations of Khirbet Qumran and Ain Feshkha, 67.
  5. ^ Garcia Martinez, Florentino and Tigchelaar, Eibert. The Dead Sea Scrolls Study Edition. Vol. 1. 1999.
  6. ^ Fitzmyer 2008, pp. 104, 109.
  7. ^ Tov, Emanuel (2010). Revised Lists of the Texts from the Judaean Desert. Brill. ISBN 9789047443797.
  8. ^ "Shrine Of The Book – The Digital Dead Sea Scrolls".
  9. ^ a b "Leon Levy Collection". Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library. Israel Antiquities Authority. Retrieved 2015-01-22.
  10. ^ 7Q1 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library
  11. ^ 7Q2 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library
  12. ^ 7Q3 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library
  13. ^ 7Q4 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library
  14. ^ 7Q5 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library
  15. ^ 7Q19 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library

Sources

External links

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