List of manuscripts from Qumran Cave 3

List of Dead Sea Scrolls from Qumran Cave 3
List of the manuscripts from Qumran Cave 3
A part of a replica of the Copper Scroll that was found in Qumran Cave 3.
MaterialPapyrus, Parchment, and Bronze
WritingHebrew, Aramaic, Greek, and Nabataean
CreatedEst. 408 BCE to 318 CE
Discovered1952
Present locationQumran

The following is a list of the Dead Sea Scrolls from the cave 3 near Qumran.

Description

Wadi Qumran Cave 3 was discovered on 14 March 1952 by the ASOR team. The cave initially yielded fragments of Jubilees and the Copper Scroll.[1]

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"[2] for a complete list of all of the Dead Sea Scroll texts, as well as the online webpages for the Shrine of the Book[3] and the Leon Levy Collection,[4] 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

Qumran Cave 3

3QEzek Ezekiel 3Q1 Ezekiel 16:31–33 Hebrew Herodian [5][6]
3QPs Psalms 3Q2 Psalm 2:6–7 Hebrew [7][8]
3QLam Lamentations 3Q3 Lamentations 1:10–12; 3:53–62 Hebrew [7][9]
3QpIsa Pesher on Isaiah 3Q4 Isaiah 1:1 Hebrew Herodian [7][10]
3QJub Jubilees 3Q5 Hebrew Herodian Jubilees 23:6–7, 12–13, 23 [7][11]
3QHymn Unidentified Hymn 3Q6 Hebrew Herodian Hymn of Praise [7][12]
3QTJud(?) Testament of Judah(?) 3Q7 Hebrew Herodian cf. 4Q484, 4Q538 [7][13]
3Q Text Mentioning Angel of Peace 3Q8 Hebrew Herodian Text about an Angel of Peace [7][14]
3QSectarian text 3Q9 Hebrew Herodian Possible unidentified Sectarian text [7][15]
3QUnc Unidentified 3Q10

3Q11

Hebrew Hellenistic-Roman Unclassified fragments [7]
3QUncA-B Unclassified fragments 3Q12

3Q13

Aramaic Hellenistic-Roman Unclassified fragments [16]
3QUncC Unidentified 3Q14 Hebrew? Hellenistic-Roman 21 unclassified fragments [17][18]
3QCopScr The Copper Scroll 3Q15 Hebrew Roman Copper plaque mentioning buried treasures [17][19]
A part of a replica of the Copper Scroll.

See also

References

  1. ^ VanderKam, James C., The Dead Sea Scrolls Today, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994. pp. 10–11.
  2. ^ Tov, Emanuel (2010). Revised Lists of the Texts from the Judaean Desert. Brill. ISBN 9789047443797.
  3. ^ "Shrine Of The Book – The Digital Dead Sea Scrolls".
  4. ^ "Leon Levy Collection". Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library. Israel Antiquities Authority. Retrieved 2015-01-22.
  5. ^ Fitzmyer 2008, p. 27.
  6. ^ 3Q1 at Leon Levy Collection
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i Fitzmyer 2008, p. 28.
  8. ^ 3Q2 at Leon Levy Collection
  9. ^ 3Q3 at Leon Levy Collection
  10. ^ 3Q4 at Leon Levy Collection
  11. ^ 3Q5 at Leon Levy Collection
  12. ^ 3Q6 at Leon Levy Collection
  13. ^ 3Q7 at Leon Levy Collection
  14. ^ 3Q8 at Leon Levy Collection
  15. ^ 3Q9 at Leon Levy Collection
  16. ^ Fitzmyer 2008, pp. 28–29.
  17. ^ a b Fitzmyer 2008, p. 29.
  18. ^ 3Q14 at Leon Levy Collection
  19. ^ 3Q15 at Leon Levy Collection

Bibliography

  • Fitzmyer, Joseph A. (2008). A Guide to the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. ISBN 9780802862419.

External links

  • A Catalog of Biblical Passages in the Dead Sea Scrolls by David Washburn, 2002
  • Textual Criticism: Recovering the Text of the Hebrew Bible by Peter Kyle McCarter, 1986
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