Full Description
Publisher's Note: in June 2025 the Publishers were made aware that some of the fragments discussed in this book have been discovered, since publication, to be of dubious authenticity. The Publisher is investigating this matter.
This special edition large format LSTS volume presents, over half of them for the first time, ten biblical and five non-biblical fragments from the Judean Desert. The text features 42 photographs of the fragments. The publication of seven new fragments from the Judean Desert will supplement the Discoveries in the Judean Desert series and bring new material to scholars regarding the full textual situation. Two of the new biblical fragments suggest the preservation of substantial textual variants. The new Aramaic fragment reveals the use of interesting linguistic forms.
The book includes a 10 page essay by Martin Schoyen about how he has tracked down and acquired Judean Desert fragments and artifacts since 1994. The collection of images, photographs of the fragments, and scholarly commentary from some of the leading experts in the field gives the reader a comprehensive picture of the artifacts from Qumran. The fragments included are: 4QLeviticusi, 4QSamueld, 4QDeuteronomy, and 4Q Twelve prophets; New (additional) fragments of 4QPsalmsq and 4QExodusc; improved version of XJudges frg 3, 4QJoshuac, 1QDanielb, and 4QJoshuac; Apochryphal fragments - 4QTobita and 1QapocrGenesis; and, Other fragments - 1QSb (Rule of Blessings, reedition), 11QTemplea, and 4QAramaic frg.
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Contributors
Foreword
Abbreviations and Sigla
Part I: Overview
1. Acquisition and Ownership History: A Personal Reflection
Martin Schoyen
II. The Fate of Scrolls and Fragments: A Survey from 1946 to the Present
Hanan Eschel
III. Texts and Artefacts from the Judaean Desert in the Schoyen Collection: An Overview
Torleif Elgvin
IV: Material Analysis of the Fragments
