Pseudo-Jubilees A — Source Text


Hebrew transcription from García Martínez, F. & Tigchelaar, E.J.C., The Dead Sea Scrolls Study Edition, Brill, 1997, Vol. 1, pp. 480–485. The text is highly fragmentary; only preserved and legible portions are given. Dotted letters indicate uncertain readings; brackets indicate lacunae. The manuscript is unpointed.

Fragment 1

1 [...כ]
2 [...]המלאכ֯ים[...]
3 [...]הממשלה֯[...]
4 [...]כ֯ול[...]

Fragment 2, Column I

1 [...] ̊ ̊ ̊[...]
2 [...]מ֯שׂטמה לפנ֯י [אל...]
3 [...]לנסות א֯ת [אברהם...]
4 קח֯ נא א֯ת֯ [בנך את יחידך]
5 [את יצחק א]שׁ֯ר אה[בת...]
6 ויש֯כם אברהם [בבוקר]
7 ויחבש [את חמורו...]
8 [...]ל[...]
9 [...]שׁלשׁ[ת הימים...]
10 [...]ויר֯א֯ [את המקום מרחוק]

Fragment 2, Column II

1 [...]מזבח[...]
2 [...]העצים[...]
3 ויעקד [את יצחק בנו]
4 [...]על המזבח[...]
5 [...]המאכלת[...]
6 ומשׂטמה [היה רואה...]
7 ויקרא [מ]לאך יהוה מ[ן השמים]
8 אברהם א[ברהם ויאמר הנני]
9 [אל תשלח ידך אל הנער...]
10 וישׂא אברהם [את עיניו] ויר֯א [ויהנה איל]
11 [אחר נאחז בס]בך בקרניו[...]
12 [ויעלהו לעלה] תחת [בנו]
13 ויכלם מ֯שׂטמה[...]
14 [ויקרא מלאך יהוה... שׁ]נ֯ית[מן השמים]
15 [...]ב[...]


Source Colophon

Script: Late Second Temple Hebrew (Qumran scribal hand)
Source Manuscript: 4Q225 (4QPseudo-Jubilees A), Qumran Cave 4 (discovered 1952)
Transcription: García Martínez, F. & Tigchelaar, E.J.C., The Dead Sea Scrolls Study Edition, Brill, 1997
Palaeographic Date: c. late 1st century BCE – early 1st century CE
Scribe: Good Works Translation Lineage, New Tianmu Anglican Church, 2026

The Hebrew text is in the public domain, being over two thousand years old.

Other Testaments and Apocrypha in the Good Work Library: Apocryphon of Elijah · Apocryphon of Elisha · Apocryphon of Jeremiah C · Apocryphon of Joseph · Apocryphon of Levi · Apocryphon of Levi A · Aramaic Enoch · Aramaic Levi Document · Aramaic Levi Document — Source Text · Birth of Noah · Daniel-Suzanna · Prayer for King Jonathan · Prayer of Enosh · Prayer of Nabonidus · Pseudo-Daniel · Pseudo-Jubilees A · Testament Fragment (3Q7) · Testament Fragment (3Q7) — Source Text · Testament of Jacob · Testament of Judah · Testament of Naphtali · Testament of Qahat · The Book of Tobit · Visions of Amram · Visions of Amram — Source Text · Words of Michael

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