3Q7 — Cave 3, Qumran
Hebrew transcription of 3Q7 (צוואה, Testament), as given in the Qimron composite edition. One of five tiny fragments in early Herodian script. Published in DJD III (Baillet, Milik, de Vaux, 1962), p. 99. The apparatus identifies surviving letters with Testament of Judah 25:1–2 and Jubilees 2:1 vocabulary.
קטע 5 — קריאות מאושרות
שורה 2: [שש]י יש[שכר?] — [Issa]char, the [si]xth — cf. צוואת יהודה כה:א–ב (רשימת השבטים בתחייה)
שורה 3: [מ]לאך הפנים — the angel of the Presence — cf. ספר היובלים א:כז; ב:א
Source Colophon
Hebrew transcription from Elisha Qimron, The Dead Sea Scrolls — The Hebrew Writings, vol. 1 (Jerusalem: Yad Ben-Zvi Press, 2010), p. 99. Critical apparatus from DJD III (Baillet, Milik, de Vaux; Oxford: Clarendon, 1962).
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 · Pseudo-Jubilees A — Source Text · Testament Fragment (3Q7) · 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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