Manuscripts from Qumran Cave 7

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Cave Seven - 7Q - 7Q1-7Q19

All the manuscripts recovered from this cave are in Greek and, until recently, were thought to be exclusively biblical compositions. There has been some conjecture that they were New Testament texts, however this seems so unlikely that it requires extraordinary supporting evidence to be taken seriously. The best recent evidence suggests something quite different.

Recent work by Ernest A. Muro, Jr. and Emile Puech identify certain of these Cave 7 fragments as parts of the Book of Enoch. Mr. Muro's web site provides copies of these fragments, an introduction to the fragments from this cave, the complete text of his December 1997 article in Revue de Qumran, and a summary of the related article by Fr. Puech in the same issue. Their analyses cover fragments 4, 8, and 11 - 14.

7Q1 (7QLXXExod) 7QSeptuagint Exodus ^ß

M. Baillet, DJD III, 142-143, pl. XXX. Remains of chap. 28 of Exodus, in Greek.

7Q2 (7QLXXEpJer) 7QEpistle of Jeremiah ^ß

M. Baillet, DJD III, 143, pl. XXX. Remains of the Letter of Jeremiah, vv. 43-44.

7Q3-19 7QUnclassified fragments ^o

M. Baillet, DJD III, 143-144, pl. XXX. Unidentified Greek manuscripts. Many of these have been ascribed to various biblical texts, however, the various authors are not always in agreement as to which fragment goes with which biblical text.

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