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J. R. Davila, DJD XII, 1-30, pls. I-V. Copy which contains combined remains of Genesis and Exodus.
J. R. Davila, DJD XII, 31-38, pls. VI-VIII. Copy of Gn text identical to
J. R. Davila, DJD XII, 39-42, pl. IX. Remains of GN 40-41
J. R. Davila, DJD XII, 43-45, pl. IX. A single fragment with remains of Gn 1.
J. R. Davila, DJD XII, 47-52, pl. X. Copy of Gn from a textual type similar to
J. R. Davila, DJD XII, 53-55, pl. XI. Remains of one column with part of Gn 48.
J. R. Davila, DJD XII, 57-60, pl. XII. Two fragments of Gn 1-2.
J. R. Davila, DJD XII, 61-62, pl. XII. A fragment with remains of Gn 1:8-10. The siglum 4QGenh has been adopted for four different manuscripts related to the book of Genesis, each of which is preserved in only one small fragment.
J. R. Davila, DJD XII, 62, pl. XII. A fragment with remains of Gn 2:17-18.
J. R. Davila, DJD XII, 62-63, pl. XII. A paraphrasis of Gn 12:4-5.
J. R. Davila, DJD XII, 63-64, pl. XII. The title of a Genesis manuscript written on the recto of a page de garde.
J. R. Davila, DJD XII, 65-73, pl. XIII. Copy of Gn of a textual type close to the Samaritan text.
J. R. Davila, DJD XII, 75-78, pl. XIII. Small fragments with remains of Gn 1-3.
P. W. Skehan, E. Ulrich, J. E. Sanderson, DJD IX, 17-50, pls. I-VI. A manuscript in palaeo-Hebrew script with remains of Gn 50:26 and Exod 1-36.
P. W. Skehan, E. Ulrich, J. E. Sanderson, DJD IX, 51-52, pl. VI. A fragment on Gn 26 in palaeo-Hebrew script.
E. Puech, RQ 16/64 (1995) 637-704 (?). Two very small fragments with possible remains of Gn 34:7-10 and Gn 50:3.
F. M. Cross, DJD XII, 79-95, pls. XIV-XV. Six fragments with remains of Exod 1-5.
J. E. Sanderson, DJD XII, 97-125, pls. XVI-XX. Thirty-six (36) fragments with remains of Exod 7-18.
J. E. Sanderson, DJD XII, 127-128, pl. XXI. A single fragment with remains of Exod 13:15-17 followed directly by Exod 15:1.
J. E. Sanderson, DJD XII, 129-131, pl. XXI. A single fragment with remains of Exod 13:3-5.
F. M. Cross, DJD XII, 133-144, pls. XXII. It might be most ancient of the biblical manuscripts to come from Qumran, copied towards 250 BC. Its contents are practically identical to
J. E. Sanderson, DJD XII, 145-146, pl. XXI. A single fragment with remains of Exod 14:21-27.
J. E. Sanderson, DJD XII, 147-148, pl. XXII. A single fragment with remains of Exod 6:3-6.
J. E. Sanderson, DJD XII, 149-150, pl. XXI. Minute fragments with remains of Exod 7-8.
J. E. Sanderson, DJD XII, 151, pl. XXI. A single fragment with remains of Exod 36:9-10.
P. W. Skehan, E. Ulrich, J. E. Sanderson, DJD IX, 51-130, pls. VII-XXXIII. Another lengthy copy of Exod in palaeo-Hebrew characters, Samaritan in type.
E. Ulrich, DJD XII, 153-176, pls. XXIII-XXX. Many fragments of a
E. Ulrich, DJD XII, 177-187, pls. XXI-XXXIV. Thirty (30) fragments of another copy of Lev, with remains of Lev 1-3 and Lev 21-25.
E. Tov, DJD XII, 189-192, pl. XXXV. Nine (9) fragments of another copy of Lev with remains of Lev 1-8.
E. Tov, DJD XII, 193-195, pl. XXXVI. Another copy of Lev in a bad state of preservation with remains of Lev 14-17.
E. Tov, DJD XII, 197-201, pl. XXXVII. Nine (9) small fragments with remains of Lev 3 and Lev 19-22.
E. Tov, DJD XII, 203-204, pl. XXXVIII. A single fragment with remains of Lev 7:19-26, containing the tetragrammaton in palaeo-Hebrew script.
N. R. Jastram, DJD XII, 205-267, pls. XXXVIII-XLIX. Lengthy copy, of an expansionist type, of Num, of which remains of 27 columns have been preserved.
S. A. White, A critical Edition of Seven Deuteronomy Manuscripts, Diss Harvard 1988, 8-18. A fragment with remains of Deut 23-24.
J. A. Duncon, A Critical Edition of Deuteronomy Manuscripts from Qumran Cave IV: 4QDtb, 4QDte, 4QDth, 4QDtj, 4QDtl, Diss. Harvard 1989, 9-31. Four fragments with remains of Deut 29-32.
S. A. White, A critical Edition of Seven Deuteronomy Manuscripts, Diss Harvard 1988, 19-132. Lengthy copy of Deut, of a textual type related to LXX.
S. A. White, A critical Edition of Seven Deuteronomy Manuscripts, Diss Harvard 1988, 133-154. A fragment with remains of Deut 2-3.
J. A. Duncon, A Critical Edition of Deuteronomy Manuscripts from Qumran Cave IV: 4QDtb, 4QDte, 4QDth, 4QDtj, 4QDtl, Diss. Harvard 1989, 32-49. Three main fragments containing remains of Deut 7-8.
S. A. White, A critical Edition of Seven Deuteronomy Manuscripts, Diss Harvard 1988, 155-214. 'Proto-rabbinic' copy of Deut.
S. A. White, A critical Edition of Seven Deuteronomy Manuscripts, Diss Harvard 1988, 215-240. Copy of Deut of a masoretic type.
J. A. Duncon, A Critical Edition of Deuteronomy Manuscripts from Qumran Cave IV: 4QDtb, 4QDte, 4QDth, 4QDtj, 4QDtl, Diss. Harvard 1989, 50-77. Copy of Deut of a septuagintal type, with remains of Deut 1-2, Deut 31 and Deut 33.
S. A. White, A critical Edition of Seven Deuteronomy Manuscripts, Diss Harvard 1988, 241-262. Another copy of Deut.
J. A. Duncon, A Critical Edition of Deuteronomy Manuscripts from Qumran Cave IV: 4QDtb, 4QDte, 4QDth, 4QDtj, 4QDtl, Diss. Harvard 1989, 78-114. The manuscript contains various passages from Deut and Exod 12:43-13:5, which follows Deut 11:21.
J. A. Duncon, A Critical Edition of Deuteronomy Manuscripts from Qumran Cave IV: 4QDtb, 4QDte, 4QDth, 4QDtj, 4QDtl, Diss. Harvard 1989, 115-154. Eleven (11) fragments which may could belong to two different copies of Deut. The preserved remains come from Deut 5.11.19-20.23.25-26.32.
J. A. Duncon, A Critical Edition of Deuteronomy Manuscripts from Qumran Cave IV: 4QDtb, 4QDte, 4QDth, 4QDtj, 4QDtl, Diss. Harvard 1989, 155-168. Eight (8) tiny-sized fragments of another copy of Deut.
Three fragments with remains of Deut 3 and Deut 7, written with plene spelling.
F. M. Cross, Scrolls from the Wilderness of the Dead Sea, 20.31-32. The famous 'All Souls Deuteronomy', possibly a text with excerpts from Deut.
Fifteen (15) tiny-sized fragments of another copy of Deut.
Four (4) small fragments of another copy of Deut, with remains of Deut 5 and Deut 14.
Remains of the 'Song of Moses'.
P. W. Skehan, E. Ulrich, J. E. Sanderson, DJD IX, 131-152, pls. XXXIV-XXXVI. Abundant fragments of another copy of Deut written in palaeo-Hebrew characters.
P. W. Skehan, E. Ulrich, J. E. Sanderson, DJD IX, 153-154, pl. XXXVII. A single fragment in palaeo-Hebrew of Deut 26.
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x fragments in cryptic script (mixes a few words written in Greek and palaeo-Hebrew alphabets with those in ordinary square Hebrew in mirror writing; not the same code as that used in 4Q298)
Aramaic Tobit - 1 fragment -
Aramaic Testament of Levi - 2 manuscripts in 6 fragments -
Testament of Naphtali - 1 fragment -
Pseudo-Jubilees - 2 fragments -
Pseudo-Daniel - 1 fragment -
The Son of God - 1 fragment - This fragment was acquired through Kando in 1958. Even though it has never been published, the contents of this scroll fragment have become known along with the rest of the scrolls in recent years. It appears to record the first instances of certain phrases thought to be unique to the Hellenistic New Testament writings originating outside Palestine. From this lone document, we now know that these phrases are part of Christianity's original Jewish heritage. The specific phrases are Son of God, Most High and Son of the Most High. Despite the obvious importance of this text to both Jewish and Christian biblical scholars, J. T. Milik has still not published this text which was originally assigned to him.
A Pleasing Fragrance - 7 fragments -
A Genesis Florilegium - 1 fragment -
The Foundations of Righteousness - 1 fragment -
Mourning, Seminal Emissions, etc. - 3 fragments -
Laws of the Red Heifer - 2 manuscripts in 2 fragments -
The Messianic Leader - 7 fragments -
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The Chariots of Glory - 2 manuscripts in 6 fragments -
Admonitions to the Sons of Dawn - 1 fragment in code (uses 23 more or less arbitrary symbols in a simple substitution code plus one null character, possibly a syntactic symbol that has no correspondence in Hebrew; not the same code as that used in 4Q186) -
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'The Parable of the Bountiful Treee' translation
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Brontologion - 2 fragments -
Heavenly Concordances - 1 fragment -
Priestly Courses II - 1 fragment
Priestly Courses I - 2 fragments -
Priestly Courses III--Aemilius Kills - 5 manuscripts in
12 fragments -
Priestly Courses IV - 2 fragments -
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Tongues of Fire. Also, see
'Tongues of Fire' translation by the Gnostic Society Library.
Pseudo-Jeremiah - 3 fragments
Second Ezekiel - 6 fragments
The Angels of Mastermoth and the Rule of Belial - 2 fragments
The First Letter on Works Reckoned as Righteousness -
The Second Letter on Works Reckoned as Righteousness -
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Baptismal Hymn - 4 fragments -
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The Children of Salvation (Yeshac) and The Mystery of Existence - 10 fragments -
The Sons of Righteousness - 2 fragments -
Hymns of the Poor - 3 fragments -
Paean for King Jonathan - 1 fragment -
The Tree of Evil - 2 fragments -
The Era of Light is Coming - 1 fragment -
The Servants of Darkness - 4 fragments -
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He Loved His Bodily Emissions - 1 fragment -
The Messiah of Heaven and Earth - 5 fragments -
Previous Discussion: R.H. Eisenman, 'A Messianic Vision', BAR Nov/Dec (1991) p. 65
Joshua Apocryphon - 1 fragment -
The Demons of Death - 10 fragments -
The Words of Michael - 1 fragment -
Enochic Book of Giants - 6 fragments -
The Birth of Noah - 3 fragments -
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A Firm Foundation - 6 fragments -
Testament of Kohath - 3 fragments -
Testament of Amram - 4 manuscripts in 7 fragments -
Hur and Miriam - 1 fragment -
Visions of the Four Kingdoms - 4 fragments -
Stories from the Persian Court - 1 fragment -
The New Jerusalem - 1 fragment -
A Biblical Chronology - 3 fragments -
An Amulet Formula Against Evil Spirits - 1 fragment -
A Physiognomic Text - 6 fragments -