Manuscripts from Qumran Cave 6

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Cave Six - 6Q - 6Q1-6Q4, and 6Q6-6Q31

6Q1 (6QpalaeoGen) 6QGenesis ^ß

M. Baillet, DJD III, 105-106, pl. XX. A fragment with remains of Gn 6 in palaeo-Hebrew.

6Q2 (6QpalaeoLev) 6QLeviticus ^ß

M. Baillet, DJD III, 106, pl. XX. A fragment in palaeo-Hebrew with remains of LV 8.

6Q3 (6QDeut?) 6QDeuteronomy (?) ^ß

M. Baillet, DJD III, 106-107, pl. XX. A fragment with remains of, possibly, of DT 26.

6Q4 (6QKgs) 6QKings ^ß

M. Baillet, DJD III, 107-112, pl. XX-XXII. Remains of a copy of 1 and 2 Kgs.

6Q6 (6QCant) 6QCanticles ^ß

M. Baillet, DJD III, 112-114, pl. XXIII. A fragment with remains of Cant 1.

6Q7 (6QDan) 6QDaniel ^ß

M. Baillet, DJD III, 114-116, pl. XXIII. Remains of a copy of Daniel.

6Q8 (6QEnGiants ar) 6QGiants ^{¤,1 [262]}

M. Baillet, DJD III, 116-119, pl. XXIV. Published as a 'Genesis apocryphon', it was identified by Milik, Books, 300.309, as another copy of the Aramaic Book of Giants.

6Q9 6QApocryphon on Samuel-Kings ^{¤,1 [284]}

M. Baillet, DJD III, 119-123, pls. XXIV-XXV. Apocryphon, related to Sm-Kgs in content.

6Q10 6QProphecy ^¤,o

M. Baillet, DJD III, 123-125, pl. XXVI. Prophetic text (?).

6Q11 6QAllegory of the Vine ^{¤,1 [403]}

M. Baillet, DJD III, 125-126, pl. XXVI. 'Allegory of the Vine'.

6Q12 6QApocryphal Prophecy ^¤,o

M. Baillet, DJD III, 126, pl. XXVI. 'Apocryphal Prophecy' which uses a calculation in Jubilees.

6Q13 6QPriestly Prophecy ^¤,o

M. Baillet, DJD III, 126-127, pl. XXVI. 'Priestly Prophecy' related to Ezra-Nehemiah (?).

6Q14 6QApocalypse ^¤,o

M. Baillet, DJD III, 127-128, pl. XXVI. Aramaic 'Apocalyptic text'.

6Q15 (6QD) 6QDamascus Document ^{¤,1 [71]}

M. Baillet, DJD III, 128-131, pl. XXVI. Copy of the Damascus Document with remains of CD-A IV 19-21; V 13-14; V 18-VI 2; VI 20-VII 1, and a fragment with no equivalent in CD-A or CD-B.

6Q16 6QBenediction ^{¤,1 [437]}

M. Baillet, DJD III, 131-132, pl. XXVII.Blessings.

6Q17 6QCalendrical Document ^¤,o

M. Baillet, DJD III, 132-133, pl. XXVII. Fragment of a calendar.

6Q18 6QHymn ^{¤,1 [403]}

M. Baillet, DJD III, 133-136, pl. XXVII. Hymnic composition.

6Q19 6QGenesis (?) ^{¤,1 [227]}

M. Baillet, DJD III, 136, pl. XXVIII.

6Q20 6QDeuteronomy (?) ^{¤,1 [228]}

M. Baillet, DJD III, 136-137, pl. XXVIII, 357. Text related to Deut (?).

6Q21-22 6QUnclassified fragments ^¤,o

M. Baillet, DJD III, 137, pl. XXVIII. Unidentified texts.

6Q23 ^¤,o

M. Baillet, DJD III, 138, pl. XXVIII. Aramaic text identified by Milik, Books, 91 as a copy of 4Q(Words of) Michael (?).

6Q24-25 6QUnclassified fragments ^¤,o

M. Baillet, DJD III, 138, pl. XXVIII. Unidentified texts.

6Q26 6QFragments of accounts or contracts ^¤,o

M. Baillet, DJD III, 138-139, pl. XXIX. Remains of accounts or a contract in Aramaic.

6Q27-31 6QUnclassified fragments ^¤,o

M. Baillet, DJD III, 129-141, pl. XXIX. Unidentified texts.

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