“These Are the Things You Are to Do”: A Newly Discovered Fragment of the Book of Zechariah from the Greek Minor Prophets Scroll (8ḤevXIIgr)

This paper aims to provide a preliminary edition of a new fragment of the Greek Minor Prophets scroll (8ḤevXIIgr; Rahlfs’ siglum 943) containing Zech 8:16–17. The fragment was discovered in an excavation conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority in the Cave of Horror (Naḥal Ḥever) at the end of...

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Published in:Textus
Authors: Riestra, Beatriz (Author) ; Ableman, Oren (Author) ; Bitler, Tatiana (Author) ; Sion, Ofer (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 2022
In: Textus
Year: 2022, Volume: 31, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 159-189
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Zechariah / Greek language / Hever / Bible. Sacharja 8,1-18
RelBib Classification:BH Judaism
HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B kaige
B Textual Criticism
B Cave of Horror
B 8ḤevXIIgr
B Minor Prophets
B LXX
B Zechariah
B bibel sacharja 8,16-17
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Summary:This paper aims to provide a preliminary edition of a new fragment of the Greek Minor Prophets scroll (8ḤevXIIgr; Rahlfs’ siglum 943) containing Zech 8:16–17. The fragment was discovered in an excavation conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority in the Cave of Horror (Naḥal Ḥever) at the end of 2019. Provided that for certain passages 8ḤevXIIgr is the only textual witness preserved in the Judean Desert and given the fact that it predates the earliest Greek manuscript previously known by at least three centuries, every new fragment can potentially add fresh information, raise new questions, and ultimately join an additional piece to the puzzle of our understanding of the biblical text and its transmission.
ISSN:2589-255X
Contains:Enthalten in: Textus
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/2589255X-bja10019