INCANTATION BOWL: EARLIEST HEWBREW TEXT EXAMPLES
MS | 2053/196 |
MS Short Title |
INCANTATION BOWL: EARLIEST HEWBREW TEXT EXAMPLES |
Text |
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Description |
MS in Hebrew (texts 1-3) and Jewish-Aramaic (text 4) on clay, Near East, 5th-6th c., 1 incantation bowl, 10, 5x27,0 cm, 14 lines in Jewish-Aramaic script, indented rim. |
Context |
Numbers 9:23 are on MSS 2053/41, 2053/126, 2053/139, 2053/190 and 2053/196. Zechariah 3:2 is cited on MSS 1927/10, 1927/18, 1927/41, 1927/64, 1928/14, 2053/01, 2053/07, 2053/13, 2053/14, 2053/24, 2053/38, 2053/52, 2053/56, 2053/66, 2053/70, 2053/80, 2053/92, 2053/116, 2053/156, 2053/158, 2053/168, 2053/176, 2053/182, 2053/195, 2053/196, 2053/218, 2053/223, 2053/230, 2053/238, 2053/243, 2053/246 and 2053/262. Psalms 55:8 is cited on MSS 1927/37, 2053/70 and 2053/196. Psalms 91:7-8 are cited on MSS 1927/37, 2053/196 and 2053/275. |
Commentary |
Text 1, Numbers 9:23, is not extant in the Dead Sea Scrolls, and is the oldest surviving witness in the original language of the Hebrew Bible. Text 2, Zechariah 3:2 is on the Dead Sea Scroll, 8HevXIIgr, frg. 7, from Nahal Hever, the "Cave of Horror", which however, is not in Hebrew, but the Greek Septuagint translation. The present text thus is the oldest surviving witness in the original language of the Hebrew Bible. Text 3, Psalms 91:7-8, quoting the Hebrew Bible is among the earliest known, only preceeded by the Dead Sea Scrolls, 11QPsApA and 4QPsB, in Hebrew. |
Published |
The partial quote of text 4 is preliminary and by permission of Prof. Shaul Shaked, who will publish the present incantation bowl in the series Manuscripts in The Schøyen Collection. |
Place of origin | Near East |
Dates | 5c - 7c AD |