4Q119 (also 4QLXXLev^a; TM 62293; LDAB 3454) designates the remnants of a Greek manuscript of the

Book of Leviticus The book of Leviticus (, from grc, Λευιτικόν, ; he, וַיִּקְרָא, , "And He called") is the third book of the Torah (the Pentateuch) and of the Old Testament, also known as the Third Book of Moses. Scholars generally agree ...

written on

parchment Parchment is a writing material made from specially prepared untanned skins of animals—primarily sheep, calves, and goats. It has been used as a writing medium for over two millennia. Vellum is a finer quality parchment made from the skins o ...

. It was found at

Qumran Qumran ( he, קומראן; ar, خربة قمران ') is an archaeological site in the West Bank managed by Israel's Qumran National Park. It is located on a dry marl plateau about from the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, near the Israeli ...

cave 4 and is dated to the 1st century BCE or 1st century CE. It got the no. 801 according to the system of Alfred Rahlfs. The manuscript is stored in

Rockefeller Museum The Rockefeller Archeological Museum, formerly the Palestine Archaeological Museum ("PAM"; 1938–1967), and which before then housed The Imperial Museum of Antiquities (''Müze-i Hümayun''; 1901–1917), is an archaeology museum located in East ...

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

(Mus. Inv. Gr. 1004).

Bibliography

* Patrick Skehan, Eugene C. Ulrich, Judith E. Sanderson: ''119. 4QLXXLeviticus^a.'' Qumran Cave 4.IV ( Discoveries in the Judaean Desert 9). Clarendon Press, Oxford 1992. , pp. 161–165, plate XXXVIII.

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* 1st-century biblical manuscripts 1st-century BC biblical manuscripts Dead Sea Scrolls Septuagint manuscripts Book of Leviticus {{manuscript-stub