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4Q122 (4Q LXXDeut; TM 62297; LDAB 3458, Rahlfs 819) – is a septuagint manuscript written on
4ς ἐπ τῆς ἐρυθρᾶς ἐπὶ προσώπου αὐτῶν καταδιωκόντων αὐτῶν ἐκ τῶν ὀπίσω ὑμῶν καὶ ἀπώλ5 Romanized:
4 kai osa epoiēse tēn dynamin tōn Aigyptiōn, ta harmata autōn kai tēn hippon autōn, kai tēn dynamin autōn, hōs epeklyse to hydōr tēs thalassēs tēs erythras epi prosōpou autōn katadiōkontōn autōn ek tōn opisō hymōn kai apōlesen autous Kyrios heōs tēs sēmeron hēmeras,5 NIV translation:
4 what he did to the Egyptian army, to its horses and chariots, how he overwhelmed them with the waters of the Red Sea as they were pursuing you, and how the Lord brought lasting ruin on them.5
4Q122 (4Q LXXDeut; TM 62297; LDAB 3458, Rahlfs 819) – is a septuagint manuscript 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 ...
(prepared from animal skin), dated from second century B.C.E.. The scroll contains a fragment of the biblical Book of Deuteronomy 11:4. It was found in a cave 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 ...
in Cave 4. This fragment is also referred to as number 819 on the list of the Septuagint manuscripts according classification system by Alfred Rahlfs.
Publication
The manuscript was published and described in 1992 byPatrick W. Skehan
Patrick William Skehan (30 September 1909 in New York City – 9 September 1980) was an American Old Testament semitic scholar.
Education
Skehan received his B.A. from Fordham University (1929), and studied theology at St. Joseph's Seminary ...
in his publication of ''Qumran cave 4.4 (Discoveries in the Judaean desert 9)''. Old designations roll indicates that it was found in Cave 4.
Reconstruction of the text
Preserved text comes from Deuteronomy 11: 4. It contains 27-28 characters per line.. The letters written in red font and underlined were reconstructed. Reconstructed preserved part of the LXX Deut 11:4αὐτῶν, ὡς ἐπέκλυσε τὸ ὕδωρ τῆς θαλάσσης
τῆς ἐρυθρᾶς ἐπὶ προσώπου αὐτῶν
καταδιωκόντων αὐτῶν ἐκ τῶν ὀπίσω
ὑμῶν καὶ ἀπώλεσεν αὐτοὺς Κύριος
Full verse LXX Deut 11:4:τῆς ἐρυθρᾶς ἐπὶ προσώπου αὐτῶν
καταδιωκόντων αὐτῶν ἐκ τῶν ὀπίσω
ὑμῶν καὶ ἀπώλεσεν αὐτοὺς Κύριος
4ς ἐπ τῆς ἐρυθρᾶς ἐπὶ προσώπου αὐτῶν καταδιωκόντων αὐτῶν ἐκ τῶν ὀπίσω ὑμῶν καὶ ἀπώλ5 Romanized:
4 kai osa epoiēse tēn dynamin tōn Aigyptiōn, ta harmata autōn kai tēn hippon autōn, kai tēn dynamin autōn, hōs epeklyse to hydōr tēs thalassēs tēs erythras epi prosōpou autōn katadiōkontōn autōn ek tōn opisō hymōn kai apōlesen autous Kyrios heōs tēs sēmeron hēmeras,5 NIV translation:
4 what he did to the Egyptian army, to its horses and chariots, how he overwhelmed them with the waters of the Red Sea as they were pursuing you, and how the Lord brought lasting ruin on them.5
Location
This manuscript is stored in theRockefeller 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 ...
in Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
(Gr. 265 Q122.
References
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* {{Authority control 2nd-century BC biblical manuscripts Dead Sea Scrolls Book of Deuteronomy Septuagint manuscripts