KhQ2207: An Overlooked Stone Inscription from Khirbet Qumran
A limestone plaque KhQ2207 from Khirbet Qumran contains an inscription which has not been fully deciphered. The revised transcription of the stone proposed in this study indicates that it contains a first-person address, perhaps by the deity, referring to a future judgment. As a literary text inscri...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2020
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Journal of ancient Judaism
Year: 2020, Volume: 11, Issue: 3, Pages: 369-384 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
KhQ 2207
/ Decipherment
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| IxTheo Classification: | HD Early Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
Inscription
B KhQ2207 B scribal exercise B Khirbet Qumran |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | A limestone plaque KhQ2207 from Khirbet Qumran contains an inscription which has not been fully deciphered. The revised transcription of the stone proposed in this study indicates that it contains a first-person address, perhaps by the deity, referring to a future judgment. As a literary text inscribed by a trained scribe, KhQ2207 stands in sharp contrast to other scribal exercises found at and near Qumran, suggesting that its initial classification as an exercise should be reconsidered. |
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| ISSN: | 2196-7954 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of ancient Judaism
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.30965/21967954-12340015 |