Language:
English
Year of publication:
2019
Titel der Quelle:
Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman Period
Angaben zur Quelle:
50,2 (2019) 197-222
Keywords:
Dead Sea scrolls. Criticism, Textual
;
Tefillin (Dead Sea Scroll) Criticism, Textual
;
Amulets
Abstract:
This contribution is the first attempt at deciphering a miniature opistograph 4Q148 included in Józef T. Milik's DJD 6 edition of tefillin and mezuzot from Qumran Cave 4. It proposes that the partially folded recto of this tiny fragment contains a non-scriptural text. A handful of legible words may suggest a prayer. Its verso, inscribed by a different hand, appears to be a legal text, evoking monetary amounts, perhaps related to inheritance. Folded and fastened similarly to tefillin, 4Q148 might have been a legal document re-used to produce an amulet.
DOI:
10.1163/15700631-12521254
URL:
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