4Q121

Biblical artifact

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4Q121 (according to the old system as: 4QLXXNumb gr, Rahlfs 803) is a Septuagint manuscript written on parchment (made of animal skin), dated to the 1st century BCE or CE. The scroll contains fragments of the biblical Book of Numbers 3:40-43; 4:5-16.[1] It was found in Qumran in Cave 4. This fragment is also numbered 803 in the list of manuscripts of the Septuagint by Alfred Rahlfs. The manuscript has been assigned palaeographically between 30 BCE and 68 CE.

## Description

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This manuscript comprises 23 fragments and three columns.[2]

### Version

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The text has affinity toward Hebrew Pentateuch,[3] which, according to Robert J. Wilkinson, may be considered a kaige recension of the Greek Scriptures.[4]

### Treatment to the God's name

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P. W. Skehan claims that the "reconstruction, spacing would seem to allow either κυριος [Kyrios] or יהוה [YHWH], whereas ιαω (Iaō, Greek for "Yah") as in pap4QLXXLevb and the (Christian) abbreviation ΚϹ [kappa-sigma] would be too short.”[5]

## History

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The manuscript was published and described in 1992 by Patrick Skehan in Qumran cave 4.4 (Discoveries in the Judaean desert 9). The old sign of the scroll indicates that it was found in the cave 4, which is the manuscript of the LXX or Septuagint, containing the contents of the Book of Numbers.

## Actual location

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This manuscript is kept at the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem (Gr. 265 [4Q121]).

## See also

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* List of the Dead Sea Scrolls

## References

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1. ^ "Dead Sea Scrolls Bible Translations".
2. ^ Florentino García Martínez; Eibert J. C. Tigchelaar (1999). The Dead Sea Scrolls Study Edition. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 294\. ISBN 9780802844934.
3. ^ Geza Vermes (2004). The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English. Penguin UK. p. 464\. ISBN 9780141901930.
4. ^ Robert J. Wilkinson (2015). Tetragrammaton: Western Christians and the Hebrew Name of God: From the Beginnings to the Seventeenth Century. BRILL. p. 49\. ISBN 9789004288171.
5. ^ Patrick Skehan; Eugene C. Ulrich; Judith E. Sanderson (April 22, 1993). Discoveries in the Judaean Desert: Volume IX. Qumran Cave 4: IV: Palaeo-Hebrew and Greek Biblical Manuscripts. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 188\. ISBN 9780198263289.

## Bibliography

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* Skehan, Patrick W.; Ulrich, Eugene Charles; Sanderson, Judith E.; et al. (Peter J. Parsons) (1992). Qumran Cave 4. Palaeo-Hebrew and Greek Manuscripts Biblical. Discoveries in the Judaean Desert. Vol. 9\. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 187–194, no. 121. ISBN 9780198263289.

## External links

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* "Skehan e.a., Qumran cave 4.4 (Discoveries in the Judaean desert 9)". Trismegistos. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
* Photos of fragment 4Q121 high resolution

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Book of Numbers

Chapters|

* 1–4
* 4–7
* 8–12
* 13–15
* 16–18
* 19–22
* 22–25
* 25–30
* 30
* 31
* 32
* 33–36

Parashah|

* Bemidbar
* Naso
* Behaalotecha
* Shlach
* Korach
* Chukat
* Balak
* Pinechas
* Matot
* Masei

Places|

* Cities of Refuge
* Desert of Paran
* Eshcol
* Kibroth Hattaavah
* Levitical city
* Mount Seir
* Stations of the Exodus
* Zoan

People|

* Agag
* Ahihud
* Ahira
* Ammiel
* Ammihud
* Ammishaddai
* Anak
* Asriel
* Balaam
* Balak
* Caleb
* Cozbi
* Dathan
* Daughters of Zelophehad
* Eldad and Medad
* Eliab
* The Gatherer
* Gershon
* Gilead
* Joshua
* Kohathites
* Korah
* Levites
* Merari
* Merarites
* Moses
* Nadab and Abihu
* Nahshon
* Nehemiah
* Nethaneel
* Og
* Phinehas
* The Twelve Spies
* Tirzah
* Zimri

Terms|

* Covenant of salt
* Manna
* Nehushtan
* Ordeal of the bitter water
* Priestly Blessing
* Water of lustration

Analysis|

* Numbers Rabbah
* Sifre
* Sifri Zutta
* Star Prophecy
* Textual variants

Manuscripts|

* Ketef Hinnom scrolls
* 4Q121

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Dead Sea Scrolls

Texts|

* 4Q106
* 4Q107
* 4Q108
* 4Q119
* 4Q120
* 4Q121
* 4Q122
* 4Q126
* 4Q127
* 4Q166
* 4Q175
* 4Q240
* 4Q246
* 4Q252
* 4Q448
* 4Q521
* 4Q542
* 4QDeuteronomyn (4Q41)
* 4QInstruction (4Q415–418, 4Q418a, 4Q423, 1Q26)
* 4QMMT (4Q394–399)
* 6Q6
* 7Q1
* 7Q5
* 11Q5 The Great Psalms Scroll
* 11QpaleoLev
* 11Q13 Melchizedek
* 11Q18 New Jerusalem
* Barkhi Nafshi (4Q434–438)
* The Book of Giants
* The Book of Mysteries (1Q27 and 4Q299–301)
* Community Rule (1QS, 4QS, 5Q11, 5Q13)
* Copper Scroll (3Q15)
* Damascus Document (CD)
* Genesis Apocryphon (1QapGen ar)
* Genesis Commentary
* Greek Minor Prophets Scroll from Nahal Hever
* Habakkuk Commentary (1QpHab)
* Isaiah Scroll (1QIsaa,1QIsab)
* Nahum Commentary (4QpNah/4Q169)
* New Jerusalem Scroll
* Paleo-Hebrew Leviticus scroll (11QpaleoLev)
* Papyrus Cotton
* Physiognomies/Horoscopes (4Q186)
* Pseudo-Ezekiel
* Rule of the Blessing (1QSb)
* Rule of the Congregation (1QSa)
* Samuel Scroll
* The Seekers After Smooth Things
* Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice (4Q400–407)
* Songs of the Sage (4Q510–511)
* Temple Scroll (11Q19)
* Thanksgiving Hymns (1QH)
* The War of the Messiah/The Pierced Messiah Text (4Q285/11Q14)
* War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness (1QM)

Places|

* Qumran
* Qumran Caves
* cave 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6
* 7
* 8
* 9
* 10
* 11
* Qumran cemetery
* Ein Feshkha
* Kohlit
* Secacah
* Wadi Murabba'at

Issues|

* Essenes
* Sadducees
* Carbon dating
* Yahad Ostracon
* Pesher
* Dual messiahs
* Teacher of Righteousness
* Wicked Priest
* Calendrical texts

Scholars|

* Martin G. Abegg
* John Marco Allegro
* Joseph M. Baumgarten
* John J. Collins
* Sidnie White Crawford
* Frank Moore Cross
* André Dupont-Sommer
* Robert Eisenman
* Hanan Eshel
* Joseph Fitzmyer
* Peter W. Flint
* David Noel Freedman
* Jean-Baptiste Humbert
* Florentino García Martínez
* Norman Golb
* Gerald Lankester Harding
* Yizhar Hirschfeld
* Ernest-Marie Laperrousaz
* Jodi Magness
* Józef Milik
* Elisha Qimron
* James A. Sanders
* Lawrence Schiffman
* Hershel Shanks
* Patrick W. Skehan
* Solomon H. Steckoll
* Hartmut Stegemann
* John Strugnell
* Eleazar Sukenik
* Carsten Peter Thiede
* Emanuel Tov
* John C. Trever
* Eugene Ulrich
* Roland de Vaux
* Géza Vermes
* Yigael Yadin
* José O'Callaghan Martínez

Other|

* AIAR/ASOR
* Aramaic Enoch Scroll
* Shrine of the Book
* Orion Center
* École Biblique
* Discoveries in the Judaean Desert
* Mar Samuel
* Muhammed edh-Dhib
* Najib Albina

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany

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