The Samuel Scroll from Qumran : : 4QSam(a) restored and compared to the Septuagint and 4QSam(c) / / by Andrew Fincke.

• Superior document: Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, v. 43
• Author: Fincke, Andrew.
• TeilnehmendeR: Fincke, Andrew.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill,, 2001.
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Language: English; Hebrew
• Series: Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah 43.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 327 pages) :; illustrations, 45 plates.
• Notes: Critical edition.

4QSamᵃ is the Qumran scroll of 1 and 2 Samuel written in c. 200 BC in Hebrew Herodian script. The surviving fragments allow a faithful glimpse of about 60% of the Hebrew Samuel at the dawn of the birth of Christianity. The book is divided into three sections: 1) Plates showing the handwork of the author in replicating the fragments and restoring the gaps between them. 2) An apparatus giving the variants of the restored text from the traditional Hebrew Bible and the justification for the restoration. 3) A table comparing text breaks in the scroll with those of the Hebrew Bible and the Septuagint. The book is a source work for the upcoming revised critical edition of the Hebrew Bible, viz. Biblia Hebraica Quinta. New translations of the books of 1 and 2 Samuel will use it as source or include notes to its variant readings at page bottom or in the margins. Furthermore, it may serve as textbook for students of Hebrew and Greek in their coursework on Samuel and/or Dead Sea Scroll compositions.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- TRANSCRIPTIONS OF COLUMNS I–XI, 24, 30–34 -- APPARATUS FROM LXX AND LXXLuc -- EXPLANATION OF CHANGES VIS-ÀA-VIS FINCKE (RQ 76) -- 4QSAMA TEXT DIVISIONS -- PLATES OF THE HANDWORK -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- STUDIES ON THE TEXTS OF THE DESERT OF JUDAH.