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4Q253 consists of three fragments that were found in cave four. The first fragment mentions the Ark of the Covenant. The second fragment is said to be associated with Jacob and his cultic activities. Fragment three cannot actually be placed in relation to the Genesis text, however, it speaks of Belial – the traditional name for Satan in Jewish apocalyptic writings.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195084504.001.0001/acref-9780195084504-e-181?rskey=2W47UI&result=183|title = Commentary on Genesis|date = 2008|website = Oxford Reference|publisher = Oxford University Press|last = Schiffman|first = Lawrence H.|first2 = James C.|last2 = VanderKam}}</ref> |
4Q253 consists of three fragments that were found in cave four. The first fragment mentions the Ark of the Covenant. The second fragment is said to be associated with Jacob and his cultic activities. Fragment three cannot actually be placed in relation to the Genesis text, however, it speaks of Belial – the traditional name for Satan in Jewish apocalyptic writings.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195084504.001.0001/acref-9780195084504-e-181?rskey=2W47UI&result=183|title = Commentary on Genesis|date = 2008|website = Oxford Reference|publisher = Oxford University Press|last = Schiffman|first = Lawrence H.|first2 = James C.|last2 = VanderKam}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | The fragments are quite small in size and show the very bottom of a column of a commentary on Genesis. Unfortunately, due to the poor state of the fragments, scholars are unable to determine the size of what the full manuscript would have been.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title = Discoveries in the Judaea Desert: Qumran Cave 4 XVII|last = Brooke|first = George|publisher = Oxford University Press|year = 2003|isbn = 0-19-826936-6|location = United States|pages = |last2 = Collins|first2 = John|last3 = Elgvin|first3 = Torleif|last4 = Flint|first4 = Peter|last5 = Greenfield|first5 = Jonas|last6 = Larson|first6 = Erik|last7 = Newsom|first7 = Carol|last8 = Puech|first8 = Emile|last9 = Schiffman|first9 = Lawrence H.}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | scholars are unable to determine the size of what the full manuscript would have been.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title = Discoveries in the Judaea Desert: Qumran Cave 4 XVII|last = Brooke|first = George|publisher = Oxford University Press|year = 2003|isbn = 0-19-826936-6|location = United States|pages = |last2 = Collins|first2 = John|last3 = Elgvin|first3 = Torleif|last4 = Flint|first4 = Peter|last5 = Greenfield|first5 = Jonas|last6 = Larson|first6 = Erik|last7 = Newsom|first7 = Carol|last8 = Puech|first8 = Emile|last9 = Schiffman|first9 = Lawrence H.}}</ref> |
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Frg. 1 = 3.1 x 3.9 cm |
Frg. 1 = 3.1 x 3.9 cm |
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The ‘Pesher on Genesis’, or ‘Commentaries on Genesis’, is part of the collection of the Dead Sea Scrolls found in caves near the archaeological site of Qumran about a mile off the Northwestern shore of the Dead Sea. There are four fragmentary manuscripts that have been grouped together from Cave 4; 4Q252, 4Q253, 4Q254, and 4Q254a which contain interpretations of the Book of Genesis.[1] The most extensive of the manuscripts is 4Q252 which contains 6 fragments. They date from mid 1st century BCE (Hasmonean period) to late 1st century CE (Herodian period). They are all written in Hebrew on parchment.[2]
4Q253 consists of three fragments that were found in cave four. The first fragment mentions the Ark of the Covenant. The second fragment is said to be associated with Jacob and his cultic activities. Fragment three cannot actually be placed in relation to the Genesis text, however, it speaks of Belial – the traditional name for Satan in Jewish apocalyptic writings.[3]
Physical Description:
The fragments are quite small in size and show the very bottom of a column of a commentary on Genesis. Unfortunately, due to the poor state of the fragments, scholars are unable to determine the size of what the full manuscript would have been.[4]
Frg. 1 = 3.1 x 3.9 cm
Frg. 2 = 5.2 x 6.2 cm (two joined pieces)
Frg. 3 = 3.2 x 3.0 cm
The fragments are almost certainly recognized to have been written by the same scribe due to the type of writing – a formal script from the late Hasmonaean to the early Herodian period.[4]
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