4Q120
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4Q120 (also pap4QLXXLevb; VH 46; Rahlfs 802; LDAB 3452) is a Septuagint manuscript (LXX) of the biblical Book of Leviticus, which was found at Qumran. The Rahlfs-No. is 802. Palaoegraphycally it dates from the first century BCE.
ΙΑΩ
[change | change source]In the manuscript it is attested use of Ιαω to translate the tetragrammaton in Leviticus 3:12 (frg. 6) and 4:27 (frg. 20)
Greek text according to A. R. Meyer:
Lev 4:27
[αφεθησεται ]αυτωι εαν[ δε ψυχη μια]
[αμαρτ]η[ι α]κουσιως εκ[ του λαου της]
[γης ]εν τωι ποιησαι μιαν απ[ο πασων]
των εντολων ιαω ου πο[ιηθησε] [1]: 220
Lev 3:12–13
[τωι ιαω] 12 εαν δ[ε απο των αιγων]
[το δωρ]ον αυτο[υ και προσαξει εν]
[αντι ι]αω 13 και ε[πιθησει τας χει] [1]: 221
Actual location
[change | change source]Currently the manuscript is housed in the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Anthony R. Meyer, The Divine Name in Early Judaism: Use and Non-Use in Aramaic, Hebrew, and Greek (McMaster University, 2017)" (PDF). S2CID 165487129. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-26. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
Sources
[change | change source]- Skehan, Patrick W. (1957-06-02). "The Qumran Manuscripts and Textual Criticism". In Anderson, G. W.; Cazzelles, Henri; De Boer, P. A. H.; E. Hammershaimb, E.; Burrows, Millar; Noth, Martin (eds.). Volume du Congrès International pour l'étude de l'Ancien Testament, Strasbourg 1956. Supplements to Vetus Testamentum. Vol. 4. Leiden: Brill Publishers. pp. 148–160. doi:10.1163/9789004275270_012.
- Skehan, Patrick W. (1980). "The Divine Name at Qumran in the Masada Scroll and in the Septuagint" (PDF). Bulletin of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies. 13. The Catholic University of America: 14–44. ISSN 0145-3890.