6Q30, A cursive Šîn, and Proverbs 11

Journal of Biblical Literature

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 544-546

  Eshel, Hanan ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 61249706151     PISSN: 00219231     EISSN: 19343876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3268391     Document Type: Note

References (11)

1. M. Baillet, "30. Fragment en Cursive," in Les 'Petites Grottes' de Qumran (ed. M. Baillet, J. T. Milik, and R. de Vaux; DJD 3; Oxford: Clarendon, 1962), 140 and pl. 29. Baillet noted that certain forms of letters are known from writings dated to the second revolt (132-135 C.E.), and therefore 6Q30 is considered to be the latest text found at Qumran
2. See B. Webster, "Chronological Index of the Texts from the Judean Desert," in The Texts from the Judaean Desert: Indices and Introduction (ed. E. Tov; DJD 39; Oxford: Clarendon, 2002), 434. As we will see below, there is no reason to date this fragment later than the destruction of Qumran in 68 C.E
3. A. Yardeni, Textbook of Aramaic, Hebrew, and Nabataean Documentary Texts from the Judaean Desert (Jerusalem: Dinur Center, 2000), 2:184-85, 208-9
4. Y. Yadin and J. Naveh, The Aramaic and Hebrew Ostraca and Jar Inscription (Masada 1; Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 1989), 53, pl. 46
5. A. Yardeni, "New Jewish Aramaic Ostraca," IEJ 40 (1990): 130-40, 148
6. J. T. Milik, "Textes Hébreux et Araméens," in Les Grottes de Murabba'ât (ed. P. Benoit, J. T. Milik, and R. de Vaux; DJD 2; Oxford: Clarendon, 1961), 118-21, pl. 33
7. On the date of this document, see H. Eshel, "Documents of the First Jewish Revolt from the Judean Desert," in The First Jewish Revolt: Archaeology, History, and Ideology (ed. A. M. Berlin and J. A. Overman; London/New York: Routledge, 2002), 157-63
8. The translation is based on Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1985)
9. See the discussion in C. H. Toy, The Book of Proverbs (ICC; Edinburgh: Clark, 1899), 222-24
10. and in R. J. Clifford, Proverbs (OTL; Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1999), 120, 122
11. It seems that the meaning of the MT is that "when a wicked man dies, hope perishes," because now it is clear that the wicked man will not repent. See R. E. Murphy, Proverbs (WBC; Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1998), 79-81