Full title
The Qumran Tefillin and Their Possible Master Copies
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Research notes
SHS/not checked/16/11/2019
Reference type
Editor(s)
Nuria Calduch-Benages
Michael W. Duggan
Dalia Marx
Year
2019
Journal / Book Title || Series Title
On Wings of Prayer: Sources of Jewish Worship; Essays in Honor of Professor Stefan C. Reif on the Occasion of his Seventy-fifth Birthday
Issue / Series Volume
44
Series Title
Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies
Publisher
de Gruyter
Place of Publication
Berlin/Boston
Pages
135-150
Work type
Label
09/12/2019
Abstract
If the mentioned working hypothesis is correct, we will have illuminated an aspect of the practical preparation of the tefillin, at least within the Qumran community. The argument developed here is that 4QDeutj and possibly also 4QDeutk1 may have served as master codices for the writing of tefillin such as 4QPhyl A, 4QPhyl J-K, 1QPhyl, and possibly more. At the same time, we will have contributed towards the clarification of the essence of 4QDeutj,k1,n, which are named “liturgical scrolls,” as their nature has not yet been defined.