4Q464 a על הקטע

This paper offers a new edition of the fragment 4Q464a (Narrative E), which alludes to the midwives episode from Exod. 1:15–21. Initially assigned to 4Q464 (Exposition on the Patriarchs), its script, orthography, and parchment are indeed consistent with those of 4Q464. Although the text's final editors, Esther Eshel and Michael E. Stone, suggest that the contents of 4Q464a indicate that it belongs to a different composition, however, the new readings proposed here seem to confirm its initial attribution to 4Q464. Among other common features, 4Q464a shares 4Q464's interest in biblical chronology, referring to the 210 years of Israel's exile in Egypt.