Full title
A Reconsideration of Manuscripts Classified as Scrolls of the Twelve Minor Prophets (XII)
Research notes
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Reference type
Year
2007
Journal / Book Title || Series Title
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
Volume
7
Number of volumes
0
Issue / Series Volume
16
Alternative title
JHS
Label
21/12/2009
Abstract
There are substantially fewer mss. of “The Twelve” in Qumran than usually assumed. Moreover, none of the mss. transmitting the complete collection of the XII is earlier than the first century BCE. The formation of a single collection including the twelve prophetic books is later than often claimed, and the question of whether the anthology of the XII originated in Jerusalem or Alexandria remains open.
Primary Texts: Judean Desert Documents
Scroll / Document