על נתינים ונביאי שקר

Full title
על נתינים ונביאי שקר
Research notes

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Reference type
Author(s)
Broshi, Magen
Yardeni, Ada
Year
1992
Journal / Book Title || Series Title
Tarbiz
Translated title
On Netinim and False Prophets
Volume
62
Issue / Series Volume
1
Pages
45-54
Work type
Language
Abstract

Two Dead Sea Scroll fragments are published here. Although containing barely a dozen complete words, they grant us new information on the world of the Qumran sect. Fortunately both fragments preserve the opening lines, and thus we can become acquainted with their contents. The first, a list of names of netinim (4Q340), is written in Hebrew, and it may be regarded as Qumranic, i.e. Essene, composition. The other, a list of False Prophets (4Q339), is in Aramaic, a fact that probably indicates its non-Qumranic origin, but we can assume that its viewpoint was accepted by the sect. The list of the netinim seems to us to be a list of people of low marriage-eligibility status.

Notes

Reprinted: Solving Riddles and Untying Knots: Biblical, Epigraphic, and Semitic Studies in Honor of Jonas C. Greenfield, ed. Ziony Zevit, Seymour Gitin, and Michael Sokoloff, 29-37. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 1995.

Primary Texts: Judean Desert Documents
Scroll / Document
Passage
1
Section type
Fragment
Scroll / Document
Passage
1
Section type
Fragment