נתונים חדשים לשחזור עותק ה (4Q418a) של החיבור 'חוכמת רז נהיה'

4QInstruction is a long wisdom composition, preserved in eight copies comprising hundreds of fragments. Several good editions of this work have been published, but the exact order of the preserved fragments remains unknown. The scroll 4Q418a, preserved in wads, is a key copy for the reconstruction of the sequence of the composition and its length. Using some digital tools on all existing images of 4Q418a reveals some previously unnoticed fragments attached underneath fragment 22. While these layers are currently inseparable, thus leaving only a few legible letters from the new fragments, their existence advances the general reconstruction of 4QInstruction. The new finding implies that two additional columns are missing between the introduction of the composition (4Q418a frg 9; Qimron, DSS, vol. 2, pp. 147–151) and the section dealing with general instructions regarding interpersonal relationships (4Q418a frg. 22; Qimron, DSS, vol. 2, pp. 152–160).