8HevXII a

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LXXVTS 10a (LXX 8HevXII a)

8HevXII a (originally marked LXXVTS 10a; Rahlfs 943a) is a Septuagint manuscript that containing the biblical books of minor prophets. This is a manuscript in scroll form dated to the 1st century. It was found in the Judean Desert in the cave number 8 of Nahal Hever. This fragment is also marked with number 943a on the list of Septuagint manuscripts according to Alfred Rahlfs classification.

This scroll contains the name of God YHWH in the following places: Jon 4:2; Mic 1:1, 3; Mic 4:4, 5, 7; Mic 5:4, 4; Hab 2:14, 16, 20; Hab 3:9; Zep 1:3, 14; Zep 2:10; Zec 1:3, 3, 4; Zec 3:5, 6, 7.

This manuscript was published in Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, Vol. X, in 1963.[1] The original designation of the scroll comes from the abbreviated name of the publication in which it was published (LXX - manuscript of the Septuagint; Vetus Testamentum, Supplements; volume X).

This manuscript is kept in the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem (8HevXII a).

References[change | change source]

  1. Würthwein 1963, pp. 1963.

Bibliography[change | change source]

  • Tov, Emanuel (1990). The Greek Minor Prophets Scroll from Nahal Hever (8HevXIIgr) (The Seiyâl Collection I). With the Collaboration of R.A. Kraft and a Contribution by P.J. Parsons. Discoveries in the Judean Desert. Vol. 8. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-0198263272.
  • Würthwein, Ernst (1963). Supplements to Vetus Testamentum. Vol. 10. Leiden. pp. 170–178.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)