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THE STABILIZATION OF THE BIBLICAL TEXT IN THE LIGHT OF QUMRAN AND MASADA: A CHALLENGE FOR CONVENTIONAL QUMRAN CHRONOLOGY?

2002; Brill; Volume: 9; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1163/156851702320917869

1568-5179

Ian Young,

Ancient Egypt and Archaeology

Among the various discoveries of caches of biblical scrolls from the Roman period in Palestine, the Qumran scrolls are unique in their textual diversity. The Qumran scrolls are classified into five groups by E. Tov: Proto-Masoretic, pre-Samaritan, LXX-affiliated, Qumran practice, and non-aligned.' The finds from Masada, the Wadi Murabba'at, the Nahal Hever, and the Wadi Sdeir, however, only attest proto-Masoretic (MT) texts.2 According to the prevailing consensus, the terminus ante quem for the Qumran scrolls is 68 CE.3 This is virtually the same date as the terminus for the Masada texts, which are securely dated to before 73 CE, the fall of Masada to the Romans at the end of the