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BRENT A. STRAWN 167<br />

Table 5. Multiple-Copy “Biblical” Documents from Qumran 221<br />

Text Caves (Total Number) Number of Copies 222<br />

Genesis 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 (5) 19 or 20 (4)<br />

Exodus 1, 2, 4, 7 (4) 18 (1)<br />

Leviticus 1, 2, 4, 6, 11 (5) 16223 (2)<br />

Numbers 1, 2, 4 (3) 8 (4)<br />

Deuteronomy 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 11 (6) 31 (3)<br />

Joshua 4 (1) 2 (2)<br />

Judges 1, 4 (2) 3 (1)<br />

Samuel 1, 4 (2) 4<br />

Kings 4, 5, 6 (3) 3<br />

Isaiah 1, 4, 5 (3) 21 (1)<br />

Jeremiah 2, 4 (2) 6<br />

Ezekiel 1, 3, 4, 11 (4) 6 (1)<br />

12 Prophets 4, 5 (2) 8 or 9 (2)<br />

Psalms 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11 (8) 36 (3)<br />

Job 2, 4, 11 (3) 6224 Proverbs 4 (1) 2<br />

Ruth 2, 4 (2) 4<br />

Canticles 4, 6 (2) 4<br />

Qoheleth 4 (1) 2<br />

Lamentations 3, 4, 5 (3) 4<br />

Daniel 1, 4, 6 (3) 8<br />

221. <strong>The</strong> listing follows Tov, “A Categorized List,” 67–84; idem, “D. <strong>The</strong> Biblical<br />

Lists,” 165–83, <strong>and</strong> combines <strong>the</strong> data from his three divisions (Qumran:<br />

Hebrew/Aramaic; Qumran: Greek; Sites O<strong>the</strong>r Than Qumran). See fur<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong>re,<br />

esp. 67–70 <strong>and</strong> 165–67, respectively, for criteria of inclusion in <strong>the</strong> list as well as for<br />

explanation of fluctuating numbers. Cf. V<strong>and</strong>erKam <strong>and</strong> Flint, <strong>The</strong> Meaning of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Dead</strong><br />

<strong>Sea</strong> <strong>Scrolls</strong>, 149–50 (Tables 6.4–5).<br />

222. This is <strong>the</strong> total number of copies from Qumran. Numbers in paren<strong>the</strong>ses indicate<br />

additional copies from sites in <strong>the</strong> Judean Desert o<strong>the</strong>r than Qumran (see Tov,<br />

“A Categorized List,” 80–83).<br />

223. This includes 4QtgLev (4Q156).<br />

224. This includes 4QtgJob (4Q157) <strong>and</strong> 11QtgJob (11Q10).

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