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Apocryphal Weeks—1 copy: 4Q247 64
DEVORAH DIMANT 457
4QHistorical Text A—1 copy: 4Q248 (an apocalypse?) 65
Vision and Its Interpretation—1 copy: 4Q410 66
I. Compositions Related to the Bible
Genesis
Genesis Apocryphon ar—1 copy67 Aramaic
Words of Benjamin ar—1 copy: 4Q538 68
Words of Joseph ar —1 copy: 4Q539 69
64. Published by Magen Broshi, “247. 4QPesher on the Apocalypse of Weeks,” in
Qumran Cave 4.XXVI: Cryptic Texts and Miscellanea, Part 1 (DJD 36; Oxford: Clarendon,
2000), 187–91. The single piece apparently describes the historical sequence in weeks
of years chronology. The editor rightly points to some similarity between this fragment
and the so-called Apocalypse of Weeks (1 Enoch 93:1–10; 91:11–17). However, no
pesher form or terminology occurs in the fragment and therefore the title given by
the editor, “4QPesher on the Apocalypse of Weeks,” is misleading, and was droped here.
65. Published by Magen Broshi and Esther Eshel, “248. 4QHistorical Text A,” in
Qumran Cave 4.XXVI: Cryptic Texts and Miscellanea, Part 1 (DJD 36; Oxford: Clarendon,
2000), 192–200.
66. Published by Annette Steudel, “410. Vision and Interpretation,” in Qumran Cave
4.XXVI: Cryptic Texts and Miscellanea, Part 1 (DJD 36; Oxford: Clarendon, 2000), 316–19.
67. Published by Joseph A. Fitzmyer, The Genesis Apocryphon of Qumran Cave I (1Q20)
(3d ed.; BibOr 18B; Rome: Biblical Institute, 2004.). Cf. also the fuller version of the
fragmentary col. 12, which Jonas C. Greenfield and Elisha Qimron published, “The
Genesis Apocryphon Col. XII,” in Studies in Qumran Aramaic (ed. T. Muraoka;
AbrNSup 3; Louvain: Peeters, 1992), 70–77.
68. Published by Émile Puech, “538. 4QTestament de Juda ar,” in Qumrân Grotte
4.XXII: Textes araméens, Première Partie 4Q529–549 (DJD 31; Oxford: Clarendon,
2001), 191–99. This work is wrongly identified as the Testament of Judah. I suggested
The Words of Benjamin as a more appropriate title. For a fresh edition, translation and
commentary, cf. Devorah Dimant, “Not ‘the Testament of Judah’ but ‘the Words of
Benjamin:’ On the Character of 4Q538,” in Studies in Honor of Moshe Bar-Asher (ed. Y.
Breuer, S. Fassberg, and A. Maman) (Hebrew), in press.
69. Published by Émile Puech, “Testament de Joseph,” in Qumrân Grotte 4.XXII:
Textes araméens, Première Partie 4Q529–549 (DJD 31; Oxford: Clarendon, 2001),
203–11. Puech retained the title Testament of Joseph, first given to the text by Jozef T.
Milik. But despite some similarity between fragments 2 and 3 and the Greek Testament
of Joseph, the meager pieces do not permit a certain identification. See my comments
in my review of the volume, “Review: Émile Puech, Qumran Grotte 4.XXII: Textes
Araméens, première partie 4Q529–549 (DJD 31),” DSD 10 (2003): 292–304, esp. 300.