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Nonbiblical Apocalypses and Visions
DEVORAH DIMANT 459
New Jerusalem ar—7 copies: 1Q32(?); 2Q24; 4Q554; 4Q554a; 4Q555; 5Q15;
11Q18 77
Words of Michael ar—1 copy: 4Q529 78
Legendary Narratives
Vision a,b,c ar—3 copies: 4Q556; 4Q557; 4Q558 79
Prayer of Nabonidus—1 copy: 4Q242 80
Four Kingdoms a–b ar—2 copies: 4Q552; 4Q553 81
Elect of God Text ar—3 copies: 4Q534; 4Q535; 4Q536 82
Didactic Tale (Proto-Esther) ar—6 copies: 4Q550; 4Q550 a ; 4Q550 b ; 4Q550 c ;
4Q550 d ; 4Q550 83
Aramaic Tale (Daniel-Susannah) ar—1 copy: 4Q551 84
W. Parry and E. Tov; part 6 of The Dead Sea Scrolls Reader; 6 vols. Leiden: Brill, 2005), 74.
The name “Apocryphon of Daniel,” given by Puech, is unfortunate, since Daniel is not
mentioned in the text and the general resemblance to certain passages in the canonical
Daniel does not justify it. This name is therefore replaced here by a more neutral title.
77. Texts published by Jozef T. Milik, Maurice Baillet, Edward M. Cook, and
Florentino García Martínez and Eibert J. C. Tigchelaar in “New Jerusalem,” in
Additional Genres and Unclassified Texts (ed. D. W. Parry and E. Tov; part 6 of The Dead
Sea Scrolls Reader; 6 vols. Leiden: Brill, 2005), 38–75; Klaus Beyer, Die aramäischen Texte
vom Toten Meer, Band 2 (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2004), 129–38.
78. Published by Émile Puech, “Paroles de Michel,” in Qumrân Grotte 4.XXII: Textes
araméens, Première Partie 4Q529–549 (DJD 31; Oxford: Clarendon, 2001), 1–8.
79. Published by Klaus Beyer, Die aramäischen Texte vom Toten Meer, Band 2 (Göttingen:
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2004), 142–3; Edward M. Cook in Additional Genres
and Unclassified Texts (ed. D. W. Parry and E. Tov; part 6 of The Dead Sea Scrolls Reader;
6 vols. Leiden: Brill, 2005), 136–53.
80. Published by John Collins, “Prayer of Nabonidus,” in Qumran Cave 4.XVII:
Parabiblical Texts, Part 3 (DJD 22; Oxford: Clarendon, 1996), 83–93.
81. Published by Klaus Beyer, Die aramäischen Texte vom Toten Meer, Band 2 (Göttingen:
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2004), 144–5; Edward M. Cook, “4QFour Kingdoms a–b
ar,” in Additional Genres and Unclassified Texts (ed. D. W. Parry and E. Tov; part 6 of The
Dead Sea Scrolls Reader; 6 vols. Leiden: Brill, 2005), 76–81.
82. Published by Puech, “Naissance de Noe,” in Qumrân Grotte 4.XXII: Textes araméens,
Première Partie 4Q529–549 (DJD 31; Oxford: Clarendon, 2001), 117–70. The title Elect
of God Text ar was given to this work by Jean Starcky in his initial publication of a fragment
from 4Q534. Subsequently the suggestion of Joseph Fitzmyer (“Aramaic ‘Elect of
God’ text from Qumran Cave IV,” CBQ 27 [1965]: 348–72) to identify the personage
described therein with Noah gained currency and the text has been renamed the Birth
of Noah. However, the identification of Noah remains problematic, and therefore I suggest
retaining the original title. See my comments in “Review: Émile Puech,” 297–98.
83. Published by Edward M. Cook “4Q550–4Q550e (4QPrEsther a–f ar),” in
Additional Genres and Unclassified Texts (ed. D. W. Parry and E. Tov; part 6 of The Dead