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Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered - The Preterist Archive

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Translation<br />

Column 1 (1) A sacred poem (2) for King Jonathan (3) and all the Congregation of Your people (4)<br />

Israel, (5) who are (spread) in every (6) direction under Heaven, (7) may they all be well, (8) Perfect<br />

before You, (9) and a Commonwealth in Your Name<br />

Column 2 (1) In Your love do I exalt . . . (2) in the day and in the evening, from wine (also possibly<br />

'Greece') . . . (3) to draw near so as to be . . . (4) Visit them for a blessing, to . . . (5) upon Your Name<br />

which is proclaimed . . . (6) a Kingdom for Your Commonwealth . . . (7) the joiners in the war/joining<br />

the war of . . . (8) Your Name for a memorial . . .<br />

Notes<br />

(45) Brontologion (4Q318)<br />

Previous Discussions: Milik, Years, 42; idem, Books, 187; J. C. Greenfield and M. Sokoloff,<br />

'Astrological and Related Omen Texts in Jewish Palestinian Aramaic', Journal of Near Eastern Studies<br />

48 (1989) 202. Photographs: PAM 43.374, ER 1368.<br />

(46) Physiognomic Text (4Q561)

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