Dear Ken, This is a fine list, and I appreciate that you sent it to the list. I would like to add two things. The fragment POxy 3522 from c. 50 CE has the tetragram in old Hebrew characters. I am not sure what "Nahal Hever Hand A and hand B" refer to. But the manuscript 8HevXIIgr (fragments of the book of the twelve prophets) has the tetragram in old Hebrew characters. The age estimates of all the fragments you list are somewhat uncertain. The age estimates of the mentioned manuscripts are, Barthelemy: first century CE; C. H. Roberts: between 50 BCE and 50 CE; P. J. Parsons: Late first century BCE; Tov: end of first century BCE.
For further manuscript studies I recommend "Scribal Practices and Approaches Reflected in the Texts Found in the Judean Desert," E. Tov, 2002. I do not have the book at hand, but it contains tables with manuscripts containing divine designations—If I remember correctly, until the fifth century CE. This book is very important for textual studies. Best regards, Rolf Furuli Stavern Norway Torsdag 20. Juni 2013 15:42 CEST skrev Ken Penner <[email protected]>: > Before the thread closes, I will share some relevant data I have collected. I > do not feel inclined to interpret these data or draw conclusions on this list. > Here is a list of the oldest manuscripts of the LXX, in chronological order. > I hope the formatting comes through the listserve. > The first column has the number Rahlfs and Fraenkel gave the manuscript for > the Goettingen editions of the Septuagint. The next column provides its > number in the Leuven Database of Ancient Books. The third column has the > manuscript name as a link to images provided by this database; the data and > contents columns are also taken from the LDAB. In the final column has a note > on the treatment of the Tetragrammaton. > > Rahlfs LDAB Manuscript Date Contents Tetragrammaton > 819 3458 > 4Q122<http://www.deadseascrolls.org.il/explore-the-archive/manuscript/4Q122-1> > BC 199 - 150 Deuteronomium 11.4 Not preserved > 957 3459 P. Rylands > 458<http://enriqueta.man.ac.uk:8180/luna/servlet/detail/ManchesterDev~93~3~24513~100397:Deuteronomy?sort=Image_sequence_number%2CFolio%2CImage_Title%2CDate_created&qvq=sort:Image_sequence_number> > BC 199 - 100 Deuteronomium 23-28 passim Blank spaces > 805 3456 > 7QLXXEx<http://www.deadseascrolls.org.il/explore-the-archive/manuscript/7Q1-1> > BC 100 about Exodus 28.4-7 Not preserved > 801 3454 > 4QLXXLeva<http://www.deadseascrolls.org.il/explore-the-archive/manuscript/4Q119-1> > BC 99 - AD 99 Leviticus 26.1-16 Not preserved > 804 3460 > 7QLXXEpJer<http://www.deadseascrolls.org.il/explore-the-archive/manuscript/7Q2-1> > BC 99 - 1 Jeremias, letter > 942 3450 PFouad 266a BC 50 - AD 25 Genesis 3.10-12; 4.5-7, 23; > 7.17-20; 37.34 - 38.1; 38.10-12 Blank spaces > 802 3452 > 4QLXXLevb<http://www.deadseascrolls.org.il/explore-the-archive/manuscript/4Q120-1> > BC 99 - 1 Leviticus 1-5 ἰάω > 848 PFouad 266b 1st C BCE Square Hebrew > > If anyone wants to continue this work, you will find Bob Kraft's page > helpful: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rak//earlylxx/earlypaplist.html > It provides Rahlfs and LDAB numbers, and some description of the form of the > tetragrammaton in each manuscript. > The LDAB is at http://www.trismegistos.org/ldab/ > For convenient reference, I will list the next manuscripts in chronological > order: > PFouad 266c > 4Q127 > 4Q126 > 4QLXXNu > Nahal Hever hand A > Nahal Hever hand B > POxy 3522 > POxy 4443 > PFouad 203 > PBarc inv 2 > > > Ken M. Penner, Ph.D. > Associate Professor, Religious Studies > 2329 Notre Dame Avenue, 409 Nicholson Tower > St. Francis Xavier University > Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5 > Canada > (902)867-2265 > [email protected] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Yigal Levin > Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 2:04 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] G.Gertoux and the Name... CLOSES IN 22 HOURS > > I agree. This has stopped being about the Name in Hebrew. This thread end 22 > hours from now - Friday at 6 am Tiberias time. > > Yigal Levin > > Co-moderator, B-Hebrew > > -----Original Message----- > From: > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Will Parsons > Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 5:01 AM > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] G.Gertoux and the Name... > > I've found in this thread much to think about, so I thank the moderators for > allowing it to continue so far. But, at this point, hasn't it run its > course? Haven't all the participants already made their points? Isn't it > time to put an end to it??? > > -- > William Parsons > μὴ φαίνεσθαι, ἀλλ' εἶναι. > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew > > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew > _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
