4Q108 — (or 4QCantc) is a fragment containing a portion of the Song of Songs in Hebrew. Fragments from three such scrolls were found in Cave 4 at Qumran. These, and 6Q6 from Cave 6, comprise the total witness to the Song from the Dead Sea Scrolls, known… … Wikipedia
4Q240 — ( or 4QCanta) is believed to be a commentary (or pesher) on the Song of Songs, also known as Canticles . Written in Hebrew, it was found in Cave 4 at Qumran in Israel and comprises part of the Dead Sea Scrolls.… … Wikipedia
Dead Sea Scrolls — Coordinates: 31°44′27″N 35°27′31″E / 31.74083°N 35.45861°E / 31.74083; 35.45861 … Wikipedia
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Song of Songs — 1979), p. 260.] The Song of Songs is thought by some to be an allegorical representation of the relationship of God and Israel as husband and wife. [ [http://www.schechter.org.il/iyounei chabate.asp?id=61 Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies… … Wikipedia
Dead Sea scrolls — The Dead Sea Scrolls consist of roughly 1,000 documents, including texts from the Hebrew Bible, discovered between 1947 and 1979 in eleven caves in and around the Wadi Qumran (near the ruins of the ancient settlement of Khirbet Qumran, on the… … Wikipedia
Muhammed edh-Dhib — Muhammad Ahmed al Hamed (born 1931), better known by his nickname Muhammed edh Dhib (Arabic: محمد الذئب; Muhammad the Wolf ), was a Bedouin shepherd from the Ta amireh clans residing in Bethlehem, who discovered the Dead Sea Scrolls in winter… … Wikipedia
Copper Scroll — The Copper Scroll (3Q15) is one of the Dead Sea Scrolls found in Cave 3 near Khirbet Qumran, but differs significantly from the others. Whereas the other scrolls are written on parchment or papyrus, this scroll is written on metal: copper mixed… … Wikipedia
Damascus Document — The Damascus Document (CD) (the Cairo Damascus document) or Damascus Rule is one of the most interesting texts of the Dead Sea Scrolls because it is the only Qumran sectarian work that was known before the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. There … Wikipedia
Norman Golb — (born in Chicago, Illinois in 1928) is the Ludwig Rosenberger Professor in Jewish History and Civilization at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. He earned his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1954. He joined the faculty of… … Wikipedia
