Content
Fragments
1-2 of Dead Sea Scroll 4Q158.1-2, which previously contained part of Genesis 32
with a mention of ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF). We have translated the
reconstructed text of M.M. Zahn (2009). The English translation is available
at: 0cent.4Q158.1-2.
Photocopy
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Dead Sea Scroll 4Q158, fragments 1-2 (Plate 138, Frag. 4 B-358482), material – parchment, text – Hebrew, period – Herodian. A screenshot of the original from The Leon Levy dead sea scrolls Digital Library collection, © 2025 Israel Antiquities Authority deadseascrolls.org.il (Fair use for criticism, study and comparison; sharpening, color correction, and captions done by us.). |
Transcription
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Dead Sea Scroll 4Q158, fragments 1-2, lines 11-13 (from 2009ZahnMM, p. 39, term denoting LCF is underlined by us). |
12. On that
day he said, 'You shall not eat...
13. On both
the joints of his thigh to this day, because he touched the joint of Jacob's
thigh, the sinew of his thigh...
Zahn MM.
The Forms and Methods of Early Jewish Reworkings of the Pentateuch in Light of
4Q158. Ph.D. diss. Notre Dame, IN: Notre Dame University, 2009. curate.nd.edu
The author
of the manuscript is unknown, but it is believed that the scribe belonged to
the Essenes of the Qumran community, which existed west of the Dead Sea and was
active between 37 BC and 74 AD. deadseascrolls.org.il
ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, Bible, Torah, synonym, history
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