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The «Mur 1»
fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls, containing the final part of Chapter 32 of
the Book of Genesis, mentions ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF). We have translated
the reconstructed text from the 2nd century CE, published by Benoit P. et al.
(1961). The English translation is available at:
Photocopy
Fragment «Mur
1» from the Dead Sea Scrolls (Plate 806, B-288564), parchment, Hebrew text,
Roman period. Photographer: Najib Anton Albina, scanned infrared negative produced
in 1954; Screen capture of the original from The Leon Levy dead sea scrolls
Digital Library collection; Israel Antiquities Authority, deadseascrolls.org.il. Description of the parchment
fragment: «Leather of medium thickness, well finished, light suede color;
smooth surface, lightly embossed spine. Horizontal and vertical drypoint lines
are quite fine. … The literary script is of an ornamental type, well
calibrated, dating to the beginning of the 2nd century CE. … The biblical text
preserved on the fragments is completely identical to the Textus Receptus
established at the end of the 1st century CE.» (1961BenoitP_DeVauxR:75). (Fair
use for the purpose of criticism, study and comparison; sharpening, color
correction, terms underlined, captions and notations added; in square brackets Book
of Genesis 32:33, then 33:1).
Transcription
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| (1961BenoitP_DeVauxR:76, col. I: 32:33-33:1; the terms are underlined by us) |
33 Therefore [do the children of Israel not eat the sinew] which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day; because he struck against the hollow [of Jacob's thigh on the sinew that] shrank.
(translation taking into account sefaria.org/Genesis.32.33 and 1922LeeserI).
Benoit P, Milik JT, De Vaux R.
Discoveries in the Judaean Desert: Vol. II. Les Grottes de Murabba'at (Text
Only). Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1961. books.google
Leeser I. The twenty-four books of the Holy Scriptures. Carefully translated
according to the Massoretic text, on the basis of the English version after the
best Jewish authorities and supplied with short explanatory notes by Isaac
Leeser. New York: Bloch Pub. Co., 1922. archive.org
The author
of the manuscript is unknown.
Regarding
the dating of the scroll fragment, it is noted: «The tears are old and possibly
caused by the military actions of Roman soldiers in 135 AD, during the capture
of a partisan refuge in the Murabbat caves» (1961BenoitP_DeVauxR:75).
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