The Nash Papyrus
The Ten Commandments and the Shema were being copied on papyrus in the second century BC.
Citado fora da BíbliaManuscrito2nd century BC
A single sheet carrying the Ten Commandments and the Shema. Until 1947 it was the oldest known Hebrew biblical manuscript by a margin of a thousand years, and the palaeographic work done on it is what allowed the Dead Sea Scrolls to be dated so quickly when they appeared.
Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God is one LORD.
- Encontrado
- Egypt, 1898 — Acquired by Walter Llewellyn Nash
- Conservado em
- Cambridge University Library
- Língua
- Hebrew
- Como chegou até nós
- Escavado, ou ainda de pé onde foi construído.
O que mostra
It is a liturgical or devotional sheet rather than a scroll of a biblical book, and its text mixes the Exodus and Deuteronomy versions.
Como os historiadores o usam
A landmark in Hebrew palaeography; the dating framework built on it is still in use.
Na Escritura
Fontes
- Albright, "A Biblical Fragment from the Maccabaean Age", JBL 56 (1937)
Por enquanto estes textos estão em inglês. As traduções virão.