| List of the manuscripts from Qumran Cave 1 | |
| Material: | Papyrus, Parchment, and Bronze |
| Writing: | Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, and Nabataean |
| Created: | Est. 408 BCE to 318 CE |
| Discovered: | 1946 |
| Location: | Qumran |
The following is a list of the Dead Sea Scrolls from the cave 1 near Qumran.
Wadi Qumran Cave 1 was discovered for the first time in 1946. The initial discovery, by Bedouin shepherd Muhammed edh-Dhib, his cousin Jum'a Muhammed, and Khalil Musa, took place between November 1946 and February 1947.[1] [2] The shepherds discovered seven scrolls housed in jars in a cave near what is now known as the Qumran site and took them back to the camp to show to his family. None of the scrolls were destroyed in this process.[3] The original seven Dead Sea Scrolls from Cave 1 at Qumran are the Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsaa), a second copy of Isaiah (1QIsab), the Community Rule Scroll (1QS), the Pesher on Habakkuk (1QpHab), the War Scroll (1QM), the Thanksgiving Hymns (1QH), and the Genesis Apocryphon (1QapGen).[4] One of the pottery jars containing the scrolls from Cave 1 is now kept in the British Museum.[5]
Some resources for more complete information on the Dead Sea Scrolls are the book by Emanuel Tov, "Revised Lists of the Texts from the Judaean Desert"[6] for a complete list of all of the Dead Sea Scroll texts, as well as the online webpages for the Shrine of the Book[7] and the Leon Levy Collection, both of which present photographs and images of the scrolls and fragments themselves for closer study. Information is not always comprehensive, as content for many scrolls has not yet been fully published.
| Fragment or scroll identifier | Fragment or scroll name | Alternative identifier | English Bible Association | Language | Date/script | Description | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qumran Cave 1 | |||||||
| Great Isaiah Scroll | –31; 2:1–22; 3:1–5:30; 6:1–13; 7:1–25; 8:1–23; 9:1–20; 10:1–34; 11:1–45:25; 46:1–66:24 | Hebrew | 356–103 BCE/150–100 BCE | Contains all 66 chapters with occasional lacunae and some missing words at the bottom of some columns | [8] | ||
| cf. 1Q8 | Hebrew | Hasmonean/Herodian | A second copy of portions of the Book of Isaiah | ||||
| 1QS | Serekh ha-Yahad or "Community Rule" | Hebrew | cf. 4QSa-j = 4Q255–64, 5Q11 | ||||
| 1QpHab | Pesher on Habakkuk | Habakkuk 1–2 | Hebrew | Later half of the 1st century BC | Commentary on Habakkuk 1:2–17; 2:1–20 | [9] | |
| Milhamah or War Scroll | Hebrew | cf. 4Q491, 4Q493; 11Q14? | |||||
| 1QHa | Hodayot or Thanksgiving Hymns | Hebrew | Some parts are also preserved in 1QHb and 4QHa-f | ||||
| 1QapGen | Genesis Apocryphon | Genesis 12:18–15:4 | Aramaic | 25 BCE–50 CE | [10] | ||
| CTLevi | Cairo Geniza or Testament of Levi | Aramaic | |||||
| 1QGen | Genesis | 1Q1 | Genesis 1:18–21; 3:11–14; 22:13–15; 23:17–19; 24:22–24 | Hebrew | Herodian | [11] | |
| 1QExod | Exodus | 1Q2 | Exodus 16:12–16; 19:24–20:2, 20:5–6; 20:25–21:1; 21:4–5 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [12] | |
| 1QpaleoLev | Leviticus – Numbers | 1Q3 | Leviticus 11:10–11; 19:30–34; 20:20–24; 21:24–22:6; 23:4–8 and Numbers 1:48–50 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman; Palaeo-Hebrew script | [13] | |
| 1QDeuta | Deuteronomy | 1Q4 | Deuteronomy 1:22–25; 4:47–49; 8:18–19; 9:27–28; 11:27–30; 13:1–6, 13–14; 14:21, 24–25; 16:4, 6–7 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [14] [15] | |
| 1QDeutb | 1Q5 | Deuteronomy 1:9–13; 8:8–9; 9:10; 11:30–31; 15:14–15; 17:16; 21:8–9; 24:10–16; 25:13–18; 28:44–48; 29:9–20; 30:19–20; 31:1–10, 12–13; 32:17–29; 33:12–24 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [16] | ||
| 1QJudg | Judges | 1Q6 | Judges 6:20–22; 8:1(?); 9:2–6, 28–31, 40–43, 48–49 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [17] | |
| 1QSam | Samuel | 1Q7 | 2 Samuel 18:17–18; 20:6–10; 21:16–18; 23:9–12 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [18] | |
| Isaiah | Parts of 1QIsab as 1Q8 | Isaiah 7 22–25; 8:1; 10:17–19; 12:3–6; 13:1–8, 16–19; 15:3–9; 16:1–2, 7–11; 19:7–17, 20–25; 20:1; 22:11–18, 24–25; 23:1–4; 24:18–23; 25:1–8; 26:1–5; 28:15–20; 29:1–8; 30:10–14, 21–26; 35:4–5; 37:8–12; 38:12–22; 39:1–8; 40:2–3; 41:3–23; 43:1–13, 23–27; 44:21–28; 45:1–13; 46:3–13; 47:1–14; 48:17–22; 49:1–15; 50:7–11; 51:1–10; 52:7–15; 53:1–12; 54:1–6; 55:2–13; 56:1–12; 57:1–4, 17–21; 58:1–14; 59:1–8, 20–21; 60:1–22; 61:1–2; 62:2–12; 63:1–19; 64:1, 6–8; 65:17–25; 66:1–24 | Hebrew | Herodian | [19] | ||
| 1QEzek | Ezekiel | Parts of 1QIsab as 1Q9 | Ezekiel 4 16–17; 5:1 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [20] | |
| 1QPsa | Psalms | 1Q10 | Psalm 86 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [21] | |
| 1QPsb | 1Q11 | Psalm 126 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [22] | ||
| 1QPsc | 1Q12 | Psalm 44 3–5, 7, 9, 23–25 | Hebrew | Herodian | [23] | ||
| 1QPhyl | Phylactery | 1Q13 | Deuteronomy 5:23–27; 11:8–11 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [24] | |
| 1QpMic | Pesher on Micah | 1Q14 | Hebrew | Herodian | [25] | ||
| 1QpZeph | Pesher on Zephaniah | 1Q15 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [26] | ||
| 1QpPs | Pesher on Psalms | 1Q16 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [27] | ||
| 1QJuba | Jubilees | 1Q17 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | Jubilees | [28] | |
| 1QJubb | 1Q18 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | Jubilees | [29] | ||
| 1QNoah | Book of Noah | 1Q19 | Hebrew | Herodian | [30] | ||
| 1QapGen | Fragments of the "Genesis Apocryphon" | 1Q20 | Herodian | [31] | |||
| 1QTLevi / 1QALD | Testament of Levi | 1Q21 | Hasmonean | Aramaic Levi Document | [32] | ||
| "Dibrê Moshe" or "Words of Moses" | 1Q22 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [33] | |||
| 1QEnGiantsa | Book of Giants | 1Q23 | Aramaic | Hasmonean | Enoch | [34] | |
| 1QEnGiantsb | Book of Giants | 1Q24 | Aramaic | Hellenistic-Roman | Enoch | [35] | |
| 1Q Apocr.Prophecy | "Apocryphal Prophecy" | 1Q25 | Hebrew | Herodian | [36] | ||
| 1Q Instruction | "Instruction" | 1Q26 | Hebrew | Hasmonean | [37] | ||
| 1QMyst | "The Book of Mysteries" | 1Q27 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [38] | ||
| "Rule of the Congregation" | 1Q28 (1Q28a) | Hebrew | Hasmonean | Fragment from "Community Rule" | [39] | ||
| 1QSb | "Rule of the Blessing" or "Rule of the Benedictions" | 1Q28b | Hebrew | Hasmonean | [40] | ||
| 1QapocrMoses B | Apocryphon of Moses | 1Q29 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | "Liturgy of the Three Tongues of Fire" | [41] | |
| 1Q Liturgical Text(?) A | "Liturgical Text 1" | 1Q30 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [42] | ||
| 1Q Liturgical Text(?) B | "Liturgical Text 2" | 1Q31 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [43] | ||
| 1QNJ(?) | "New Jerusalem" | 1Q32 | Aramaic | Herodian | cf. 11Q18 | [44] | |
| 1QM | 1Q33 | Deuteronomy 20:2–5; Numbers 10:9, 24:17–19; Isaiah 31:8 | Hebrew | 30–1 BCEEarly Herodian | |||
| 1QPrFetes / 1QLitPr | "Liturgical Prayers" or "Festival Prayers" | 1Q34 | Hebrew | Herodian | [45] | ||
| 1QHb | "Hodayot" or "Thanksgiving Hymns" | 1Q35 | Hebrew | Herodian | [46] | ||
| 1Q Hymns | "Hymns" | 1Q36 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [47] | ||
| 1Q Hymnic Composition(?) | "Hymnic Composition" | 1Q37 | Hebrew | Herodian | [48] | ||
| 1Q Hymnic Composition(?) | "Hymnic Composition" | 1Q38 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [49] | ||
| 1Q Hymnic Composition(?) | "Hymnic Composition" | 1Q39 | Hebrew | Herodian | [50] | ||
| 1Q Hymnic Composition(?) | "Hymnic Composition" | 1Q40 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [51] | ||
| 1Q41–70 | 1Q41–70 | Hebrew | Unclassified Fragments | ||||
| 1QDana | Daniel | 1Q71 | Daniel 1 10–17; 2:2–6 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | [52] | |
| 1QDanb | 1Q72 | Daniel 3 22–30 | Aramaic | Hellenistic-Roman | [53] | ||