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Is the Piece Really a Mezuzah
Or, Perhaps Something Else? The /mezuzah/, traditionally affixed to the doorposts of the house by most Jews, contains two passages from the book of Deuteronomy — 6:4-9 and 11:18-20 — enjoining the faithful to write the words of God “on the doorframes of your house and...
read moreDead Sea Scrolls project will use latest tech to solve ‘ultimate jigsaw’
Israel on Tuesday announced an ambitious new project aimed at finally piecing together some of the thousands of fragments of the 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls that have mystified experts since their discovery in the 1940s and 1950s. The $1.75 million project aims to...
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The Silver Amulets -The Name of God
We learn from these two amulets that people—at least some people—chose to refer to God by the more intimate term YHWH (יהוה). These four letters are unpronounceable and untranslatable. This anomaly stems from the fact that biblical Hebrew is written with only...
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The Book of Job – Part I
Targum of Job (11Q10) The book of Job is by far the most difficult book in the Bible. The Hebrew in which it is written is as difficult and complex as the Hebrew of Genesis is easy and straightforward. This is because Job is a late book; most scholars put its...
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Behold a Virgin Shall Conceive” (4Q57)
Part IV – The Isaiah Scroll The passage of the Isaiah Scroll offered by Biblical Reproductions, from Isaiah, chapter 22, is a fairly straight-forward account of fortification work done by King Hezekiah in the days of an Assyrian threat against Judah in the late eighth...
read moreEnoch, Hero of Jewish Literature – Part III
Enoch Fragment (4 Q201-821) A fragment of the book of Enoch was found in Cave 4, the library of the Essene community of Qumran. This piece has been exactly reproduced and is offered here by Biblical Reproductions. Enoch was the son of Cain (Genesis 5:21-24) who did...
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Enoch, Whom God Took Away – Part II
Enoch Fragment (4 Q201-821) Enoch, according to Genesis 5:24, was the first human being who did not die. Rather, “…he was no more, because God took him away.” This mystical and mysterious ending to his life excited the imagination of Jewish writers of the period...
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Leviticus 23 (11Q1) – Part II
The Day of Atonement The fragment of Leviticus 23, described here in Biblical Reproductions blog, includes verses 26 and following, and deals with YomKippur, the Day of Atonement, holiest day of the Hebrew calendar. The text of verses 26 -28 reads- 26 The Lord said to...
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