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The Royal Conscience According to 4QSAM

The Royal Conscience According to 4QSAM 1 A. Rofé, “Moses’ Mother and her Slave-Girl According to 4QExod b ,” DSD 9 (2002) 38 – 43. Rofé is discussing the text as presented in E. Ulrich, F.M. Cross et al., Qumran Cave 4.VII: Genesis to Numbers (DJD 12; Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994) 79 – 95. The NRSV renders Ex 2:3 as follows: “When she could hide him no longer she got a papyrus basket for him, and plastered it with bitumen and pitch; she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds on the bank of the river.” However, 4QExod b contains an additional three words at 2:3b (based on Cross’ reconstruction), where Moses’ mother issues a command to her maid: “ She said to her maid, ‘Go ! ’ ” ( rmawtw ykl htjpçl ). 2 E. Ulrich, The Qumran Text of Samuel and Josephus (Missoula, MT: Scholars Press, 1978) 173. Josephus ( Ant . 7.131) also includes this detail. Cf. P.K. McCarter, II Samuel: A New Translation with Introduction, Notes, and Commentary (AB 9; Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1984) 279. A.A. Anderson ( 2 Samuel [WBC 11; Dallas: Word, 1989] 151) also notes the 4QSam a variant, opining that http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Dead Sea Discoveries Brill

The Royal Conscience According to 4QSAM

Bodner, Keith
Dead Sea Discoveries , Volume 11 (2): 158 – Jan 1, 2004
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1 A. Rofé, “Moses’ Mother and her Slave-Girl According to 4QExod b ,” DSD 9 (2002) 38 – 43. Rofé is discussing the text as presented in E. Ulrich, F.M. Cross et al., Qumran Cave 4.VII: Genesis to Numbers (DJD 12; Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994) 79 – 95. The NRSV renders Ex 2:3 as follows: “When she could hide him no longer she got a papyrus basket for him, and plastered it with bitumen and pitch; she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds on the bank of the river.” However, 4QExod b contains an additional three words at 2:3b (based on Cross’ reconstruction), where Moses’ mother issues a command to her maid: “ She said to her maid, ‘Go ! ’ ” ( rmawtw ykl htjpçl ). 2 E. Ulrich, The Qumran Text of Samuel and Josephus (Missoula, MT: Scholars Press, 1978) 173. Josephus ( Ant . 7.131) also includes this detail. Cf. P.K. McCarter, II Samuel: A New Translation with Introduction, Notes, and Commentary (AB 9; Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1984) 279. A.A. Anderson ( 2 Samuel [WBC 11; Dallas: Word, 1989] 151) also notes the 4QSam a variant, opining that

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