Words from Genesis 22

Name or Description

Genesis Midrash

Alleged Provenance

“These fragments [Gen 13:1–3; Words from Genesis 22; Isa 24:16–17; Isa 26:19–27:1; 1 En. 8:4–9:1] that came to Europe in the beginning of the sixties were in Lebanon with Mr. Moussa Al-Tawil for safekeeping” [Statement signed by William Kando, quoted by Tigchelaar 2017, 176].

Identifications

4Q226 (psJubb) frg. 6a 1–4 by Eshel and Eshel 2005

Listed by Emanuel Tov in his Revised Lists of the Texts from the Judaean Desert

4Q226 (psJubb) at p. 37

Listed by Accordance

4Q226 f6:1–4 in QUMENG and QUMRAN

Collector(s)/Collection(s)

William Kando → Lee Biondi & Bruce Ferrini † ➤ William Noah (June 2004) ➤ Aristophil Collection (after 2012) ➤ Anonymous Collector (Nov 2022)

Asking price

2003: $ 250,000 for 4 frgs: Gen 13:1–3; “Genesis 22”; Isa 24:16–17; Isa 26:19–27:1 (William Kando) 2004: $ 680,000 (William Noah & James Ferrell?) 2022: € 50–60,000 for 4 frgs: “Genesis 22”; Deut 23:3–4; Isa 24:16–17; Isa 26:19–27:1 (Aguttes Auction House/Aristophil Collection)

Purchase Price Dealer/Seller ➤ Collector/Buyer

2004: $ 250,000 for 4 frgs: Gen 13:1–3; “Genesis 22”; Isa 24:16–17; Isa 26:19–27:1 (William Kando) William Kando ➤ William Noah & James Ferrell 2022: € 32,500 for 4 frgs: “Genesis 22”; Deut 23:3–4; Isa 24:16–17; Isa 26:19–27:1 Aguttes Auction House/Aristophil Collection ➤ Anonymous Collector

Lines

Measurements in cm

2 x 2.5

Edition

Eshel and Eshel (2005, 142–44)

Thierry Legrand, “Pseudo-Jubilésb (4Qpseudo-Jubileesb),” in La Bibliothèque de Qumrân, eds. Kate Berthelot and Thierry Legrand (Paris: Les Éditions du Cerf, 2010), 2:170–77

Frg. Part of a Ms Edition

4Q226 (psJub^b) frg 6a [Parry and Tov 2005, 114]

Sources

Biondi, Lee. 2003. From the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Forbidden Book: A History of the Bible. Dallas. See pp. 4 and 20.

Eshel, Esther and Hanan Eshel. 2005. “New Fragments from Qumran: 4QGen^f, 4QIsa^b, 4Q226, 8QGen, and XQpapEnoch.” DSD 12: 134–57, see 142–44.

Noah, William H. 2005. Ink & Blood: Dead Sea Scrolls to the English Bible. Murfreesboro: ACO. See p. 16.

Parry, Donald and Emanuel Tov, eds. 2005. The Dead Sea Scrolls Reader: Part 3: Parabiblical Texts. Leiden: Brill. See p. 114.

Tigchelaar, Eibert. 2017. “A Provisional List of Unprovenanced, Twenty-First Century, Dead Sea Scrolls-like Fragments.” DSD 24: 173–88.