Jun 06 2007

Exodus Manuscript

Published by Hardy at 11:38 am under Archeology,Exodus

The recent unveiling at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem of an Exodus fragment which may date to the 7th or 8th century CE is getting quite a bit of media coverage.  The most recent article at Artdaily.org includes an excellent picture of the first few verses of Exodus 15.  The text visible in the image is identical to the consonants of the MT (colored red below; the layout may not reflect the pagination of the fragment).

MT:

 Masoretic Text 

Exodus Fragment:

 

The final verses of “the Song of the Sea” from the Leningrad Codex:

 Leningrad Codex

 As always Jim Davila is on top of the story here and here.

4 responses so far

4 Responses to “Exodus Manuscript”

  1. # Jim Getzon 06 Jun 2007 at 12:24 pm

    I think you’ve got a bit of wishful thinking leaking into your post. The manuscript is from the 7th-8th centuries CE, not BCE. ;-)

  2. # Hardyon 06 Jun 2007 at 12:27 pm

    Ah yes. Now that would be a wonderful discovery!

  3. # ari kinsbergon 07 Jun 2007 at 11:44 pm

    really cool!

    do you know if the last verse of the song in this ms. is written as prose or as verse?

  4. # Hardyon 08 Jun 2007 at 7:32 am

    I have not seen the manuscript; however possibly one of our other readers in Jerusalem may be able to speak to the layout of the final verse.

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