File:2nd century Hebrew decalogue.jpg
Summary
The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash_Papyrus" class="extiw" title="w:Nash Papyrus">w:Nash Papyrus</a>, a collection of four papyrus fragments acquired in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=W._L._Nash&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="W. L. Nash (page does not exist)">W. L. Nash</a> and first described by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stanley_A._Cook&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stanley A. Cook (page does not exist)">Stanley A. Cook</a> in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/1903" title="1903">1903</a>. The fragments were the oldest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" class="extiw" title="w:Hebrew language">Hebrew</a> fragments known at that time which contained a portion of the biblical pre-<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Masoretic_text&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Masoretic text (page does not exist)">Masoretic text</a>, specifically the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments" title="Ten Commandments">Ten Commandments</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shema_Yisrael" class="extiw" title="w:Shema Yisrael">w:Shema Yisrael</a> prayer. The order the commandments listed in the Nash papyrus differs from that of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" class="extiw" title="w:Hebrew Bible">w:Hebrew Bible</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint" class="extiw" title="w:Septuagint">w:Septuagint</a>. See David Noel Freedman, The Nine Commandments (Doubleday, 2000) p.87. Though dated by Cook to the 2nd century, subsequent reappraisals have pushed the date back to the 2nd century BC. In addition to biblical text, it also exhibits a few unique readings. The papyrus was probably copied from a liturgical work.
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current | 04:05, 5 January 2017 | 832 × 1,348 (303 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash_Papyrus" class="extiw" title="w:Nash Papyrus">w:Nash Papyrus</a>, a collection of four papyrus fragments acquired in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=W._L._Nash&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="W. L. Nash (page does not exist)">W. L. Nash</a> and first described by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stanley_A._Cook&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stanley A. Cook (page does not exist)">Stanley A. Cook</a> in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/1903" title="1903">1903</a>. The fragments were the oldest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" class="extiw" title="w:Hebrew language">Hebrew</a> fragments known at that time which contained a portion of the biblical pre-<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Masoretic_text&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Masoretic text (page does not exist)">Masoretic text</a>, specifically the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments" title="Ten Commandments">Ten Commandments</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shema_Yisrael" class="extiw" title="w:Shema Yisrael">w:Shema Yisrael</a> prayer. The order the commandments listed in the Nash papyrus differs from that of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" class="extiw" title="w:Hebrew Bible">w:Hebrew Bible</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint" class="extiw" title="w:Septuagint">w:Septuagint</a>. See <i>David Noel Freedman, </i>The Nine Commandments<i> (Doubleday, 2000) p.87</i>. Though dated by Cook to the 2nd century, subsequent reappraisals have pushed the date back to the 2nd century BC. In addition to biblical text, it also exhibits a few unique readings. The papyrus was probably copied from a liturgical work. |
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