Tag: Qumran Library

Tefillin Fragment A: height 17.7 cm (7 in.) length 3 cm (1 3/16 in.) Fragment B: height 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.) length 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.) Mur 4 Phyl Parchment Copied first century-early second century C.E. Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority (3) The command "And thou shalt bind them for a si...

Tefillah li-Shlomo shel Yonatan ha-Melekh 4Q448 Parchment Copied between 103-76 B.C.E. Height 17.8 cm (7 in.), length 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.) Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority (2) The King Jonathan mentioned in this text can be none other than Alexander Jannaeus, a monarch of the Hasmonean dy...