"to Ishmael" inadequate provenance
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2022 4:44 pm
According to Israel Antiquities Authority, a papyrus from late First Temple period
has been confirmed. But the provenance claimed is from an unnamed Montana woman in the 1960s by her unnamed son. A christianpost.com claims she dug "in excavations around Qumran." (Allegro? Steckoll?) And was given and/or bought the papyrus from Saad and/or Kando.
The only previously-known First Temple papyrus in paleo-Hebrew was from Murabba'at, about which see both Saad and Kando, DJD 2, pt. 1 Texte, p. 3ff.
has been confirmed. But the provenance claimed is from an unnamed Montana woman in the 1960s by her unnamed son. A christianpost.com claims she dug "in excavations around Qumran." (Allegro? Steckoll?) And was given and/or bought the papyrus from Saad and/or Kando.
The only previously-known First Temple papyrus in paleo-Hebrew was from Murabba'at, about which see both Saad and Kando, DJD 2, pt. 1 Texte, p. 3ff.