4QXIIa (4Q76)
The script is dated by the editor to the early Hasmonean
period, c. 150-125 BCE.
. . .
The sequence of the books in this manuscript is a matter
of controversy. It is clear that the book of Malachi is not the final text in
the manuscript. The editor of the official edition placed Jonah after Malachi, but
this is a topic of ongoing debate. (The Hebrew University Bible: The Twelve
Prophets, ed. Michael Segan and Shemaryahu Talmonz”l [Jerusalem: The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, 2024], xxxi)