Monday, March 24, 2025

References to "Jannes and his Brother" in the Dead Sea Scrolls (cf. "Jannes and Jambres" in 2 Timothy 3:8)

The following comes from The Dead Sea Scrolls: Study Edition, ed. Florentino García Martínez and Eibert J. C. Tigchelaar (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1997-1998)

 

 

CD-A Damascus Documenta, column v (=4Q266 3 II; 4Q267 2; 6Q15 2, 3)

 

18 משה ואהרן ביד שר האורים ויקם בליעל את יחנה ואת

19 אחיהו במזמתו בהושע ישראל את הראשונה  vacat (p. 558)

 

 

18 Moses and Aaron, by the hand of the prince of lights and Belial, with his cunning, raised up Jannes and

19 his brother during the first deliverance of Israel. Blank (p. 559)

 

 

4Q267 (2QDb) 4QDamasuc Documentb, Fragment 2 (= CD-A V 17–VI 7; 4Q266 3 II; 6Q15 3)

 

1 [מלפני]ם [עמד מושה ואהרון ביד ]שר הא[ורים ויקם]

2 [בליעל ]את יחנה וא[ת אחי]הו במזמ[תו ]בהושע י[שראל את]

3 [הריאש]ונה  vacat (p. 598)

 

 

1 [in ancient time]s [there arose Moses and Aaron, by the hand of the] prince of lig[hts,]

2 [and Belial,] with [his] cunning, [raised up] Jannes and his [brother] during the fi[rst] deliverance of

3 [Israel]. Blank (p. 599)

 

 

6Q15 (6QD) 6QDamascus Document, Fragment 3 (=CD-A v 18–vi 2; 4Q266 3 ii; 4Q267 2)

 

 

1 [… כי מלפנים עמד משה ו]אהרון ב[יד שר האורים ויקם בליעל את]

2 [יחנה ואת אחיהו במז]מתו vacat בהושע ישר[אל את הריאשונה ובקץ חרבן הארץ] (p. 1154)

 

 

1 [… For in ancient times there arose Moses and] Aaron, by [the hand of the prince of lights and Belial raised up]

2 [Jannes and his brother, with] his [cunn]ing Blank during the [first] deliverance of Isra[el. And in the age of devastation of the land] (p. 1155)

 

 

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