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4Q120, fragment 20, 1st-century BCE Detail: the Divine Name The manuscript 4Q120 (also pap4QLXXLev ) is a Septuagint manuscript of the biblical Book of Leviticus .1Palaoegraphycally is dating from the first century BCE.2 Currently the manuscript is housed in the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem . This scroll is in a very fragmented condition. Today it consists of 97 fragments. However, only 31 of those fragments can be reasonably reconstructed and deciphered, allowing for a reading of Leviticus 1.11 through 5.25; the remaining fragments are too small to allow for reliable identification. In addition to smaller text-critical variants, the manuscript displays the divine name in Greek characters, as ΙΑΩ (the trigrammaton) in Leviticus 3:12 (frg. 6) and 4:27 (frg. 20), instead of later practise of replacing it with κύριος ("Lord"). Skehan suggest that the reading IAW is more original than Kurios. IAO can be seen a transliteration of YAHO. The Codex Marchalianus is the only other extant manuscript of the Septaugint that uses ΙΑΩ to transcribe the tetragrammaton. Scriptio continua is used throughout. Additionally, space bands are occasionally used for the separation of concepts, and divisions within the text. An special sign (⌐) for separation of paragraphs is found fragment 27, between the lines 6 and 7. While the later divisions would label these verses 5:20-26, it appears to testify to a classical transition from chapter 5 to 6. Supplements to Vetus Testamentum 4 .3
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4Q120, fragment 20, 1st-century BCE, showing portions of verses 26 through 28 of Leviticus 4 Detail: the Divine Name in verse 27 The manuscript 4Q120 (also pap4QLXXLev ; AT22 ; VH 46 ; Rahlfs 802 ; LDAB 3452 ) is a Septuagint manuscript (LXX) of the biblical Book of Leviticus , found at Qumran .Palaoegraphycally it dates from the first century BCE. Currently the manuscript is housed in the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem .
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Biblical manuscript dating to the first century BCE 4Q120, fragment 20, 1st-century BCE, showing portions of verses 26 through 28 of Leviticus 4 The manuscript 4Q120 (also pap4QLXXLev ; AT22 ; VH 46 ; Rahlfs 802 ; LDAB 3452 ) is a Septuagint manuscript (LXX) of the biblical Book of Leviticus written on papyrus, found at Qumran . Palaoegraphycally it dates from the first century BCE. Currently the manuscript is housed in the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem .
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Biblical manuscript dating to the first century BCE The manuscript 4Q120 (also pap4QLXXLev ; AT22 ; VH 46 ; Rahlfs 802 ; LDAB 3452 ) is a Septuagint manuscript (LXX) of the biblical Book of Leviticus written on papyrus, found at Qumran . Paleographically it dates from the first century BCE. Currently the manuscript is housed in the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “septuagint manuscript of the biblical book of leviticus”. Today it says “septuagint manuscript”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “4Q120, fragment 20, 1st-century BCE, showing portions of verses 26 through 28 of Leviticus 4 Detail: the Divine Name in verse 27 The manuscript”. It now reads “Biblical manuscript dating to the first century BCE The manuscript”. Read the current article and compare.
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