Los Angeles discovered the original text of the speech of Moses to the Jewish people
rinviene scholar in one of Sea Scrolls Died early version of Deuteronomy and discovers the differences
LOS ANGELES (USA) - After more than 2000 years would now know the original words spoken by Moses to the Jewish people. It would be hidden in some fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls (the number of scrolls and fragments found in 1947 in eleven caves in Qumran, containing the previously known oldest version of the Biblical text), the authentic text of Deuteronomy, a the most important parts of the Bible and the fifth of the books that make up the Jewish Torah. And the original version would be different from those of subsequent collections, which were affected by the theological disputes of the various rabbinical schools.
Deuteronomy - The book of Deuteronomy consists mainly of three speeches that were delivered by Moses, shortly before his death, the Israelites. The first speech is a historical reconstruction. The second speech, which occupies the central part of the book, has dictated the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai and the so-called Deuteronomic code, consisting of a set of dictates. This section consists largely of laws, admonitions and injunctions relating to the conduct must be observed that the people elected to enter the promised land. The third is the solemn speech provisions of the law of God, fulfilling the quality and ensuring the future prosperity of the people of Israel.
THE DISCOVERY - To support the existence di un testo originario e precedente a tutti quelli finora conosciuti è James Charlesworth, un professore di studi neotestamentari presso il Princeton Theological Seminary, il quale ha analizzato finora almeno un piccolo frammento proveniente dai rotoli del Mar Morto acquistato recentemente dalla Azusa Pacific University. Si tratta di un passo del ventisettesimo capitolo del libro. Nel frammento analizzato da Charlesworth, Mosè prescrive a chi sarebbe entrato nella Terra Promessa (privilegio che a lui non sarà accordato) di erigere un altare di pietra in onore dell'unico Dio al di là della riva destra del Giordano. E, parlando su ispirazione diretta di Dio, ordina che l'altare sorga sul Monte Gerizim. Ora, è proprio questo il particolare che suggerisce the thesis of the originality of the text of Qumran: in all the official versions, written later, the place would be given another, namely Mount Ebal. Professor Charlesworth enough to say that, having not only the veracity of the version of the manuscripts, determined in hundreds of publications, but also their overall accuracy is the true words of Moses. O God, for just saw that Moses spoke by divine inspiration. The next version, in the canonical text, it should instead be the result of a compromise tax during a real clash between religious groups. The fact that only now become aware of an original text other than the Bible today must surprising. Of the 15,000 known pieces dating back to Dead Sea Scrolls, most of it is privately owned and is often inaccessible to scholars.
original text - "At last, the original text of Deuteronomy," Charlesworth said the Los Angeles Times, "it is a sensational discovery of importance." The fragment object of his enthusiasm was shown, strictly in photography, from the University of California board that he bought together with four specialist sold by a merchant of Venice. It is, in these cases, parts of the last book of the Pentateuch with the exception of a papyrus which contains part of the Book of Daniel. All have reached the safe dell'Azusa Pacific University al termine di un percorso che li ha portati dalle grotte di Qumran nelle mani di collezionisti privati. Ora resteranno in California e potrebbero riservare ancora delle sorprese.
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