A — The Rules

Chapter 11

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Fragments of two columns of a document contain a list of Community members rebuked for offences against the rules. This is the only scroll fragment which reveals the names of individual members: Yohanan son of Ar, Hananiah Notos and Hananiah son of Simon. According to the editor, Esther Eshel, the rebukes listed here were read out in public by the mebaqqer, hence the title given by her, The Rebukes Reported by the Overseer. To be more precise, it is likely that the rebukes originated with witnesses of the offence. They reported it to the Guardian who was to record the infringement. The epithet Notos attached to the name of Hananiah probably means 'Southerner' in line with a parallel Masada inscription according to Y. Yadin and J. Naveh, Masada I, 40. D. Flusser, as quoted by Eshel, associates Notos with the Greek nothos. In col. II, 1. 8, Eshel, following M. Broshi, reads shyr bsrw; R. Eisenman and M. Wise have shpk bsrw and J. M. Baumgarten, 277) swd bsrw. Frs. 1, i and 3: the text is too fragmentary for translation. Note the significant phrases 'to recall their transgression', 'men of the Community?', 'to rebuke' and 'camps of the Congregation' and 'they rebuked'. For the editio princeps, see E. Eshel, DJD, XXXVI, 474-83. Fr. 2

II.. who.. who acted wickedly.. the Congregation.. Yohanan son of Ar.. they rebuked because he was short-tempered.. with him.. the iniquity with him and also the spirit of pride was with him.. vacat They rebuked Hananiah Notos because he.. to disturb the spirit of the Community.. and also to mingle the.. they rebuked because evil.. was with him and also because he was not.. and also because he loved his bodily nature.. blank And they rebuked Hananiah son of Simon because he.. and he also loves the goodness..