D — Historical and Apocalyptic Works

Historical Text A (4Q248)

1The story told in this ten-line fragment, which contains only broken lines, resembles the account of Daniel xi concerning the 'King of the North' (Antiochus IV Epiphanes) who invades Egypt and ill-treats Jerusalem. For the editio princeps, see M. Broshi and E. Eshel, DJD, XXXVI, 192-200.

2... in Egypt and Greece and ... Therefore they shall eat ... their [s]ons and their daughters in a siege in ... And (the Lord) shall cause [His] wind to pass [through] their court- yards and ... he shall come to Egypt and sell her dust and ... to the city of the Temple and shall capture her with all [her ... ] And he shall turn against the lands of the nations and shall return to Egyp[t] ... [And when the shattering of the power of the ho[ly] people [comes to an end] ... When all these [come into being] the children [of Israel] shall return ...

3Historical Texts C-E (formerly Mishmarot Ca-c) 4Q331-3) Three very badly mutilated calendric documents include references to Jewish and Roman historical personalities (Shelamzion/Salome Alexandra, wife of Alexander Jannaeus; Hyrcanus II, her son; Yohanan the high priest, probably John Hyrcanus I; the Kittim (Romans) and Aemilius (no doubt M. Aemilius Scaurus, governor of Syria). They all lived in the late second or the first half of the first century BCE. The compositions recall the early rabbinic historical calendar known as Megillat Taanit (see HJP, 114-5). For the editio princeps, see J. A. Fitzmyer, DJD, XXXVI, 281-9. Text C(4Q331) Fr. 1 i [the] priest ... Johanan to bring to ... Fr. 1 ii ... Shelamzion ... Text D (4Q332)

4Fr. 2 ... [to] give him honour among the Arab[s] ... [on the n]inth of Shebat— that is ... which is the twentieth (day) of the month ... Shelamzion came ... to oppose ... Hyrcanus rebelled ... to oppose ... Fr. 3 ... [of the Kit]tim killed ... [on the] fifth [day] in (the week of) Jedaiah - this is ... Text E (4Q333) Fr. 1 ... [in (the week of) Je]hezekel which is ... Aemilius killed ... [in] the seventh [mon]th ... (the week of) Gamul ... Aemilius killed ...