Cave four where the 10QEsth was alleged to have been found.
Newly Deciphered Qumran Scroll Revealed to Be Megillat Esther
The discovery upends decades of research addressing the question of why the Book of Esther is missing from Qumran.[1]
Published: February 27, 2018
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Last Updated: September 7, 2026
For more on this, you can go to JSTOR and read Shemaryahu Talmon’s “Was the Book of Esther Known in Qumran?” DSD 2.3 (1995): 249-267. Yes, it costs $34. Did you think scholarship comes cheap? Alternatively, you can hope someone writes a piece on this for TheTorah.com for next Purim.
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Sameach, Tov-Lev; Practical Application of Chayav Inish L’Besumei to the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
This replaces the previous name, 10QVeryMuch, designated as such by Professor Latke when the scroll was first discovered and unreadable.
Also known as Artscroll.
י[דע בין ארור הכהן הרשע לברוך מורה הצדק] [מיחייב איניש לבסומי בפוריא עד דלא] For more on the Moreh Tzedek, see Isaac Kalimi, “The Historical Uniqueness and Centrality of Yom Kippur,” TheTorah.com (2014).
The latest research suggests that the sectarians considered Mordechai to be a Pharisee, so they also made noise at the mention of his name.
Generally speaking, Hebrew has no present tense copulative or “linking verb.” In other words, in English we say, “He is strong,” but in Hebrew it is הוא חזק, with no “is.” Qumran Hebrew, however, adds another word. For example, 1QpHab 12.7 has the phrase הקריה היא ירושלים instead of the expected הקריה ירושלים. The question is whether the word היא has been added as the copulative “is” or for some other purpose.
