Dead Sea Scroll Bible - 1 Sam 11 & Gen 12

I have some project to work on the Dead Sea Scroll Bible.
Especially I need to work on 1 Sam 11, about which some of you may know already.

Let's call Dead Sea Scroll as DSS in this thread for convenience.

The point is that DSS shows the details which are not mentioned either in MT or in LXX.

So, Nahash is the King of Ammonites, and he had gouged out the right eyes of the Israelites already. The whole story doesn't contradict either MT or LXX, but it supplement the Bible.
Josephus mentioned about this passage.

This event lead Saul to be exalted among Israel by winning over Ammonites.

Questions are:
1) Have you ever studied on this issue ? if any,please comment.
2) Where can I have the access to Josephus either in Hebrew or in English?

[ March 02, 2006, 02:32 AM: Message edited by: Dr. Bob ]

 

G-D,

thank you very much for your help. I think it will be very much helpful to me.
You are right, I think NRSV is the one which reflected DSS. Thanks.

 

Deacon,
Thank you very much for your contribution.
It is interesting that the event is connected with Judges 21,and eventually becomes a matter of human destiny.
It was MUCHAS added. Danke!
Who is David Alter?
Is David Story titled after King David?

Eventually, we have to reach a certain understanding about why MT, LXX omitted this, how Q4Sam preserved it.

 

Rob,
I notice except Isaiah and Psalm, all the other bibles are found in the form of fragments which need knitting and framing work.
Eventually we may reach the question of authenticity of DSS bibles. As we see Jeremiah from DSS, there are at least 2 types of Bible. DSS shows 6 copies of Jeremiah, among them 5 copies are longer same as KJV longer by 13%, 1 copy is shorter one similar to LXX.
So far we can limit the use of DSS to supplementing the existing Bible.

 

I regret OP was titled as DSS - 1 Sam 11, because I found one more need on DSS.
If possible, I would like to deal with the other issue on DSS here also, by modifying the title " DSS-1 Sam 11 and Genesis 12.
I have a question about Genesis Apocryphon which is covering Abram and Sarai when they entered Egypt. The Bible doesn't tell the details about the situation, but the Apocryphon tells very much details.
What I notice is that Abraham encountered an inevitable situation where Abram had to goto Egypt due to the famine, he felt a certain threat, inevitably he had to tell the half truth which was quite understandable from human point of view, he was almost forced to give up his wife, he wept so much when he lost his wife, he prayed a lot unto God, Sarai stayed at Paraoh's for 2 years ( may be confined there), Paraoh had no access to her, God intervened the case, Egyptian women could not conceive, Paraoh released Sarai and paid to Abraham and gave Hagar the woman servant to Abram.

Now my question is that Targum Onqelos support this Genesis Apocrypha, and where can I have to access to Targum Onqelos? Can anyone help me in this regard?

 

What a blessing you have! I have been reading some DSS translated by Pet Flint, Martin Abegg, Mr. Ulrich.
Thank you very much again.