Overlooked and Forgotten: New Editions of the Aramaic Unidentified Fragments of Qumran Cave 1

This thesis is a collection of editions for fragmentary Aramaic Qumran Cave 1 manuscripts: 1Q63–1Q68, or “Unidentified fragments ar.” For the first time, several of the fragments in these editions receive a complete transcription, translation, and commentary, despite having been known to Dead Sea Scrolls scholarship for seventy-five years. This thesis presents new readings for these fragments which may provide further possible context for the greater manuscripts of Cave 1 already pored over by scholars. Each edition is comprised of a bibliography of previous research, photography details, physical descriptions of the leather fragments, a brief palaeography, transcription, translation, notes on readings, and a final commentary. Especial focus is given to the correct identification of fragments within their designated manuscripts. This project demonstrates that there is still work to be done within many of the fragmentary manuscripts found in the Qumran caves in smaller, overlooked, and often unclassified texts.QumranCave 1QCave 1Unidentified FragmentsUnidentifiedFragmentsTranscriptionsTranslationsEditionsAramaicAramaic Fragments1Q631Q641Q651Q661Q671Q6