ArchaeologicalAntiquité· Ier siècle av.-Ier siècle apr. J.-C.
Qumran mezuzah
Enrich the Great Bookמזוזה מקומראן
Description
Small parchment leaf bearing passages from Deuteronomy, found at Qumran, an ancient witness to the commandment of the mezuzah. Its text shows variants compared with the later rite.
Significance
It attests to the antiquity of the mezuzah rite and its roots in the period of the Second Temple.
Features
- Provenance
- Qumrân, désert de Judée