This volume contains manuscripts of the sapiential composition from the Second Temple period (4Q415 ff.), originally dubbed "Sapiential Work A" and now known as "4QInstruction". Also included is a re-edition of "1QInstruction" (1Q26) originally published in the first volume of the series.
This volume contains six or seven manuscripts of a previously unknown sapiential composition from the Second Temple period (4Q415 ff.), originally dubbed 'Sapiential Work A' and now known as '4QInstruction'. The numerous copies of this manuscript attest to its importance for the community at Qumran. Also included in the volume is a re-edition of 1QInstruction (1Q26) originally published by J. T. Milik in DJD I. DJD XXXIV is the second and final volume in the seriesof sapiential texts from Cave 4.
The editors are to be congratulated on both their careful work and the speed with which they have produced this fine volume.
