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Re: 4Q285
Jim West writes:
>
>Honored friends,
>
>I would appreciate it if those who have access to this fragment (4Q285)
>could help me clarify a reading. Line 1 seems to have:
>ysh'whw hnvi' (Yehoshua hu ha navi)? (Joshua his prophet)? I realize
>that Garcia-Martinez has "Isaiah". But is Joshua (or, dare one be so bold,
>Yeshua) not also possible.
>
Dear Jim:
4Q285 quite clearly refers to Isaiah (Yeshayahu - yod, shin, ayin, yod,
heh, waw) the prophet. To remove any possible doubts, 4Q285 goes on to
quote from Isaiah 11:1.
Best wishes,
Eric Forster
Trinity