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BHS footnote Gen 14:1
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 10:41 pm
by tian777
Gen 14:1 contains two footnotes that contain the words "Gen Ap".
Could somebody please let me know what this means, as I am unable to find it in a list of abbreviations.
Re: BHS footnote Gen 14:1
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:20 am
by S_Walch
Hi Tian,
The full footnote reference is
1QGen Ap - this refers to the Genesis Apocryphon, which is a manuscript found among the Dead Sea Scrolls (also labelled 1Q20) which is classed as "rewritten Bible" literature. Several of the DSS re-tell stories in Scripture from a slightly different perspective, but also in many cases also directly quote the main Scripture text - The Genesis Apocryphon being no exception.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_Apocryphon
You'll also find a translation of it in Geza Vermes'
The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English on page 480 (Penguin Classics Edition).