Abbreviations and Sigla
| ANRW |
Aufstieg und Niedergang der romischen Welt: Geschichte und Kultur Roms im Spiegel der neueren Forschung. Part 2, Principat. Edited by Hildegard Temporini and Wolfgang Haase. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1972– |
| BRev |
Bible Review |
| BZAW |
Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft |
| DCH |
Dictionary of Classical Hebrew. Edited by David J.A. Clines. 9 vols. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 1993–2014. |
| DJD |
Discoveries in the Judaean Desert |
| DSD |
Dead Sea Discoveries |
| DSSSE |
García Martínez, Florentino and Eibert J.C. Tigchelaar, eds. 1997–1998. The Dead Sea Scrolls Study Edition. 2 vols. Leiden: Brill. |
| DSSR |
Parry, Donald W. and Emanuel Tov, eds. 2005. Additional Genres and Unclassified Texts. Vol. 6 of The Dead Sea Scrolls Reader. Leiden: Brill, 2005. |
| EDSS |
Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Edited by Lawrence H. Schiffman and James C. VanderKam. 2 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. |
| EJL |
Early Judaism and Its Literature |
| Hen |
Henoch |
| HSS |
Harvard Semitic Studies |
| IEJ |
Israel Exploration Journal |
| JAJ |
Journal of Ancient Judaism |
| JAJSupp |
Journal of Ancient Judaism Supplements |
| JSPSup |
Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Supplement Series |
| Lěš |
Lěšonénu |
| LLDSSDL |
Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |
| NJPS |
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures: The New JPS Translation according to the Traditional Hebrew Text |
| RevQ |
Revue de Qumran |
| STDJ |
Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah |
| WUNT |
Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament |
| col(s). |
column(s) |
| frg(s). |
fragment(s) |
| pl(s). |
plate(s) |
1 Sigla in the Hebrew Text
| [] |
lacuna |
| [ |
reconstructed letter |
| |
damaged letter; reading probable |
| |
seriously damaged letter; reading uncertain |
| ◦ |
unidentifiable letter trace |
| |
superlinear insertion; correction by scribe |
2 Sigla in the English Translation
| [] |
lacuna in the Hebrew text |
| … |
remnant of unidentifiable word or words in the Hebrew text |
| () |
word(s) added for clarity |
| vacat |
intentionally left blank space |
3 Abbreviations and Sigla for the Textual Apparatus
| ‖ |
before each subsequent author-edition variant |
| ¶ |
in lines with more than one variable this siglum is placed before each subsequent variable element |
| > |
word(s) lacking or no reading proposed |
| B |
Baillet Baillet, Maurice, ed. Qumran grotte 4.III (4Q482–4Q520). Discoveries in the Judean Desert 7. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982. |
| Q1 |
Qimron 2013 Qimron, Elisha. The Dead Sea Scrolls: The Hebrew Writings, Volume Two [Hebrew]. Jerusalem: Yad Ben Zvi Press, 2013. |
| Q2 |
Qimron 2020 Qimron, Elisha. The Qumran Texts: Composite Edition. Zenodo. |
| GM-T |
García-Martínez-Tigchelaar García Martínez, Florentino and Eibert J.C. Tigchelaar, eds. The Dead Sea Scrolls Study Edition. 2 vols. Leiden: Brill, 1997–1998. |
| N |
Nitzan Nitzan, Bilhah. Qumran Prayer and Religious Poetry. Trans. J. Chipman. STDJ 12. Leiden: Brill, 1994. |