Interesting YouTube Videos

Here are a couple of interesting YouTube videos regarding the Dead Sea Scrolls, their discovery, and on Greek Papyri:

Greek Papyri and the discoveries from Grenfell & Hunt

DSS Discovery

DSS Content

Chester Beatty Papyri and their Digitisation

Overview of the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin (excellent place to visit, btw!)

Update! Complete TC Edition & More

I may be cutting it quite close, but as mentioned back in April, I have managed to complete the DSS TC Edition! All Scriptural Books found among the Dead Sea Scrolls will now have their TC Editions online, both as separate books, and also in one giant TC Edition PDF File. Included in this Full publication are a small Preface, along with an Appendix regarding the text of Isaiah 61:1-2.

See the Downloads Page for the files to download/view 🙂

As with all TC Edition’s that have been completed, I end up updating most of the relevant Dead Sea Scrolls Transcriptions along with them. I did keep a ‘sort-of’ list, so may be worth re-downloading any document you’ve already had.

The list that I kept was as such:

4QpaleoDeut^r; 1QDeut^a; 4QDeut^k2; 4QLev^b; 4QLev^d; 11QLev^b; MasLev^b; 1QIsa^a; 1QIsa^b; 4QIsa^a; 4QIsa^b; 4QIsa^c; 4QIsa^d; 4QIsa^e; 4QIsa^f; 4QIsa^g; 4QIsa^h; 4QIsa^k; 4QIsa^l; 2QJer; Leviticus Parallel; Deuteronomy Parallel; Isaiah Parallel.

There is now very little I can do to assist in everyone’s DSS studies. Bar the occasional manuscript that appears once every decade or so, all of them are on TWTY for people to use for their studies!

I will be releasing them in other formats in the future (Bibleworks, E-Sword, even possible The Word), but these will be sporadic and won’t be coming forth any time soon.

I’ll also be taking a little break for at least up until the end of January. Then I will commence completing all the other projects I’ve already started (namely the Ancient Greek Papyri transcriptions & translations, as well as versions 2 and 3 of the Renewed Covenant Translation).

I have also removed a section from TWTY – and that is the Greek-English Interlinears section. I have come to understand that Interlinears don’t help – they rather hinder study, and make people think that they are translating when using an Interlinear to “assist”. They’re not; they’re mainly producing drivel. As such, I will not be producing any interlinear – ever. Plain parallel versions are fine though, so will be keeping those projects alive.

Anyway, apologies for waffling on. I shall stop 🙂

Hope everyone has an enjoyable new year, and I shall be posting again in 2017!

Update! Loadsa stuff!

Firstly – Happy New Year!

It’s been over a year since I last posted about things new on TWTY.

Unfortunately lots of IRL stuff got in the way of things this past year, and still ongoing (found out I had cataracts on my eyes last year: my right eye has been operated on; my left will be done at the end of April. Needless to say, not being able to see properly makes what I’ve been doing the past decade quite difficult!), but I hope this comes to its conclusion soon. 🙂

Nevertheless, I have been using as much of my spare time as possible to continue doing things, and so here we are!

Essentially, I have done so many corrections to existing things on TWTY, that unless you’ve downloaded everything in the past 4 hours, then everything you currently have is out of date – this applies to the translations, ancient manuscripts, and especially any and all Dead Sea Scrolls! I lost track of which ones got updates, so I can’t provide a list, so if there’s any you’ve been looking at recently, I’d start with re-downloading that and taking a look through. May find a few things I have corrected since. 🙂

That’s the already existing files out of the way – now for what’s going on “new stuff” wise!

There are three new DSS Manuscripts online now – X Joshua, X Judges, and F.Amos 1, all available at the usual place on the Downloads Page.

There’s also been a new section added on the downloads page – a TC Edition, with TC standing for Textual-Critical. These are the combined manuscripts of the Dead Sea Scrolls in order to form a full “Qumran Bible” of sorts, with any differences between the manuscripts noted in footnotes, with the reading of the Masoretic Hebrew, Greek Septuagint, and for the Torah, the Samaritan Pentateuch in the same variant.

Obviously I haven’t repeated the differences between the DSS and these other manuscripts in these TC Editions, as I’ve already done that in the main Dead Sea Scrolls transcriptions. I’ve been updating this new section over the past year, and have only got four books left to do (Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Psalms, and Isaiah). I hope to have these done by the end of the year, but as always, this is liable to change. 🙂

Next up is a new TWTY E-sword module, containing the Version 1 Translation of the RC/NT found here on TWTY. Well I say that, I still have yet to finish adding Luke, John, and Acts to the Module, but all the rest of the books are contained within.

If you don’t know what E-Sword is, pop on over to the E-Sword website and take a look. Along with TWTY module is the Module installer programme, to allow you to easily install TWTY E-sword module into E-Sword without much bother.

As I was going through the translations whilst creating this module, it allowed me to do some updates to the translations, which have all been added to the E-Sword module, the Website, and the PDF’s of the translations.

Download all the Version 1 PDF’s and the E-Sword module here.

Yet another update comes to you via a visitor to TWTY, who is very kindly converting the Dead Sea Scrolls files into BibleWorks database files. With their permission I am putting them up on TWTY for others to download and use with their version of BibleWorks. Currently have the Genesis Manuscripts and the Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsa^a) complete. I will post updates periodically when new files are added. Get the files (including instructions on how to import them to your BibleWorks) here.

Finally, we have a small addition to TWTY, and that is an XML version of the Dead Sea Scrolls manuscripts. XML has so many amazing uses I wouldn’t be able to list them all, but if you know what XML is, then you’ll enjoy this update. Only the one ready at the moment, but as always, I shall add others when I’ve done them. 🙂 4Q82^g Habakkuk XML.

Phew! That’s it – all things updated/new have been submitted for your pleasure!

As with everything, feel at liberty to use any and all things on TWTY freely and without constraints, and ANY issues you find, don’t hesitate to contact me using either the Contact page, or by posting on the forums 🙂

Edit:
The E-Sword and BibleWorks Modules should be able to be downloaded now. Apologies for the error with that!

Dead Sea Scrolls – Parallel Manuscripts

In order to aid the reading of the Dead Sea Scrolls and their multiple manuscripts, Parallel versions of the Scriptural books that have more than one manuscript witness to their text have just been uploaded to TWTY. Those that only have one manuscript witness (2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah; Esther has none whatsoever) have not had parallel versions done – mainly because there’s no point!

These Parallel Versions also aid in being able to do the Textual Critical Editions that are also going to be uploaded to TWTY in the future.

The plan for the time being though is to complete the transcriptions of the Greek RC/NT Papyrus manuscripts that have yet to be done. Thankfully there’s only eleven of them left – they do however happen to be some of the largest ones (especially Papyrus 46, 66, 75), so they won’t be that quick in coming 🙂

Anyway – enjoy the new releases for the moment!

Dead Sea Scrolls – Parallel Manuscripts

Discuss with others in the TWTY forum!

Dead Sea Scrolls – Complete Collection

Well, I said I’d have them done by the end of the year. 🙂

That’s it! The complete collection of Scriptural Dead Sea Scrolls transcribed and compared against the Masoretic text of the Tanakh.

Please check out the Downloads Page for links to the individual manuscripts to download, and see below for the new transcriptions now available.

Complete collection ZIP file is at the bottom 🙂

Psalms
1Q10 Psalms^a (1QPsalms^a) | 1Q11 Psalms^b (1QPsalms^b) | 1Q12 Psalms^c (1QPsalms^c) | 2Q14 Psalms (2QPsalms) | 3Q2 Psalms (3QPsalms) | 4Q83 Psalms^a (4QPsalms^a) | 4Q84 Psalms^b (4QPsalms^b) | 4Q85 Psalms^c (4QPsalms^c) | 4Q86 Psalms^d (4QPsalms^d) | 4Q87 Psalms^e (4QPsalms^e) | 4Q88 Psalms^f (4QPsalms^f) | 4Q89 Psalms^g (4QPsalms^g) | 4Q90 Psalms^h (4QPsalms^h) | 4Q91 Psalms^j (4QPsalms^j) | 4Q92 Psalms^k (4QPsalms^k) | 4Q93 Psalms^l (4QPsalms^l) | 4Q94 Psalms^m (4QPsalms^m) | 4Q95 Psalmsⁿ (4QPsalmsⁿ) | 4Q96 Psalms^o (4QPsalms^o) | 4Q97 Psalms^p (4QPsalms^p) | 4Q98 Psalms^q (4QPsalms^q) | 4Q98a Psalms^r (4QPsalms^r) | 4Q98b Psalms^s (4QPsalms^s) | 4Q98c Psalms^t (4QPsalms^t) | 4Q98d Psalms^u (4QPsalms^u) | 4Q98e Psalms^v (4QPsalms^v) | 4Q522 Psalms | 6Q5 Psalms (6QPsalms) | 11Q5 Psalms^a (11QPsalms^a) | 11Q6 Psalms^b (11QPsalms^b) | 11Q7 Psalms^c (11QPsalms^c) | 11Q8 Psalms^d (11QPsalms^d) | 11Q9 Psalms^e (11QPsalms^e) | 11Q11 Psalms (11QPsalms)/del> | Nahal Hever Psalms/del> | Masada Psalms^a (MasPsalms^a) | Masada Psalms^b (MasPsalms^b)

Other Books
Masada Genesis (MasGen) | 11Q1 paleoLeviticus^a (11QpaleoLev) | 11Q2 Leviticus^b (11QLev^b) | Masada Leviticus^a (MasLev^a) | Masada Leviticus^b (MasLev^b) | 11Q12 Numbers (11QNum) | 4Q73 Ezekiel^a (4QEzek^a) | 4Q74 Ezekiel^b (4QEzek^b) | Masada Ezekiel (MasEzek)

Complete Collection
Dead Sea Scrolls – Complete Collection

Edit: For the above, please refer to the Downloads Page.

Dead Sea Scrolls – Mammoth Update

Well, I’m sorry that it’s been a while since the last update (March), but I’ve been working hard to sorting out this following update 🙂

Below (as well as on the downloads page), you find links to 32 new Dead Sea Scrolls Manuscript transcriptions!

These 32 are the complete collection of Dead Sea Scrolls manuscripts comprising the fifth book of the Torah/Moses/Pentateuch: Deuteronomy. This now means that all the manuscripts from the Dead Sea Scrolls that comprise the entirety of the Torah are now available on TWTY – and all for free!

There is therefore now only one last book (or collection) to do: the Psalms. I’ve done four of the Psalms at the moment (4Q98f Psalms^w, 4Q98g Psalms^x, 5Q5 Psalms, and 8Q2 Psalms), leaving 34 manuscripts left to do. I hope to have them up by the end of the year 🙂

Deuteronomy
1Q4 Deuteronomy^a (1QDeut^a)
1Q5 Deuteronomy^b (1QDeut^b)
2Q10 Deuteronomy^a (2QDeut^a)
2Q11 Deuteronomy^b (2QDeut^b)
2Q12 Deuteronomy^c (2QDeut^c)
4Q28 Deuteronomy^a (4QDeut)
4Q29 Deuteronomy^b (4QDeut)
4Q30 Deuteronomy^c (4QDeut^c)
4Q31 Deuteronomy^d (4QDeut^d)
4Q32 Deuteronomy^e (4QDeut^e)
4Q33 Deuteronomy^f (4QDeut^f)
4Q34 Deuteronomy^g (4QDeut^g)
4Q35 Deuteronomy^h (4QDeut^h)
4Q36 Deuteronomyⁱ (4QDeutⁱ)
4Q37 Deuteronomy^j (4QDeut^j)
4Q38 Deuteronomy^k1 (4QDeut^k1)
4Q38a Deuteronomy^k2 (4QDeut^k2)
4Q38b Deuteronomy^k3 (4QDeut^k3)
4Q39 Deuteronomy^l (4QDeut^l)
4Q40 Deuteronomy^m (4QDeut^m)
4Q41 Deuteronomyⁿ (4QDeutⁿ)
4Q42 Deuteronomy^o (4QDeut^o)
4Q43 Deuteronomy^p (4QDeut^p)
4Q44 Deuteronomy^q (4QDeut^q)
4Q45 plaeoDeuteronomy^r (QpaleoDeut^r)
4Q46 paleoDeuteronomy^s (4QpaleoDeut^s)
4Q122 Septuagint Deuteronomy (4QLXXDeut)
5Q1 Deuteronomy (5QDeut)
6Q3 papDeuteronomy (6QpapDeut)
11Q3 Deuteronomy (11QDeut)
Masada Deuteronomy (MasDeut)
Nahal Hever Deuteronomy
Wadi Murabba’at Deuteronomy (MurDeut)

Edit: For the above, please refer to the Downloads Page

Dead Sea Scrolls – Exodus Complete

Hello one and all!

Sorry it’s been a while since the last update. I do however have a huge update – 11 new Dead Sea Scrolls Manuscript transcriptions!

This therefore means that all the manuscripts found among the Dead Sea Scrolls regarding the Book of Exodus are now available for viewing 🙂

As usual, find them on the Downloads Page, or via the quick links below 🙂

Exodus
1Q2 Exodus (1QExod)
2Q2 Exodus^a (2QExod^a)
2Q3 Exodus^b (2QExod^b)
4Q1Genesis-Exodus^a (4QGen-Exod^a) – Exodus
4Q11 paleoGenesis-Exodus^l (4QpaleoGen-Exod^l)
4Q13 Exodus^b (4QExod^b)
4Q14 Exodus^c (4QExod^c)
4Q17 Exodus-Leviticus^f (4QExod^f)
4Q20 Exodus^j (4QExod^j)
4Q22 paleoExodus^m (4QpaleoExod^m)
Wadi Murabba’at Exodus (MurExod)

Exodus – Full Collection

Edit: For the above, please refer to the Downloads Page.

Dead Sea Scrolls – Leviticus Complete

Yup, it’s Dead Sea Scrolls update time! Got another complete collection for everyone today – Leviticus.

This now just leaves two books of the Torah left to complete (Exodus and Deuteronomy), as well as the vast amount of Psalms (both ‘canonical’ and ‘non-canonical’) found at Qumran.

As usual, please find all Downloads available on TWTY on the Downloads Page, and the links to the Leviticus manuscripts are below 🙂

Hebrew
1Q3 PaleoLeviticus-Numbers (1QpaleoLev-Num) | 2Q5 paleoLeviticus (2QpaleoLev) | 4Q17 Exodus-Leviticusf (4QExod-Levf) | 4Q23 Leviticus-Numbersa (4QLev-Numa) | 4Q24 Leviticus b (4QLevb) | 4Q25 Leviticus c (4QLevc) | 4Q26 Leviticusd (4QLevd) | 4Q26a Leviticuse (4QLeve) | 4Q26b Leviticusg (4QLevg) | 6Q2 paleoLeviticus (6QpaleoLev)

Greek
4Q119 Septuagint Leviticusa (4QLXXLeva) | 4Q120 Septuagint Leviticusb (4QLXXLevb)

Full
Leviticus – Full Collection
Edit: For the above, please refer to the Downloads Page.

Dead Sea Scrolls – Numbers Complete

Dead Sea Scrolls Transcription time again – this time it is the complete collection of DSS Numbers manuscripts, with the final two being online for download at TWTY Downloads page (bringing the total to 11), as we as some quick links below 🙂

This means that there are only four more books left to have their Dead Sea Scrolls transcriptions posted online – the rest of the manuscripts of Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy, and the Psalms. I will be endeavouring to have these done within the next 6 months or so (hopefully sooner, time permitting!) 🙂

Quick Links
4Q23 Leviticus-Numbersa (4QLev-Numa) | 4Q27 Numbersb (4QNumb) | All Numbers DSS Manuscripts (ZIP File)

Main Downloads Page

Dead Sea Scrolls: Isaiah Complete & More

Well it’s the usual time again: more Dead Sea Scrolls transcriptions!

TWTY has the final two manuscripts of Isaiah now online, plus the last three manuscripts of Jeremiah as well, bringing the total now to 31 complete books out of 38! (Remember, Esther was nowhere to be seen in the Dead Sea Scrolls – neither a manuscript of the book, nor a quotation of it anywhere in the non-Scriptural writings of the Dead Sea Sect.)

There’s also been a bit of “re-arranging” on TWTY: anything pertaining to the Renewed Covenant now appears on a collective page; anything regarding the Apocrypha or non-Canonical writings are on their own page; and there are two new sections: Septuagint and Tanakh

I’ll let you guess what the last two are in reference to 😉 (Also, there’s nothing yet on them)

Isaiah

1Q Isaiah^b (1QIsa^b) | 4Q57 Isaiah^c (4QIsa^c)

Jeremiah

2Q13 Jeremiah (2QJer) | 4Q70 Jeremiah^a (4QJer^a) | 4Q72 Jeremiah^c (4QJer^c)

Edit: For the above, please refer to the Downloads Page.