4QInstruction

4QInstruction (Musar le-Mevin, " Instruction for the Understanding One") is a sapiential text from Qumran Cave 4 that was unknown until the Dead Sea Scrolls discovery.|||Six or seven manuscripts from Qumran Cave 4 (4Q415–4Q418, 4Q418a, 4Q423). Published in DJD 34 by Strugnell, Harrington, and Elgvin.|||Composed in the late 2nd century BCE or early 1st century BCE.|||Not canonical in any tradition.|||The largest wisdom text from Qumran. Addresses eschatology, cosmology, ethics, and the role of the " Understanding One." Illuminates Jewish wisdom tradition between Sirach and the New Testament.|||Strugnell, J., Harrington, D. J., & Elgvin, T. Qumran Cave 4: XXIV: 4QInstruction (Musar LeMevin). Oxford, 1999.|||Goff, M. J. The Worldly and Heavenly Wisdom of 4QInstruction. Brill, 2003.|||Champion, E. J. " Reading 4QInstruction: A Text-Critical and Literary Approach." DSD 22 (2015).|||Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library|https://www.deadseascrolls.org.il/|View 4QInstruction fragment images.;; Wikipedia — 4QInstruction|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4QInstruction|Background and scholarly references.|||" From the source of light comes understanding, and from the fountain of knowledge comes wisdom." — 4QInstruction (paraphrase)