Instruction (Musar le-Mevin)

Instruction (Musar le-Mevin) is the modern title for 4QInstruction, the largest wisdom text from Qumran.|||6–7 manuscripts from Qumran Cave 4 (4Q415–4Q418, 4Q418a, 4Q423).|||Composed late 2nd or early 1st century BCE.|||Not canonical in any tradition.|||The most extensive wisdom text from Qumran. Addresses eschatology, cosmology, ethics, and the role of the " Understanding One."|||Strugnell, J., Harrington, D. J., & Elgvin, T. Qumran Cave 4: XXIV: 4QInstruction. Oxford, 1999.|||Goff, M. J. The Worldly and Heavenly Wisdom of 4QInstruction. Brill, 2003.|||Elgvin, T. " An Analysis of 4QInstruction." PhD diss., Hebrew University, 1997.|||Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library|https://www.deadseascrolls.org.il/|View 4QInstruction fragments.;; Wikipedia — 4QInstruction|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4QInstruction|Background and references.|||" From the source of light comes understanding, and from the fountain of knowledge comes wisdom." — 4QInstruction (paraphrase)