New Jerusalem

The New Jerusalem Text (11Q18, 4Q554–555, 5Q15, 2Q24) is an Aramaic text from Qumran that describes a vision of a future Jerusalem and its Temple.|||11Q18, 4Q554–555, 5Q15, 2Q24. Written in Aramaic.|||Composed in the 1st century BCE or 1st century CE.|||Not canonical in any tradition.|||Describes a vision of the eschatological Jerusalem and its Temple, with precise measurements and angelic guidance. Important for understanding Jewish eschatological expectation and temple theology.|||DiTommaso, L. The Dead Sea New Jerusalem Text. Mohr Siebeck, 2005.|||Chyutin, M. The New Jerusalem Scroll from Qumran. Sheffield Academic Press, 1997.|||Vermes, G. The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English. Penguin, 1997.|||Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library|https://www.deadseascrolls.org.il/|View New Jerusalem fragments.;; Wikipedia — New Jerusalem Dead Sea Scroll|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jerusalem_Dead_Sea_Scroll|Background and discussion.|||" And he showed me the city of the New Jerusalem, and its walls and its gates." — New Jerusalem (paraphrase)