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War Scroll

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Dead Sea Scroll text portraying war between the sons of light and the hostile camp; its principal copy is designated 1QM.

Modern distinction between War Scroll camps and equal divine origins; the prayer in1QM XIII attributes Belial’s making to God
Modern distinction between War Scroll camps and equal divine origins; the prayer in1QM XIII attributes Belial’s making to GodOriginal explanatory diagram: IL Archive, 2026 · CC0Image source

Text

ColumnI brings human armies and heavenly alignments together. The prayer in columnXIII describes BelialBelialFigure associated with darkness and wickedness in some Qumran texts; not a fixed alias for every heavenly adversary.Glossary · Click to read the explanation and attributes his making to God. An anticipated war is not a record of an event that occurred as described. The diagram distinguishes opposing camps from equal divine origins. [12] [13]

References and notes

  1. Selected Hebrew transcription; no independent collation. 1QM XIII:9–13; QDR / Abegg / ETCBC Return to the text ↑
  2. Displayed column I, not whole scroll. 1QM I; Wise, Abegg & Cook (1996), PBS excerpt (1998) Return to the text ↑

Research history

Substantive changes are retained here. Minor copy edits remain in the internal operational log.

  1. Edition 2 · 13 October 2026 · editor:aladmin

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IL Archive, «War Scroll», Edition 2, https://ilarchive.com/en/entities/war-scroll