Follow each identified edition or reading reference back to the manuscript assessments it can help resolve.
Different reference types answer different questions
A catalogue bibliography, a museum introduction, a composite scholarly translation and a critical edition are labelled separately below. A publication date identifies the edition. It does not date the manuscript, the first composition of the work or the events narrated. A public reading link does not automatically grant republication rights.
Catalogue edition reference
The Books of Enoch: Aramaic Fragments of Qumrân Cave 4
J. T. Milik · 1976
Language
Translation language and selected passage to inspect
Access
Bibliographic route; full text not obtained for this mapping.
Review scope
IAA cites pp. 139–163 and 340–343 for 4Q201. This is an edition reference, not a completed translation audit.
The Book of Giants from Qumran: Texts, Translation, and Commentary
Loren T. Stuckenbruck · 1997
Language
English
Access
Library or publisher access still needed.
Review scope
Publication identified; no complete passage-by-passage reading of the edition claimed. A later scholarly introduction identifies official fragment editions in DJD 36 (2000) and DJD 31 (2001). Compare those references rather than assuming that a 1997 book includes all later published evidence.
Ms. J / CBS13532 reverse 6′–9′ checked against transcription and English translation, printed p. 78. Penn Museum object 587193 identifies the witness; photo-to-sign collation remains open.
Enūma Anu Enlil Tablet 63: The Venus Tablet of Ammisaduqa
Erica Reiner and David Pingree · 1975
Language
English
Access
Publisher-hosted full PDF.
Review scope
Selected edition pages inspected: K.160 is witness C; omen 8, C 1′–3′, contributes to a composite reconstructed sequence. Exact numbers must retain their source sigla. No modern date or whole-tablet photographic collation established.
Sefer Yesira: Edition, Translation and Text-Critical Commentary
A. Peter Hayman · 2004
Language
English
Access
Publisher or library access needed for selected pages.
Review scope
Publisher confirms English translations of three recensions. Ktiv bibliography reports partial translation for T-S K 21.56; exact extent needs checking.
No physical witness from this edition has yet been assigned to an assessment. Keep the work-level task open.
Published translation · project encoding
The Book of Jubilees · Latin-recension translation
James C. VanderKam · 1989
Language
English
Access
Selected translation and transcription units publicly linked by the Jubilees Palimpsest Project; fair-use-only translation notice.
Review scope
Project XML page markers checked: Jubilees 13:10–15 corresponds to original page 83 / modern palimpsest page 62. Photographic and print-edition collation remains open.
The Earliest Extant Version of Sefer Yesirah · Hebrew edition
Avishai Bar-Asher · 2023
Language
Hebrew
Access
Public university-hosted article, Tarbiz 89, pp. 231–323.
Review scope
Edition key p. 312 and unit A3 p. 313 line 11 inspected. Siglum ק is the joined roll T-S K 21.56 + 32.5 + 12.813. Individual image-fragment mapping pending; English account is an editorial paraphrase.
Primary calendar argument with dependent translation excerpts
Reconstructing the Calendar of 4Q208–4Q209
Helen R. Jacobus · 2019
Language
English · selected edited excerpts
Access
Public author-accepted manuscript in Manchester repository.
Review scope
Selected PDF pp. 11–12 inspected; adaptations of Drawnel 2011, not independent new translations. Whole-witness coverage and photograph matching remain open.
HMML-derived catalogue fields retain the source credit and permanent record link. The 1 November 2026 metadata snapshot is licensed CC BY 4.0; Babylon selected and adapted its fields. This permission concerns metadata. Manuscript images have separate rights and remain institution-hosted.
Baseline review: 5 November 2026 · Selected Enoch language and image checks updated 9 November 2026 · English is the assessment language. This is a selection of 58 distinct witness/object leads, not a worldwide census or a completed translation audit. Physical losses and other-language evidence are recorded separately.
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